Vacancy: Community Trust Head of Operations

Cambridge United Community Trust is hiring a Head of Operations to join its Management Team...

Are you a confident leader with exceptional communication skills? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspiring Head of Operations to join Cambridge United Community Trust, soon to become Cambridge United Foundation, who is passionate about the impact sport can have on transforming people’s lives.

This management role involves empowering our high quality staff to deliver across our health, wellbeing, community and inclusion programmes.

The Head of Operations will provide leadership and direction for Managers and Officers within the delivery team, with a focus on increasing the success and sustainability of existing programmes and identifying opportunities to develop. In this role you will be responsible for several programmes, working with the wider team to ensure impact, quality, and efficiency of all activities.

You will ensure the impact assessment process is fully embedded within our work and our programmes clearly demonstrate progress towards the strategic outcomes and KPIs. You will be an excellent communicator, with the ability to liaise with internal partners and engage with external stakeholders, including local authorities, public health, education providers and other charity organisations, as well as our beneficiaries and their families.

The successful candidate will join a strong team with shared values, who are committed to delivering our vision of becoming a stronger, healthier and more equal community.

The closing date for applications is 14th December 2022, with interviews schduled to take place w/c 19th December 2022.

If you have any questions in the build-up, please contact Vicky Neal on vickyn@cambridgeunited.com

Cambridge United FC is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. 

We do not discriminate against staff on the basis of age, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religious or political belief or affiliation, trade union membership, gender, gender reassignment, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic background or any other inappropriate distinction or characteristic covered by the Equality Act 2010.