Director, Global Strategy and Commonwealth Relations

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Maidenhead
Competitive salary
Hackney

The CWGC is a highly respected, prestigious, global organisation that honours and cares for the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars, ensuring their sacrifice will never be forgotten. Funded by six Commonwealth Member Governments, we build and maintain memorials and cemeteries at 23,000 locations, in 150 countries, including some of the world’s most iconic, landmark monuments.

The Role

Thank you for your interest in becoming our Director, Global Strategy and Commonwealth Relations at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

We are looking for an energetic, highly skilled individual with a real understanding and passion for what we do now, and a vision for what we can also do in the future. With the skills and composure of a diplomat, the instincts and planning skills of a military commander, the empathy to engage with people at all levels anywhere, and a commercial mindset to rival any business leader, you will be an exceptional leader bringing with you a collaborative and engaging approach, innovative thinking, and can-do attitude, to join our ambitious and very enthused global team.

This is a critical role at a pivotal and transformative point in our history. As an organisation with 1,300 staff worldwide, we speak many languages, possess different talents, and come from a wide variety of backgrounds. We are an organisation that cares about our people; we recognise and celebrate our diversity and our individual contributions and work always to ensure we help everyone, in every role across the Commission feel valued, appreciated and connected.

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