St Helena Hospice Colchester Salary petitive + benefits, including PRP and hybrid working Do you want to lead a growth focusedmercial business that funds an end-of-life charity impacting the lives of people of Essex?St Helena HospiceFor over 40 years, St Helena Hospice has provided expert inpatient andmunity palliative and end of life to the people of North East Essex facing incurable illness and bereavement, supporting them, their families, friends, and carers. They support c4,500 people every year with their services.St Helena is one of the largest hospices in the country and known for their innovative approach to both their clinical andmercial work.
Their vision is to be a Leader in Caring. They believe their localmunity deserves world class care and they aspire to be the best, and to drive innovation and excellence across everything they do.The charity supports members of itsmunity, helping them make their own choices and live with dignity. By focusing on their physical, emotional and spiritual needs, they aim to bringfort and relief to all those who need it, offering the people of North East Essex individual care and total support, regardless of their diagnosis or personal circumstances. The roleThis is very much amercially focused strategic leadership role, offering the opportunity to grow established and relatively new businesses as well as set up or acquire new ones. Themercial Director is responsible for overall delivery ofmercial strategies and performance across the Retail, Lottery andmercial Cleaning businesses, in addition to the Marketing function, with a potential to also take on responsibility for fundraising operations.St Helena is a c£24 million ie organisation and generates circa 50% of this from itsmercial trading activities.
Kate Heslegrave, Co-CEO, is ambitious to continue the growth and further development of St Helena’smercial trading activities and this role is crucial to the achievement of this.Key duties and responsibilities will include:
1. Lead the development and delivery ofmercial operations and business development for the group ensuring sustainable ie growth that delivers the organisation’s charitable and strategic objectives.
2. Provide advice to the Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team, Trading Board and Board of Trustees on all strategicmercial, business development, and business innovation matters.
3. Lead the non-care trading activities and businesses within the group – currently Retail, Lottery &mercial Cleaning businesses.
4. Develop and deliver new business opportunities and ventures, including investment cases, andmercial analysis.
5. Lead the brand and marketing strategy for the charity and group and ensure its effective implementation.
6. Lead the development of themercial growth plan and ensuremercial teams develop budgets and business plans that deliver agreed objectives and ie targets.
7. Provide inspirational leadership to the Retail,mercial Cleaning, Lottery and Marketing functions.
YouThe newmercial Director will be joining St Helena Hospice during an important time of transition, reporting to the new Co-Chief Executive. You will have a robustmercial background, strong experience in delivering growth, driving efficiencies, forecasting and strategic planning and exposure to marketing. Yourmercial acumen, strategic and risk-based approach and inclusive leadership style will be a hugely important part of St Helena’s success.Additional information If you are interested in learning more about the post ofmercial Director at St Helena Hospice or to request a copy of the Candidate Brief, please contact Laurence Wolahan (M 07985 443 826) or Wendi Wang (0333 010 5263), of Hays Executive.To apply, upload your CV and covering letter, which should address your motivation in applying as well as highlighting aspects of your skills and experience that make you a strong candidate for the post ofmercial Director at St Helenas Hospice. Dates for this campaign:Closing Date: 28th September 2025
Preliminary Interview Date: W/C 6th October 2025
Interview: W/C 13th October 2025
The above dates are subject to change
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