Jamma Wellbeing
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Director – Jamma Wellbeing
Build the model. Prove the impact. Scale through partners.
Jamma Wellbeing is looking for an exceptional Director to lead the organisation through its next stage of development.
This is an opportunity for an experienced, entrepreneurial leader to bring their judgement, experience and vision to work closely with a passionate Founder and Board to shape the future of an ambitious wellbeing charity.
About Jamma Wellbeing
Jamma Wellbeing exists to empower people so they can navigate life with greater confidence and choice. At the heart of our work is Brain Smart®, a practical wellbeing education framework that makes complex psychological ideas understandable and useful. Brain Smart is already being delivered through partnerships in prisons, schools, communities and workplaces.
We now want to build on that foundation.
The opportunity is to help build and deliver Jamma Wellbeing’s future model: delivering a sharper strategy, developing a strong operating model, building the right partnerships and creating a sustainable route to greater impact.
For the right person, this is much more than a conventional charity Director role. It is a chance to help build an organisation capable of changing how practical wellbeing education is delivered — taking useful, evidence-informed ideas to more people through trusted partners.
The role
The Director will lead Jamma Wellbeing from its current stage into a focused, sustainable and scalable organisation.
You will work closely with the Founder and team, while having real responsibility for translating ambition into delivery.
Key priorities will include:
- Turning Jamma's strategy into a clear and executable plan;
- Developing Brain Smart and its supporting infrastructure into a compelling, partner-ready proposition;
- Building and leading high-quality partnerships across primarily education, public services, communities and other relevant sectors;
- Establishing a sustainable income model, including licensing, partnerships, grants and public-sector opportunities;
- Personally leading important early partner relationships and negotiations;
- Building a small, capable team and network of specialist support;
- Strengthening the systems required for safeguarding, quality assurance, accreditation, evaluation and reporting;
- Creating clear measures of impact and using evidence to determine where Jamma should invest, adapt, expand or stop; and
- Representing Jamma credibly with partners, funders, commissioners and other senior stakeholders.
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Commercial responsibility is an important part of the role. We want to increase Jamma's reach and impact, but to do so in a way that is financially sustainable and protects the quality, integrity and safety of the programme.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a builder.
Someone who is energised by creating something that does not yet fully exist, who can see the big picture but is equally comfortable turning ideas into plans, decisions, partnerships and measurable results.
You are likely to bring:
- Significant senior leadership experience in an organisation that has grown, transformed or developed a new operating model;
- A strong track record of turning strategy into delivery;
- Experience developing significant partnerships and generating revenue;
- Strong commercial judgement, including propositions, contracts, financial management and senior-level negotiation;
- Experience building teams, systems or capabilities in an evolving organisation;
- Confidence working with Boards and senior stakeholders;
- Strong financial literacy and a disciplined approach to priorities, investment and performance; and
- A well-developed network across the UK, including relationships across the private, public and/or philanthropic sectors.
Experience in education, youth, health and wellbeing, charities, social enterprise or public-sector commissioning would be valuable, but we are equally interested in strong leaders from outside the traditional charity sector who are attracted by the opportunity to apply their experience to social impact.
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Experience of licensing, accreditation, train-the-trainer or another partner-led scaling model would also be an advantage.
The kind of leader who will thrive here
You will be commercially astute but purpose-led; ambitious but pragmatic; collaborative but prepared to make decisions.
You will be comfortable working in an organisation where not everything is already established.
Most importantly, you will care about creating something useful and enduring — an organisation capable of improving wellbeing, particularly for young people, at meaningful scale without losing the simplicity, quality and humanity at the heart of its work.
About Jamma Wellbeing
Jamma Wellbeing is a registered charity with a simple vision:
A future where understanding and shaping your wellbeing is a basic life skill for everyone.
We work through trusted organisations and partners to bring practical wellbeing education to the people and communities they already serve.
Our emerging model is deliberately designed for scale: Jamma develops and improves the programme, materials, accreditation, safeguarding, quality and evaluation framework, while partners bring the audience, setting and trusted local delivery capability.
If you are excited by the opportunity to help shape an organisation, build a sustainable model and create meaningful impact at scale, we would like to hear from you.
Application process
First interviews will take place by video, on the 16th, 17th or 18th September 2026 and the second, in-person interview will take place during the week of 5th October in Surrey.
Please submit your CV and a covering letter to lesley@jamma.co
You must be eligible to work in the UK.
Closing date for applicants - 5pm, Friday 11th September 2026
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