Role: Head of External Affairs
Salary Band: £40,000 - £61,800
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (40 hpw)
Location: Woodstock, Oxfordshire
About the Employer
Our client is a national charity supporting people in rural areas to set up and run successful businesses in community ownership. They do this to achieve their UK-wide vision for resilient, thriving and inclusive rural communities.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join this team and lead and implement the organisation's External Affairs strategy. The role holder will advocate for a supportive policy, legislative and funding environment in which the community-owned business sector can flourish, as well as oversee the growing membership services and communications activities. They will help strengthen the community business movement as a whole as well as engage a range of stakeholders to help further the organisation's strategic objectives and make their vision for resilient, thriving and inclusive rural communities become a reality across the UK.
Closing date for applications:
9am Monday 24 February 2025 Interview date:
Interviews will be held at the charity's offices in Woodstock during w/c 3 March 2025 or via video conference. To Apply Click the job board apply button. You will 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 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and their approach goes beyond ‘protected characteristics’ to thinking more broadly about inclusion. Every individual will think and feel differently and they believe that these differences should be embraced, and individual needs taken into account. Additionally, the makeup of the rural communities they work with leads to their own particular diversity and exclusion challenges and opportunities compared to urban areas. Their commitment to EDI, both internally and externally, has been tailored to the organisation and the communities it serves. Our client is a registered charity, and a company limited by guarantee. No agencies please.
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9am Monday 24 February 2025 Interview date:
Interviews will be held at the charity's offices in Woodstock during w/c 3 March 2025 or via video conference. To Apply Click the job board apply button. You will 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 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and their approach goes beyond ‘protected characteristics’ to thinking more broadly about inclusion. Every individual will think and feel differently and they believe that these differences should be embraced, and individual needs taken into account. Additionally, the makeup of the rural communities they work with leads to their own particular diversity and exclusion challenges and opportunities compared to urban areas. Their commitment to EDI, both internally and externally, has been tailored to the organisation and the communities it serves. Our client is a registered charity, and a company limited by guarantee. No agencies please.
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