Job Opportunity with Together Trust: Commercial Director

Location: Cheadle, Cheshire, with some travel across the North West
Salary: Starting at £107,497
Closing Date: Sunday 14th Janaury 2024

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Recruitment timetable

Closing Date: Sunday 14th Janaury 2024
Preliminary Interviews With GatenbySanderson: w/c 29th January and 5th February 2024
Executive Profiling And Psychometric Assessment: w/c 19th and 26th February 2024
Final Panel Interview: w/c 4th March 2024

The Together Trust are one of the North West’s leading charities. For over 150 years, we have been championing and caring for people with disabilities and complex health needs, providing life-changing support for looked-after children and care-experienced people and delivering transformative education services.

Our vision is a society where everyone thrives because they are valued within their communities. The Trust is deeply rooted in its values and aspires to be person-centred in all its plans, practices, and behaviours and supports over 3,000 children, adults, and families each year.

The Commercial Director will play a vital role in shaping the Together Trust of the future by overseeing all the charity’s commercial strategies, partnership building, strategic financial planning, and revenue generation initiatives. As a key member of the Trust’s senior leadership team, you will collectively be responsible for driving and overseeing the charity's organisational strategic priorities and ambitions for the children, young people, adults, and families we support.

As an ambitious and impactful organisation, the Together Trust is seeking an experienced individual with the ability to develop and implement the charity's commercial strategy and ensure long-term financial sustainability.

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Oversee all financial operations, strategic financial planning and ensuring strong fiscal management.
• Identify and cultivate innovative strategic partnerships and collaborations with key organisations to enhance the charity's commercial reach and impact.
• Develop and implement effective brand management, marketing, and campaigns to support commercial and fundraising strategies.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and emerging opportunities to refine and adapt the charity's commercial approach.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure that commercial strategies are integrated with the charity’s overall goals and mission.

Critically, you will demonstrate a passion and commitment to the Together Trust’s mission and values.

The Together Trust aims to be representative of the communities we are working with. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status, or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments and positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

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How to Apply
To apply please upload your CV and address the four questions below in no more than 250 words per question (1000 total):

• What aspects of your career to date do you feel have best equipped you to take on the challenge of the Commercial Director position?
• Which of the commercial strategies or revenue generation initiatives you have designed and implemented are you most proud of and why?
• How will you seek to ensure that the Together Trust is equipped to meet the challenges that it will face over the next three years?
• What in your experience is the best way to effectively work with a Trustee board?

Deadline for applications: Sunday 14th January

These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.

If you wish to have an informal discussion about the opportunities, please contact our retained advisors:

Jennie Wood, Research Lead, Not for Profit Practice [email protected] / 07827044171

Alex Williams, Senior Consultant, Not for Profit Practice [email protected] / 07796940274

Full details and application documents here