Chief Executive Officer Full Time

As a social enterprise and registered B-Corp, Impact Hub London is a home for positive change. Our purpose is to accelerate entrepreneurial action that benefits people and planet. Through our workspaces, business support programmes, membership community and events, we bring together impact-driven individuals and organisations to build a more fair and sustainable future. We are part of the world’s leading network for building communities and ecosystems for change through social and environmental entrepreneurship, with 120 Impact Hubs across 67 countries hosting 25,000+ members.

Impact Hub London currently operates two fully hosted flexible workspaces in King’s Cross and Euston, offering co-working, team desks, micro-offices, meeting rooms and two unique event spaces for hire. We have supported hundreds of social enterprises to incubate and scale from our King’s Cross premises since 2008, and in April 2024 we opened a new state-of-the art innovation hub within British Land’s flagship life sciences district in Euston, which has quadrupled our capacity.

CEO
Impact Hub London
London (King’s Cross/Euston) – with one day working from home
£85k + plus training allowance, pension, medical cash plan and profit share scheme.

This is an exciting leadership opportunity for a highly motivated individual who can combine passion for our purpose; motivational, inclusive team leadership; and the commercial acumen to secure strong financial performance. The opening of our new Euston premises unlocks the opportunity to step change our revenue and our impact. The new CEO will look and plan ahead for the future growth of the organisation across London.

We are looking to appoint an inspiring and leader who:

• Is a champion for our purpose with a track record of successful leadership from a social enterprise, commercial organisation or brings cross-sector charity experience
• Has a scaling mentality, underpinned by process discipline and entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on impact
• Is an engaging, inclusive and supportive leader, enjoys building teams and developing talent

How to apply:
If you are motivated to join a B Corp and social enterprise that’s accelerating entrepreneurial action for people and planet and possess the skills and experience we’re looking for, we would love to hear from you. For further information about this brilliant opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please visit the dedicated microsite: https://www.prospect-us-site.co.uk/impacthub

IHL will not tolerate direct or indirect discrimination against any person on grounds of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity or paternity, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, socio-economic background or other factors which do not affect the ability of an individual to undertake the job. We seek to go beyond the protected characteristics listed in the Equalities Act 2010 and also to take into account the effects of intersectionality and systemic bias.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the application and interview process.

If you wish to have an informal discussion about the opportunity, please contact our retained executive search advisors jane.ray@prospect-us.co.uk or sam.badenoch@prospect-us.co.uk

Timeline:
Deadline for applications: 16 September (midnight)
Interviews with Prospectus: w/c 7 October & w/c 14 October
Interviews with Impact Hub London: 23rd October and w/c 28th October

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