We are looking for a new Chief Executive Officer who will bring fresh thinking, energy and strong leadership to support LAAS as we continue to develop and build on what we already do well.
Hours: 30 hours
Contract: Permanent
Entitlement: 36 – 41 days annual leave including public holidays. Pension contribution (NEST pension)
Location: Based in Dumbarton with the opportunity for hybrid working.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide clear and effective leadership that motivates staff to deliver a high quality, independent advocacy service that ensures that people’s voices are heard and their rights protected
- Build and maintain a positive workplace environment and culture that fosters team working, accountability, innovation and continuous improvement
- Develop the leadership and wider team in a way that ensures LAAS has the right capacity, capability and succession planning in place to continue delivering a high quality service
- Support, guide and supervise the Operational Manager who leads a team of paid and volunteer advocates to provide high quality advocacy across Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire.
- Be a member of and support LAAS board of trustees, assisting the chair as required
- Promote equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring that these principles underpin all aspects of LAAS’s work
- Ensure there are meaningful opportunities for people with lived experience to be involved in the development and governance of LAAS Strategic Planning
- Work with the Board of Trustees to develop a strategic plan that reflects LAAS’s vision and values and the needs of communities across Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire
- Work with the leadership team to create an operational plan that will translate strategic goals into measurable objectives with key performance indicators
- Ensure that effective planning frameworks are in place to support long term sustainability
- Keep abreast of changes in policy and legislation, provide recommendations for action and lead change through sound operational processes Financial Management and Resources
- Work alongside the Business Manager and Treasurer to ensure LAAS’s financial strength and sustainability with robust financial planning, control and monitoring processes
- Make the best use of resources (people and financial) to deliver independent advocacy effectively
- Negotiate and manage contracts with NHS and local authority advocacy commissioners for the delivery of independent advocacy. This would include ensuring that contracts and monitoring requirements don’t impact on the independence of the advocacy provided
- Identify and secure additional sources of income e.g. grant making trusts to
- ensure sustainability and increase the accessibility of independent advocacy
- Ensure compliance with regulatory financial requirements and maintain the highest standard of probity and accountabilitythe Chair and ensure reports to OSCR and other regulatory bodies appropriate and timely
- Be the lead contact for auditors, produce annual reports in conjunction with
- the Chair and ensure reports to OSCR and other regulatory bodies appropriate and timely
Pay: £47,143.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Dumbarton
