Can you inspire a movement of volunteers and staff to stand alongside families with young children? Do you have the skills and experience to oversee the support and development for 180 charities working across the UK? our client, a community-based family support charity, is seeking an impressive, values-based leader with the energy, humility and compassion to equip the sustainability and impact of their Federation. Job Title: Director of Network Impact Location: Remote (travel to Leicester Office & other locations where necessary) Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time (36 hours per week) Salary: £75,000 (FTE salary) Reports to: CEO Manages: Head of Quality & Safeguarding, Head of Practice & Development, Impact Manager About the Employer This charity is there to ensure that no parent or carer feels alone as they seek to give their children the best possible start in life. With a distinctive offer of volunteer-led home visiting support, this organisation offers emotional and practical support to parents and carers with young children facing challenges in life such as isolation, poor mental health and poverty. About The Role At the heart of the organisation is an inspirational network of 180 charities supporting over 43,000 families each year in communities across the UK. Our client is the central body in this network – supporting local federated charitities and working to build national partnerships and profile. As a federation, they are a powerful combination of local charities close to the needs of communities alongside a UK-wide presence, voice and influence. The last few years have been so intense for families. The pandemic left a long shadow on children’s development; the cost-of-living crisis is forcing parents to make the most impossible trade-offs; and there has been an erosion of services available at the earliest moments of a child’s life. As the Director of Network Impact at this organisation, your role will be to help equip the network to face into all of these challenges. As an established senior leader, you will have with a track record of managing complex relationships – possibly, but not necessarily, within a federated or networked environment. You will have achieved significant impact in relevant aspects of the role, bring credibility in relevant fields, and professional experience of safeguarding and child protection. This is a compelling opportunity to join this charity and help build the sustainability, quality and impact of the local charities. You will be joining a committed talented team, ambitious for growth and a supportive, flexible working environment. They are excited to hear from you in this exciting leadership role at such a crucial time for families and children. Closing date for applications: Monday 27th May 2024. First round interviews will take place the week commencing the 10th June. A final second round is scheduled for 17th/18th June. Interested? Please click the job board apply button to be taken to the next stage where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions (you may need to scroll down). This employer is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity. They wish to encourage applications from all parts of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability. This is a UK wide role and applicants are eligible to apply from across the UK. They will be flexible to your working needs. Should you have any difficulty completing an application you will be able to contact them so that they can find a solution that will enable you to apply. Should you be invited to an interview all your interview questions and/or tasks will be sent to you beforehand so that you can prepare and they will aim to be as flexible as possible to accommodate an interview time that suits you. No agencies please.