Location: 3 days a week from our Loughborough office on the Loughborough University campus and working from home.
Salary:£75,000 – £85,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time
Closing Date: 30 June 2025
Overall Role:
As a member of the Executive and Senior Leadership Teams, the Chief Operating Officer is responsible for ensuring the charity’s internal functions run smoothly and effectively, with a particular emphasis financial strategy. The role focuses on making the best use of people, systems and resources across Finance, IT, Data & Technology, Compliance & Governance, HR & Safeguarding, and Business Support to maximise impact for children and young people.
Accountable for:
* Providing strategic financial leadership while working with senior leaders to optimise financial performance and governance.
* Building, nurturing and growing the charity’s delivery network of and registered delivery partners for Youth Sport Trust products and services
* Simple, streamlined and joined up internal systems and processes to ensure the charity is easy to work in, for, and with
* The performance of all internal support functions through line management of senior leaders.
* Operational delivery against the strategy and budget
* The development and use of performance metrics to drive operational performance,
* Providing tools and processes to help senior leaders monitor strategic progress.
* Strengthening the charity’s reputation for high quality, impactful services.
* Championing a culture, collaboration and continuous improvement.
* Maximising the use of data, digital technology, AI, and cybersecurity to increase impact, efficiencies and resilience.
* Ensuring strong governance, regulatory compliance and risk management..
Qualifications
* CCAB qualified accountant
Experience
* Extensive proven operational leadership experience
* Experience of developing and strengthening systems and processes which support delivery and implementation of products and services.
* Experience in delivering strategic and operational financial leadership in a complex organisation
* Experience of leading the development of digital and business systems which have improved business performance.
* Experience at working as a member of a senior leadership team
* Experience of successfully managing a multi-functional team within an organisation of comparable size and complexity
* Strong governance experience of working within charity environments and establishing governance frameworks
* Experience in communication, influencing and advocacy both internally up to board level and with external stakeholders or partners
* Experience of leading and delivering effective business change
* Experience of successfully leading and inspiring a high performing team
* A previous track record of understanding the latest technology trends
If you would like to have a chat to learn more about this role and to receive a full job description, please contact Simon Bascombe at Harris Hill onsimon.bascombe@harrishill.co.ukor call him on 020 7820 7311.
To apply please send an up to date CV plusaSupporting Statement (no more than 1 x A4 pages) highlighting your suitability for the position and why you are interested,tosimon.bascombe@harrishill.co.ukby 12pm on Monday 30 June 2025
The role closes at 12pm on Monday 30th June. Please reach out to learn more.
First stage interviews will be held on 14 July 2025 and second stage interviews will be held on 23 July 2025.
Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Supporting Documents
* Youth Sport Trust Chief Financial Operations Officer FINAL.pdf
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