Strategy Lead
Employer: National Deaf Children's Society
Location: Home-based
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £55,274 - £60,000 per annum
Closing date: 05 Jun 2026
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We are looking for a Strategy Lead to play a leading role in supporting the development of NDCS’s next organisational strategic plan, bringing together insight, ambition, and priorities into a clear long-term direction for the whole charity. You will provide the coordination, analysis, and facilitation needed to help shape a strategy that reflects the needs of deaf children and families and supports informed decision-making by senior leaders and Trustees.
What you'll do
Help shape NDCS’s future by leading work to develop our next strategic plan with Trustees, senior leaders and colleagues from across the charity.
Use insight to inform good decisions, bringing together data, external trends, policy developments and stakeholder feedback to shape clear priorities.
Work collaboratively across NDCS, building shared understanding and creating opportunities for staff, families and stakeholders to help shape our direction.
Support strong decision-making by preparing clear advice, practical recommendations and well-judged options for Trustees and senior leaders.
Turn strategy into something practical and meaningful, helping to shape the outcomes, measures, risks and roadmap that will guide our work
What you'll need
Adept at interpreting complex information, recognising patterns, and identifying opportunities to drive positive change for deaf children.
Confident strategic thinking, able to shape plans, influence senior leaders, and turn big ideas into meaningful action.
To be an engaging communicator who enjoys collaboration, values continual learning, and actively seeks feedback to enhance impact.
Curiosity resilience, and passion about making a difference for deaf children and their families
Strong digital skills and a sound understanding of agile values & principles.
A criminal record check / DBS disclosure (if offered the position).
What you'll get
Home-based working with flexible hours.
25 days holiday - plus an additional 3 days at Christmas (& bank holidays).
Pension (5.5% employer contribution).
Healthcare Cashplan.
Annual performance-based salary increase.
Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programmes.
What we do
The National Deaf Children's Society are the leading charity for deaf children. We give expert support on childhood deafness, raise awareness and campaign for deaf children's rights, so they have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Pre-employment checks
As part of our commitment to creating a safe and trusted environment for the children, young people and families we support, all offers of employment are subject to background checks. These include Right to Work verification, Criminal Record Disclosure, and ID and address verification.
To complete an online Right to Work check, you will need a valid UK or Irish passport, or a government share code if you are not a British citizen. If an online check is not possible, we’ll need to verify your documents in person at our London office. Please be aware that travel time and expenses for this appointment cannot be reimbursed.Disability Confidence
We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.
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