Head of Strategy & Planning

Head of Impact
Leading Health Charity
London/Hybrid with two days a week in the office in central London
1 Year Contract
Full time, 35 hours per week with flexible working
£62,287
Excellent benefits including 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), enhanced pension scheme, employee health and wellbeing programmes

Are you passionate about impact and the health sector? self-motivated and diligent with strong people leadership experience?

Charity People are delighted to be working with an ambitious children's hospital charity to help bring on board a Head of Impact.

The charity is well known and well loved, raising money to help seriously ill children across the UK and beyond. Every day, more than 600 children and young people arrive at the hospital; doctors and nurses work on the most complex illnesses, and staff achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs. You will see daily how money raised helps to provide extraordinary care giving children and young people the best chance to fulfil their potential.

The role:

The Head of Impact , is a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover role, that offers a senior opportunity to lead impact evaluation at this leading health charity. This role involves embedding evidence from grant funding outcomes into decision-making and communications. The position oversees a range of functions including impact monitoring and evaluation, research, grant communications, and advocacy, supporting the charity's strategic objectives.

About You
You will be an experienced impact, monitoring or evaluation professional with experience in the charity or health sector. You will be a respected and trusted senior adviser with the ability to help guide teams and leaders in developing and implementing new strategies, processes and ways of working to improve impact reporting and data collection. Experience of line managing and leading an effective and motivated team. Good understanding of long-term outcomes and impact of research. Self-motivated, pro-active and solutions focused, with ability to work on own initiatives and to make decisions and provide recommendations.

How to apply

In the first instance please send your up-to-date CV to Kate at Charity People for more information and for the full Job Pack.

Due to the interim nature of the role, CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis and with interviews taking place asap, so please get in touch today if you are interested.

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