Chief Executive Officer Full Time

Our new Chief Executive will:

• Develop partnerships and programmes needed to get more people on the water.
• Provide inspiring leadership for our staff team, with the ability to listen.
• Ensure a sustainable future for the organisation, both in terms of environmental impact and commerciality.
• Use insight to develop a strategy to drive growth and improve the quality of our services.
• Have a talent for diplomacy and the confidence to make tough decisions
• Have a knack for building consensus around solutions to contentious issues
• Ensure we continue to have a strong policy framework and excellent systems and procedures for safeguarding and child protection.
• Be an expert in helping others do their best by supporting their team to use their talent, passion and experience.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior leader with a flexible home working policy. It is essential that you have a robust IT infrastructure, so that you are able to work effectively remotely.

Person Specification for the role:

Qualifications and relevant experience:

• A university degree or significant relevant experience.
• Experience of working in a senior leadership role for a sports governing body, or similar body
• Experience of budget setting and management

Personal Qualities:

• Sets high standard for self and others and represents the values of Paddle Cymru – with a commitment to the highest ethical standards.
• Creative and adaptable – always seeking new ways to improve while learning from experience, research and insight.
• Demonstrates confidence, diplomacy, empathy, enthusiasm and initiative.
• A commitment to achieving equality and diversity in high performance sport.

Requirements:

• Current full driving licence and access to transport.
• Robust IT infrastructure to enable remote working.
• Able to occasionally work unsocial hours, including evenings and weekends with overnight stays when required.
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Knowledge and skills:

• Strategic planning and evaluation.
• Understanding of risk management techniques
• Financial management skills, able to use Excel and other software tools to prepare and manage budgets.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to write and speak clearly and effectively.
• Able to work remotely and manage your own schedule and work priorities with only occasional support from the Chair.
• Passion for sport and an abilIty to motivate and energise others.
• General understanding of safeguarding.
• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

Other relevant information:

Working hours: Three days / 22.5 hours per week, flexible hours

Location: Home working, based in or close to Wales.

Length of contract: Permanent

Salary: Pro rata based on £60,000

Benefits: Fully flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave entitlement, pension, training and professional development opportunities, employee welfare and support programme, and free Paddle Cymru membership

Other requirements:

• You must complete a Disclosure and Barring Service check prior to starting the role.
• You must have a valid UK driving licence as the role requires occasional travel.

As the role involves working from home, you should have a home office or a private space to work at home and a good internet connection – though if this is not possible, we may be able to arrange office space for you.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: £60,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 22.5 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Current full driving licence and access to transport
• Robust IT infrastructure to enable remote working
• Able to occasionally work unsocial hours, including evenings and weekends with overnight stays when required

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