Operations Director (London)
Employer: The Longford Trust
Location: The trust has no physical office, so team members work remotely, with flexible hours, but all team members work Tuesdays. There are regular face-to-face team meetings, as well as one-to-ones, so easy access to London an advantage.
Working hours: A 3 day-a-week role
Salary: Paid pro-rata of £50-55,000 depending on experience via PAYE with pensions contributions
Closing date: noon on Friday May 1
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As the Longford Trust develops, attracting larger number of scholarship applications each year, making more new awards each summer, seeing numbers of scholars working with us growing, we are creating a new senior role at this exciting time for the charity.
Have a read, and if you think it might be something that appeals to you, something moreover where your work experience, your life experience and your commitment to prison reform could be channeled, then do please consider applying.
The new vacancy is for an Operations’ Director
A 3 day-a-week role;
Reporting to the Director and working as part of the Senior Management Team of the trust, within an overall cohort of eight, all part-time posts;
Paid pro-rata of £50-55,000 depending on experience via PAYE with pensions contributions;
The trust has no physical office, so team members work remotely, with flexible hours, but all team members work Tuesdays. There are regular face-to-face team meetings, as well as one-to-ones, so easy access to London an advantage.
The responsibilities of this senior post are as follows:
Leadership role in following areas: strategy, developing and implementing the 10-Year-Plan; HR; our Frank Awards programme; Communications and Marketing, systems, digital and AI.
Working with the Director on fund-raising and finance, growing and nurturing our core partnerships;
Working with other SMT members when needed in delivering their specific programme areas.
And this is the sort of person we are looking for:
Essential qualities you need to be able to demonstrate:
commitment to prison reform, with an understanding of the prison system and the barriers it creates for those leaving prison (lived experience of the prison or the criminal justice system is valued);
senior management background either in a charitable organisation or in a relevant area;
proven leadership skills and ability to represent the trust in public settings;
track record in expressing yourself clearly and persuasively in writing;
strong interpersonal skills in regard of team-working, team-building and upholding the values of the trust;
up-to-date financial and digital literacy.
Our values
Taking our cue from Frank Longford, after whom the trust is named, our values shape every aspect of our work, including all relationships between team members, trustees, scholarship award-holders, our volunteer trained mentors and our employability partners. These values include:
A firm belief in the power of education to change lives;
A passion for second chances for those with lived experience of prison;
A thorough-going can-do, practical approach that is driven by a desire to level the playing field for those who have been to prison and are committed to building new lives;
A commitment to integration of all regardless of background and circumstances. We assume the best, start from the positive, are curious, are always ready to learn, and reject fixed mindsets.
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