Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Leading Trade Body

Hybrid Working – 3 Days Hemel Hempstead Office, 2 Days Home

Basic Salary £95,000-£120,000 plus Benefits: Incentive Scheme: 15% of basic. Car Allowance, Pension Contribution, Private Medical, Holiday Entitlement: 25 days pa, plus bank holidays.

Our client, a leading trade body, is currently recruiting for a Chief Executive Officer.

The Role

The CEO will ensure that the organisation maintains and continuously enhances its influence, standing, and reputation in all areas of its activities, delivering measurable value-added for the membership. The CEO will be seen as the figurehead and spokesperson for the organisation and its members, firmly establishing its position as the “go to” source of expertise and guidance on all sector matters and recognised as such by Government, Public sector organisations, Media Outlets, affiliated organisations, Industry, and our members.

Responsibilities

1. Structure, prioritise, and direct the organisation’s activities to achieve the objectives within agreed short and mid-term strategic plans.
2. Define the critical success factors and secure the Board’s agreement to the KPIs.
3. Lead regular reviews of overall strategy, proposing continuity of, or changes to, areas of focus as legislative, regulatory, market conditions, and member requirements dictate.
4. Conceive and evaluate opportunities to increase the role of the organisation as a provider of guidance, support, and influence in pursuit of progressively more informed decision making throughout the industry with specific reference to, but not limited to, PPE and safety products and services.
5. Secure the support of the Board for current and future goals and strategy elements through direct engagement on a “needs be” basis.
6. Ensure that the number and composition of membership continues to be properly representative of our industry in terms of scale and mix.

Person Specification

1. Detailed knowledge of the Safety and Health industry and market.
2. Experience of managing industry associations or trade bodies.
3. UK bias but with international experience.
4. Intellectual bandwidth spans commercial-regulatory-legislative, commercial, and market factors.
5. Recognition and analysis of key industry trends and the translation of this into constructive action.
6. Evidence-based leadership skills.
7. Effective networker – comfortable at all levels with first-class, confident communication skills.
8. Strategic thinker and thought leader, able to carry colleagues and third parties with positions taken or proposed.
9. Effective delegator based on a clear understanding of detail and the capabilities of others.
10. Sound judgement and clear decision maker.
11. Ability to deal with difficult situations professionally and productively.
12. Self-starter comfortable with the singular nature of a leadership position.
13. Healthy level of Emotional Intelligence.

To apply for this role, please send your CV.

Due to the volume of applications, we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.

Membership Bespoke is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. Membership Bespoke positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Membership Bespoke is the most experienced membership-focused recruitment firm in the UK, with 10+ years of experience delivering tailored permanent, temporary, interim, and Executive Search recruitment solutions to Trade Associations, Regulatory Bodies, Political Parties, and Professional Bodies.

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