Job Title: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Reports to: Board of Trustees

Location: Bath office (Manvers Street).

Hours: Part time, 30 hours per week (full time at OTR is 37 hours per week) - we are flexible on working hours.

Salary: From £55,000 pro rata

Benefits: Generous paid leave entitlement, with 35 days per annum (inclusive of Public Holidays and two discretionary days), accruing an extra day of annual leave every year until maximum 40 days annual leave per year. Two days of paid volunteering leave to support organisations that matter to you personally. An excellent pension scheme with The People's Pension, including contributions from the organisation and life assurance cover.

Job Purpose:

The CEO provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure Off the Record Bath and North East Somerset (OTR) delivers its mission to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people in a financially sustainable and effective way. The role includes setting direction, leading the organisation, ensuring strong financial and operational management, and building relationships with funders, commissioners and partners.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership: and culture

* Shape OTR's strategy and annual plan with the board of trustees

* Lead the implementation of OTR's strategy, plan and organisational priorities.

* Work closely with trustees to ensure strong governance

* Provide clear direction and alignment across the organisation.

* Support and contribute to a culture of high support, high challenge - ensuring we apply the same theories of support with each other as we do to the young people and communities we support.

Income generation:

* Identify and develop sustainable income streams through existing and new partnerships, stakeholders and individuals.

* Oversee and contribute to bids, grants and commissioned contracts to maintain OTR's work.

Management Oversight:

* Lead and develop staff and organisational performance.

* Ensure effective delivery of services and use of resources.

* Ensure compliance with health and safety, safeguarding, legal and charity regulations.

Financial Oversight:

* Work with the Head of Resources and Financial Committee to develop and manage the organisation's annual budget

* Ensure financial clarity, budget management and reporting, including accurate preparation of annual reports and financial statements.

* Work with SMT and Board to support sustainable decision-making.

Communications:

* Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders including funders, commissioners and partners.

Job Specification: CEO

Experience and Knowledge:

* Senior leadership experience, ideally in the charity or public sector.

* Experience and confidence is thinking and working strategically while staying connected to the day-to-day.

* Experience leading teams and organisational performance.

* Understanding of governance, compliance and safeguarding.

* Experience of income generation and fundraising within the third sector, including corporate partnership, community fundraising and high net worth individuals.

Skills:

* Strategic and operational judgement, with the ability to create clarity from complexity and align people and priorities.

* Strong financial acumen and ability to make informed decisions.

* Ability to build effective relationships and develop strategic partnerships.

* Comfortable operating in complexity.

Personal Qualities and Attributes:

* Empathy and respect for the lived experiences of young people.

* Visionary and inclusive leadership style that models OTR's values (equity, empowering, person centred and collaborative) and inspires others to engage with and deliver the charity's mission and values.

* Skilled communication across stakeholders.

* Willingness to support operationally as and when required.

Desirable:

Experience of managing services with and for young people.

Experience of developing and enhancing communications and marketing approaches.

How to Apply

To apply for the CEO role please submit your CV along with a covering letter responding to the following three questions. We are interested in thoughtful, reflective responses rather than polished or 'perfect' answers:

Where have you done your best work as a leader? What made that environment a good fit for you? Where has it been more challenging, and why?

Why do you want to be the CEO of Off the Record BaNES? How would you approach leading the organisation while staying true to its values in a financially constrained and evolving environment, where there is not always full clarity?

Imagine we've been discussing this role over coffee and are about to leave. What would you want to make sure we really understood about you as a leader in a situation like this?

Deadline for applications: 15th April 2026, 5 pm

Interviews: 22nd April 2026

We would welcome questions and conversations before applying, please email our Chair of Trustees.

Please note, this position requires an enhanced DBS disclosure that we'll carry out before appointment along with two references