Executive Director Remote

Salary: £94,851 plus benefits (Our pay philosophy ensures consistency across locations and salaries. The starting salary for this opportunity plus benefits depends on location of the candidate).

The role:

We are delighted to be recruiting for a visionary, mission-driven leader to join Mary’s Meals International (MMI) as Executive  this new role, you will be reporting toour

Board of Trustees,through our Board Chair,and working incollaborationwith our President & Founder of Mary’s Meals.

As Executive Director,you will provide inspirational strategic and operational leadershipof

MMI, ensuring delivery ofits key responsibilities within theglobal strategic plan.

Leading with humility, clarity and courage,you will championfaithful adherence to the vision, mission and values of Mary’s Meals, as we strive to grow ourglobalmovementand reach the next child waiting for Mary’s Meals.

As Executive Director, you will:

• Lead MMI in deliveringitsobjectives across the three strategic pillars:
  
  Feed, Grow and Strengthen.

• Oversee the coordination and implementation of global strategy.

• Provide inspirational leadership to MMI and the MMIExecutive Leadership Team.

• Strengthen organisational systems, governance and development.

• Foster strong collaboration across the global network.

• Work closely with the Board, President and Founder and MMI teams to support sustainable growth across Affiliate organisations.

About you:

You are an inspiring, effective and authentic leader with significant experience at executive or CEO level,in a complex organisation, ideally with an international footprint. Experience in an international non-profit, charity or social impact organisationwould be advantageous, though not essential.

Strong preference will be given to candidates with a deep understanding of our work gained through prior engagement with our mission.

You will also bring:

• Proven ability to inspire and lead senior teams, while cultivating a strong organisational culture.

• Demonstrated success in developing and delivering strategy to drive growth, innovation and organisational strengthening.

• Highly developed communication skills,with the ability to engage and influence diverse audiences.

• Proven experience ofleadingtransformational change,while maintaining stability and mission focus.

• A deep personal commitment to the vision, mission and values of Mary’s Meals.

About us:

We are aglobal movement supported by people from all walks of life, united by onegoal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education.

As an organisation, named after Mary the mother of Jesus and shaped by Christianvalues, we feel that the way we do things is as important asthe resultand we welcome all who wish to play their part in our important work.

We continue to change the lives of over3million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.

We are a values-driven organisation-we believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to  line with our values, we are fully committed to a culture of safeguarding, we are committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary's Meals familyto share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve.

Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement.

We believe in the innate goodness and dignity of every person. In line with this, Mary’s Meals is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment. All applicants will be considered fairly and on merit, without discrimination of any kind.

We are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly, in a way that best supports your work-life balance. We have an office in Glasgow for those who would like to work from here occasionally or on a regular basis. Some travel to Glasgow, other locations across the UK and to countries where Mary’s Meals operates will be required.

Our Benefits:

• 34 days annual leave (pro-rated for part time working patterns) including bank holidays, increasing by 1 day each completed calendar…