CEO

CEO - Off the Record, Bath & North East Somerset

We provide a range of free services including counselling, listening support, social prescribing, youth participation, advocacy, support for care leavers and an LGBTQ+ focused youth group.

Salary: From £55,000 pro rata

Experience and Knowledge:

• Senior leadership experience, ideally in the charity or public sector.
• Experience and confidence is thinking and working strategically while staying connected to the day-to-day.
• Experience leading teams and organisational performance.
• Understanding of governance, compliance and safeguarding.
• Experience of income generation and fundraising within the third sector, including corporate partnership, community fundraising and high net worth individuals.

Skills:

• Strategic and operational judgement, with the ability to create clarity from complexity and align people and priorities.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to make informed decisions.
• Ability to build effective relationships and develop strategic partnerships.
• Comfortable operating in complexity.

Personal Qualities and Attributes:

• Empathy and respect for the lived experiences of young people.
• Visionary and inclusive leadership style that models OTR's values (equity, empowering, person centred and collaborative) and inspires others to engage with and deliver the charity's mission and values.

Skilled communication across stakeholders.

• Willingness to support operationally as and when required.

Desirable:

• Experience of managing services with and for young people.
• Experience of developing and enhancing communications and marketing approaches.

How to Apply

To apply for the CEO role please email 3 documents to - your CV; the optional, anonymous equal opportunities monitoring form; and a covering letter responding to the three questions in the Application Pack. We are interested in thoughtful, reflective responses rather than polished or 'perfect' answers.

We are interested in thoughtful, reflective responses rather than polished or 'perfect' answers:

1. Where have you done your best work as a leader? What made that environment a good fit
for you? Where has it been more challenging, and why?

2. Why do you want to be the CEO of Off the Record BaNES? How would you approach
leading the organisation while staying true to its values in a financially constrained and evolving environment, where there is not always full clarity?

3. Imagine we've been discussing this role over coffee and are about to leave. What would you want to make sure we really understood about you as a leader in a situation like this?

Deadline for applications: 15th April 2026
Interviews: 22nd April 2026

We would welcome questions and conversations before applying, please email our Chair of Trustees Sammy Burt at

Please note, this position requires an enhanced DBS disclosure that we'll carry out before appointment along with two references.