Deputy Chief Executive / Head of Operations and Business Development

Reports to:                 Chief Executive

Direct Reports:          Service Managers and ISVA and Hate Crime Co-Ordinator

Salary:                        £40,000 per annum

Location:                    Central Office, Albany House, Great Victoria Street, Belfast

Hours:                        35 hours per week

Parking:                      Car parking space provided

Essential Criteria

1. A Degree or equivalent qualification

2. A minimum of 5 years’ experience of managing an operations function.

3. 3 years’ experience of working at senior management level, including demonstrable evidence of strategic partnership working and Board interaction

4. Proven ability in managing people to achieve targets and objectives

5. Experience of successful business development and delivering growth strategies including demonstrable success in bid writing and tender submission

6. Experience of leading new business presentations to internal/external audiences

7. Evidence of budget management and delivering within defined financial parameters

8. Evidence of managing projects from beginning to end using appropriate project mgt tools

9. Evidence of making effective decisions using analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to evaluate information and recognise trends

10. Ability to deliver multiple projects on time and multi task successfully. 

11. Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and proof reading, leading to the highest quality proposal submissions.

12. Knowledge and understanding of public services markets and challenges.

13. Strong negotiator, with the ability to identify and influence key decision makers.

14. Undertake risk assessment of proposals, including contracts and implement mitigation strategies.

Additional requirements:

• The post holder will be required to demonstrate the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the post

• It is desirable that the postholder has experience of income generation in voluntary and community sector