PERSON SPECIFICATION – Chief Executive Officer
| Essential | Desirable | Evidence | |
| Qualifications | Educated to degree level or equivalent | Application | |
| Higher degree/ Prof qual’n | Application | ||
| Experience | At least 5 years experience working in the charitable sector in the field of smell and taste loss | Application/interview | |
| Identified and delivered strategic opportunities | Application/interview | ||
| Delivering effective change management to achieve goals | Application/interview | ||
| Building and leading staff teams to high achievement | Application/interview | ||
| Success in identifying partners and developing sustainable and positive relationships to achieve strategic goals | Application/interview | ||
| Led projects working across research, health and commercial sectors to achieve shared goals with demonstrable outcomes | Application/interview | ||
| Has embedded principles of safeguarding, diversity and inclusiveness in an organisation | Application/interview | ||
| Significant experience at working in a senior leadership role | Application/interview | ||
| Experience at working in a complex environment at a senior level | Application/interview | ||
| Experience at working at board level in the charity sector | Application/interview | ||
| Experience at developing policies and ensuring they are adhered to | Application/interview | ||
| Skills | Excellent leadership and presentation skills | Application/Interview | |
| Able to develop strategy and operational plans, reporting at Board level | Application/interview | ||
| Able to manage high levels of uncertainty and risk in pursuing strategic goals | Application/interview | ||
| Excellent interpersonal skills to influence ‘stakeholders’ including volunteers, scientists, clinicians, businesspeople and trusts/donors | Application/interview | ||
| High level negotiation skills | Application/interview | ||
| Financial management skills | Application/interview | ||
| Excellent written, verbal and IT skills | Application/interview | ||
| Knowledge | Practical knowledge re application of business planning methods in charities | Application/Interview | |
| Good understanding and adherence to good governance practices | Application/interview | ||
| Knowledge of effective marketing and communications techniques | Application/interview | ||
| Good knowledge of political opportunities to develop research, care and support for people with smell/taste disorders | Application/interview | ||
| Understand at first hand, or able to learn about, the diagnostic journey with smell and taste loss and its impact | Application/interview | ||
| Significant knowledge and understanding of impact of sensory loss | Application/interview | ||
| Experience of communicating and presenting this to external audiences and the media | Application/interview | ||
| Interpersonal | Self-confident and reliable with integrity | Interview | |
| Skilled ambassador and role model | Interview | ||
| Positive and resilient | Interview | ||
| Determined and has complete integrity | Interview | ||
| Other | Able to work on your own and manage a flexible work pattern to ensure key tasks are completed | Interview | |
| Ability to travel for work purposes from time to time in UK and occasionally internationally | Interview | ||
To Apply:
Please send a letter of application with a full CV to recruitment@fifthsense.org.uk to arrive no later than 9am 10 January 2022