# CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

> Vero HR Ltd · Peterborough, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-06-23

**Salary:** GBP 44,000–44,000

**Workplace:** hybrid

**Department:** Ref: 156

## Description

**About the opportunity:**

We are acting as the internal recruitment partner for our client, a long‑established, user‑led disability charity that has been supporting local people with physical disabilities for more than three decades.

We are seeking an inspiring and values driven **Chief Executive Officer** to lead its next phase of development. The organisation is dedicated to removing barriers, promoting independence, and championing equality and inclusion for disabled people across the local community.

 **About the role:**

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic, collaborative leader who can combine vision with operational oversight, strong financial stewardship, and a deep commitment to the social model of disability.

A key focus of the role will be income generation engaging with existing funders, identifying new funding opportunities, and building long term financial sustainability.

**Key Responsibilities:**

-    **Strategic leadership** - Drive the delivery of the organisation’s 3‑year strategy, ensuring services remain aligned to community needs and lived experience
-   **Governance & compliance** — Support the Board of Trustees and ensure compliance with Charity Commission, safeguarding, data protection, and financial regulations.
-   **Financial sustainability** — Lead income generation across grants, contracts, partnerships, and trading; oversee budgets and reserves; and strengthen long‑term resilience.
-   **Operational oversight** — Ensure high‑quality service delivery, manage senior staff, and maintain strong systems, performance monitoring, and impact reporting.
-   **Partnerships & external relations** — Represent the organisation locally and nationally, influence policy, and build strategic relationships with commissioners, funders, and stakeholders.
-   **Leadership & culture** — Foster an inclusive, empowering culture rooted in equality, accessibility, and lived experience.

**Requirements:**

-   Proven senior leadership experience
-   Strong financial management and income generation skills
-   Excellent partnership‑building and influencing ability
-   Experience of governance and regulatory compliance
-   A commitment to the social model of disability and user‑led values
-   Experience in the disability or voluntary sector (desirable)
-   You will be resilient, collaborative, and motivated by creating positive change for disabled people
-   Must live within a commutable distance to the offices in Peterborough

**In return we are offering:**

-   Annual salary of £44,000, pro rata based on contracted weekly hours
-   25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and an additional Christmas closure period
-   Hybrid working, typically 1–2 days per week in the office
-   Flexible working options — full‑time or part‑time (minimum 3 days per week)
-   Core hours: 9am–5pm, Monday to Friday
-   Standard pension contribution
-   Free onsite parking

## Apply

[Apply at Vero HR Ltd](https://apply.workable.com/vero-hr-ltd/j/8E9989F455/apply)

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