Chief Operating Officer

Application deadline: 26/02/2018 at 12:00pm

An exciting opportunity for an experienced and confident senior leader to join our team at a time of organisational growth leading to independence.

Responsibilities in brief

Support the Executive Director to identify how the organisation needs to evolve in order to remain distinctive and continue to challenge standards of mathematics teaching in the UK.
Lead the operations, business development, impact and quality assurance, communications and marketing functions.
Oversee strategy review processes, developing recommendations on changes to the core operating model.
Be accountable for ensuring that all business support operations including HR, IT, data systems, training and administration are performed efficiently and effectively.
Build a medium and long-term organisational financial model to ensure the proposed growth plans lead to a sustainable business model capable of supporting independence and to identify the financial resources required to get there.
Be accountable for setting and co-ordinating the financial and operational aspects of strategic business plans
Oversee the governance structure.
Develop and implement the annual organisational goals and objectives, ensuring these are clearly communicated and understood by employees.

An experienced and confident senior leader with a proven ability to lead and implement change effectively and sustainably.
Ability to probe, challenge and question appropriately and strive for continual improvement with the confidence and experience to make commercial judgements.
Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
Commitment to the social sector with a passion for Mathematics Mastery’s vision, mission and values.
Experience of overseeing the operations of a limited company or charity including finance, technology, human resources and governance.
Experience of developing and interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model.
Experience of leading high-performing cross-functional teams.
Experience of working effectively with internal and external stakeholders to drive change and implement policies.
A proven track record of developing and driving through efficiencies and challenging ways of working.
Strong analytical and numerical skills and the ability to quickly assimilate and interpret financial and non-financial data and turn it into strategic advice.
Technologically savvy, with experience of having worked with IT staff to develop and implement effective processes and systems.

Please download and read the full Application Pack and send your CV and cover letter to:
recruitment@mathematicsmastery.org