Alexander Lloyd
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Executive Officer
Surrey | On-site with some hybrid flexibility | Competitive six-figure salary
We are partnering with a long-established charitable organisation based in Surrey to appoint a Chief Executive Officer.
The charity supports children and young people facing challenging personal circumstances, helping them access stability, opportunity, and improved long-term outcomes through education and pastoral support.
This is a newly created and highly influential leadership role, reporting directly to the Chair and Board of Trustees. The successful candidate will shape the organisation’s future strategy, strengthen its financial sustainability, and lead a small, committed team through the next stage of its development.
The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on responsibility across fundraising, governance, finance, operations, partnerships, and commercial income generation.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing and delivering the organisation’s long-term strategy
- Advising and working closely with the Board of Trustees
- Leading fundraising and developing new income streams
- Taking overall responsibility for financial performance and sustainability
- Maximising commercial opportunities from a significant property and estate portfolio
- Managing key external partnerships and service-provider relationships
- Overseeing safeguarding assurance, service quality, and organisational risk
- Leading and developing a small senior team
- Acting as an ambassador with funders, partners, regulators, and wider stakeholders
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Requirements
We are interested in candidates who can demonstrate:
- Senior leadership experience within a charity and demonstrable experience of charity governance and regulatory compliance, including working with trustees and ensuring appropriate reporting, controls, and procedures are in place to meet Charity Commission requirements.
- A strong track record in fundraising, grants, trusts, corporate partnerships, or major-donor engagement.
- Experience of estates, property, commercial income, or asset optimisation.
- Strong financial and commercial acumen.
- Confidence working with Boards, trustees, and regulated governance structures.
- Experience managing complex partnerships, contracts, or outsourced services.
- The ability to combine strategic thinking with practical, hands-on leadership.
- A genuine commitment to improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.
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This opportunity may suit an experienced charity Chief Executive, Deputy CEO, COO, or senior leader from an estate-based charity seeking a broader executive role.
Application
For a confidential discussion, please contact John Richardson at Alexander Lloyd on jri@alexanderlloyd.co.uk. Please quote reference EJR0726.
Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants you have not been shortlisted for this role. Please continue to check our website www.alexanderlloyd.co.uk for any other roles which may be of interest.
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