Head of Strategy and New Programmes
Employer: Fair4All Finance
Location: Hybrid with expectation to join at least monthly sessions in the London office
Working hours: Full time
Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 + excellent benefits, including 27 days holiday, 2:1 pension (up to 12% employer contribution), plus many more
Closing date: 5:00pm, 28th Oct 2026 GMT
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Head of Strategy and New Programmes
Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 + excellent benefits, including 27 days holiday, 2:1 pension (up to 12% employer contribution), plus many more
Location: London-Hybrid
The role-holder will be expected to join at least monthly sessions in our London office, with flexibility on working from home at other times
Shape the strategy. Build the next generation of programmes. Turn ambitious ideas into practical opportunities for lasting impact.
This is an exciting new role at the heart of Fair4All Finance, with the opportunity to shape our organisational strategy and lead the development of new programmes that support our, Influence, Transform & Scale priorities.
You will connect strategic thinking with practical programme design: helping the organisation make clear choices, translating priorities into coherent plans and taking promising ideas from initial concept through proposition development, options appraisal and business case development. Working across the organisation, you will ensure opportunities are evidence-informed, aligned to our mission and sufficiently defined before they move into delivery.
Sitting on the Operational Leadership Team, you will influence cross-organisational planning and prioritisation, act as a senior adviser on strategy and new programme development, and help define how future programmes move successfully from Strategy & Performance into Impact Delivery. This role reports into our Director of Strategy and Performance. It is a highly collaborative role offering real scope to shape what Fair4All Finance does next and how we maximise our impact for people in vulnerable circumstances.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a strategic, intellectually curious and collaborative leader with significant experience of strategy development and planning, and of shaping complex programmes or initiatives from concept through to mobilisation. You will be able to bring structure to ambiguity, turn evidence and insight into clear recommendations, and balance ambition with practical delivery judgement. An outstanding communicator and trusted relationship-builder, you will be motivated by our mission to improve financial resilience and wellbeing for people in vulnerable circumstances.
Key Responsibilities will include
· Leading the day-to-day development and evolution of Fair4All Finance's organisational strategy, keeping priorities clear, current and responsive to the external context.
· Translating strategy into annual business plans, organisational priorities, success measures and clear strategic choices for senior decision makers.
· Identifying, shaping and developing new programme opportunities from initial concept through strategic rationale, proposition development, options appraisal, funding case, business case and mobilisation planning.
· Producing clear, evidence-based strategic propositions and recommendations that consider impact, feasibility, funding, resources, risks, dependencies and measures of success.
· Defining the approach, readiness criteria and decision points for transferring new programmes into Impact Delivery, working closely with colleagues across the organisation.
· Contributing to cross-organisational leadership through the Operational Leadership Team and line managing the Senior Manager, Systems Change & Impact.
What you will bring
· Significant experience of strategy development and planning, including supporting senior leaders to make effective choices and translating priorities into plans, propositions and programmes.
· Experience of shaping complex programmes or initiatives from concept through to mobilisation across multidisciplinary teams.
· Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to turn research, insight, evaluation and performance information into persuasive recommendations and propositions.
· The ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity, balancing strategic ambition with evidence, feasibility and practical delivery judgement.
· Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including developing business cases, briefings, funding propositions and presentations for different audiences.
· Inclusive, collaborative leadership and a strong track record of building trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, funders or partners.
You can find more information like essential and desirable criteria on the full job description.
Fair4All Finance is a Disability Confident Committed scheme member.
Fair4All Finance is a Disability Confident Committed member. We’re committed to an inclusive workplace and will offer an initial interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. You’ll be able to indicate this in your application.
Our Benefits include:
Financial Security:
• Pension (2:1 up to 12% employer contribution), group life assurance, critical illness, and income protection, family leave
Wellbeing:
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, flexible working, health cash plan, health & wellbeing resource hub (including an Employee Assistance Programme)
Personal & Professional Development:
• Individual Training budget
• Book Club – mission aligned, up to 4 per year
• Reset and Reflection days - individual, team and organisation wide
Fair4All Finance is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. We value different perspectives, experiences, and expertise, encouraging everyone to grow and contribute fully. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, including age, gender identity, disability, marital status, race, sexual orientation, pregnancy, and socioeconomic status.
We ensure fair and equitable treatment for all team members and applicants and actively recruit from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to making reasonable adjustments to support candidates and promote flexible working for a healthy work-life balance.
To apply, submit your application via Applied by 5pm, on Wednesday 28th October
Please note that your application will be reviewed through a blind, unbiased process, so be sure to provide clear, specific examples in your responses to our ‘sift’ questions.
Due to the nature of our work successful applicants may be required to undergo pre-employment checks, which include employment reference and criminal record checks. All checks will be role appropriate and your recruiter will confirm which checks are required. We manage our Right to Work checks via TrustID.
All applicants must have an existing Right to Work in the UK and not require sponsorship at any point now, or in the future.
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