We are committed to creating a mentally healthy society. Through our information, services, and campaigns, we challenge stigma, break down barriers, and combat isolation, ensuring that everyone has access to mental health support when they need it. Operating in the heart of Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire, we deliver services directly within our local communities. We focus on promoting wellbeing and recovery, preventing mental ill health, offering talking therapies, and providing support during times of crisis. As an independent charity, we are proud to be affiliated with national Mind, adhering to its high standards of governance and service delivery. Buckinghamshire Mind is part of a network of over 100 Local Minds, all of which deliver trusted mental health services to their communities.

THE ROLE

As our next CEO you will be a passionate advocate for mental health. We are seeking a visionary leader with the drive to deliver our next phase of growth and expansion. We are looking for someone with strong community-led ambitions with the ability to influence. You will need to be comfortable operating across a broad stakeholder community at Integrated Care System and local authority levels and collaborate effectively with partners. We are ambitious in our aim to increase our reach into communities who are currently less well served in terms of mental health support. You will bring a strong track record of creating impactful solutions, developing creative and innovative partnerships to improve access and take up of services and of using data to drive your decision making. As a strategic thinker, you will be instrumental in shaping and implementing our future direction, ensuring we can measure our impact and remain responsive to the needs of our communities while maintaining a clear and focused vision.

We are looking for a people first leader. Someone who understands how to inspire and motivate those around you building strong and effective relationships. Our staff team and volunteers are the heart of our work and in order to deliver high quality services, we enjoy strong working relationships clear and empowering leadership with a watchful eye on wellbeing. We are looking for an emotionally intelligent, collaborative leader with evidence of leading high performing teams. Furthermore, we can’t do everything we want without a focus on income generation and financial management, and you will bring evidence of creative approaches to diversifying income streams, finding new ways of increasing our delivery capacity, working in partnership and a demonstrable commitment to effectively managing tight budgets.

This is a fabulous opportunity for someone excited by the opportunity to use their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit to grow income, reach and impact and really make a difference. As our CEO, you will lead an outcomes-focused organisation, supported by an engaged Trustee Board, ensuring that our efforts are always aligned with our mission to promote wellbeing develop preventative measures and support recovery and guided by lived experience. You will be a leader who is deeply invested in our values, embraces diversity, and fosters an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and supported.