Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is the professional, educational and trade union body for the UK’s 64,000 chartered physiotherapists, physiotherapy students and support workers. We are a progressive, dynamic and member-centred organisation, with a purpose to transform the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities by empowering our members and exerting our influence.

We are now looking for a new Chief Executive to provide inspirational leadership to the organisation and our profession. With workforce at the centre of a health and social care sector going through enormous change, this is an exciting time to join the CSP, to help to build a confident and influential physiotherapy community, which can deliver benefits to patients and wider society.

Our Chief Executive will be responsible for the delivery of our strategy, increasing the influence of the CSP through external leadership, and seeking opportunities to promote the profession and our membership. They will role-model our values, build an inclusive culture across the organisation, and provide outstanding leadership to the Directors and the organisation as a whole.

The successful candidate will bring executive-level experience in a membership, non-profit, or similar organisation, with experience of leading through transformational change. With a track record of working with senior stakeholders, they will have the ability to influence at the highest levels, with excellent communication skills to engage a variety of audiences through different means. They will bring an understanding of equity and diversity principles, and the ability to think strategically about future opportunities for the CSP.

One of the CSP’s aims as part of our equity, diversity and belonging strategy is “to build a leadership that reflects the diversity of society and actively engages with and is accountable for equity, diversity and belonging across the organisation”. With this aim in mind, we actively encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds, and from people passionate about continuing our work to build an inclusive organisation and profession.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference ABJFA.  Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by midday on 10 July 2023.