Executive Director
The Social Leadership Project
Remote, with travel throughout the UK
c.£120,000
We are looking for a leader to take forward one of the most ambitious investments ever in social leadership in the UK.
We are backing leadership as a force for social change. We believe that the country needs to unleash a wave of social leadership – more people, in more places, with the support they need to create change. People with the power to go beyond fixing problems to changing systems for the better.
As a founding group we are committed to this undertaking at scale, and we are now seeking an entrepreneurial and strategic Executive Director to build on the momentum to date and lead this initiative into an exciting new chapter.
THE ROLE
We are looking for someone with a track record of growing organisations or movements that have delivered lasting change, and experience operating at a senior strategic level, with evidence of translating an ambitious vision into tangible outcomes.
You’ll be entrepreneurial, with experience of mobilising people, partnerships and resources, and of aligning diverse stakeholders around a vision, building trust and collective capacity. We particularly welcome candidates with lived experience, and those with a history of field building and sustaining long-term collaboration in practice.
INFORMATION
Download the candidate brief to find out about the role.
DOWNLOADHow to apply
To make an application, please click on the apply now button below, with the following prepared:
- Your CV (no more than three sides).
- A supporting statement (no more than two sides) that sets out why you think this role is the right move for you and how you meet the knowledge and experience criteria.
We would also be grateful if you would complete the Equality and Diversity monitoring form on the online application process. This form is for monitoring purposes only and is not treated as part of your application.
Closing date: Friday 14th August 2026
Preliminary interviews: w/c Monday 31st August & w/c Monday 7th September 2026
Final Panel interviews: w/c 28th September 2026
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