Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The Company is seeking a Chief Operating Officer to lead a programme of operational, financial, and cultural change, supporting long-term sustainability and organizational impact. The COO will work with executive and board-level colleagues to turn strategy into priorities, plans, budgets, and performance measures. Responsibilities include developing financial strategy and oversight, improving operating models and internal processes, leading inclusive organizational change, and strengthening governance, risk management, and compliance. The role also oversees digital and data improvements, internal support functions, and outsourced finance and IT services. Candidates should have significant senior leadership experience in a charity, nonprofit, or similarly governed organization, along with a recognized professional accountancy qualification and substantial post-qualification finance leadership experience. They should bring expertise in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance management, organizational transformation, and risk oversight. Strong strategic, analytical, communication, change leadership, project management, and supplier oversight skills are required, as is experience advising executive leaders and a board or trustee body. The ideal candidate is collaborative, resilient, values-driven, and committed to inclusion and the organization’s mission.