Confidential - Educational Charity

An educational charity with a long-standing legacy of transforming young lives through education is seeking a Head of Projects. The successful candidate will work at the heart of the organisation, playing an important role in identifying and realising new opportunities to further our client’s commercial reach and by extension, its charitable purpose.

This role would suit an ambitious professional with strong strategy consulting or corporate development experience, who is keen to make a meaningful impact in the education sector. The successful candidate will combine commercial acumen with charitable purpose. The role will be highly varied, with a strong financial and commercial element to it, as well as involvement in managing risk registers, supporting board reporting, and developing strategic business cases alongside senior stakeholders. They must be comfortable working as part of a small team, but be excellent at relationship building and stakeholder management. The role reports to a Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

This position is subject to an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service and a Section 128 prohibition check in the event of a successful application. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to this charity on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please email jo.ogilvy@saxbam.com. Applications should be received by noon on Friday 4^th July, and early declarations of interest are encouraged.