Chief Executive Officer
NSUN (the National Survivor User Network)
Remote working
Full time, permanent role (flexible working considered)
£61,800 per annum

Introduction
NSUN is an England-wide network of people and groups with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma. We know that peoples' lives are complex, mental health is complex and the landscapes that we work in are complex. The work that we do to shift power and resource within mental health embraces this complexity. We are led and fully staffed by people with lived experience of mental ill-health or long-term mental distress. We are a truly user-led national mental health charity, the only one of its kind, and we are needed now more than ever.

The role
Having grown from c£236k to an expected income £940k in 2024 and from two staff to eleven over the last 3 years we are looking to consolidate and continue our growth and impact in our next chapter. The key challenges for our next CEO will be to provide encouragement, support and strong leadership to the staff team so that they can continue to do the incredible work that they do. You will continue to have strong relationships with our funders, partners and key stakeholders within the mental health arena and beyond. While we are in a strong financial position currently, there will also be the need to look ahead and secure funding for the future.

The person

We are looking for someone who has experience of strategically and operationally leading people and programmes of work, but this does not necessarily need to be through traditional senior leadership team-level or previous CEO experience. What is most important to us is that we appoint a values-driven leader with a deep commitment to advancing NSUN's work on anti-oppression and social (in)justice, with an intersectional, critical and political understanding of mental ill-health, distress and trauma.

How to apply

Application is by way of CV with a Supporting Statement that should set out your motivations for applying and how your work experience to date meets the scope of the responsibilities and person specification. As a general guide, your Supporting Statement should be around two sides of A4.

Whilst it is not mandatory, should you decide to apply, it would be of great help if you could complete the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Monotoring form which is downloadable from this listing (see job pack 2). Should you choose to do so please email the completed form to office@nfpconsulting.co.uk with "Chief Executive monitoring form" in the subject box. The form is anonymous and will be stored separately from your application. Thank you

For an informal discussion after reading the Candidate Information Pack, please contact our strategic recruitment partner Carroll Lloyd, Director, NFP Consulting: carroll.lloyd@nfpconsulting.co.uk

Selection process and timescales

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday 11th February 2024

Stage 1: week commencing 26th February

First round of screening interviews will be conducted by NFP Consulting, which will be held via Zoom.

Stage 2: week commencing 4th March

The shortlist of preferred candidate/s will be invited to an informal meeting with some members of the staff team. The purpose of this interaction is so that you can ask questions about the organisation, their roles, and their engagement with NSUN as you wish.

Stage 3: week commencing 4th March

Formal panel interviews will be held via Zoom with NSUN on either 7th or 8th March 2024