Volunteer Co-CEO: Path to Leadership; Remote

Volunteer Role with a Pathway to a Paid Co-CEO or CEO Position

Location: Remote (International Applicants Welcome)

Time Commitment: Approximately 10–20 hours per week initially, with flexibility.

This is not a traditional CEO role.

It is an opportunity to become one.

We are seeking exceptional individuals who want to develop into outstanding organisational leaders by helping build innovative healthcare organisations from the ground up.

Rather than stepping into an established organisation with existing teams and processes, you will help create them.

Working alongside an experienced CEO, and receiving direct mentoring from Dr Shara Cohen BEM, you will gain practical experience across every aspect of building and growing an international organisation.

As the organisations become financially sustainable, there is a clear pathway into a paid executive leadership position.

We are recruiting Co-CEOs for two organisations.

THE REPAIR PROJECT is an international initiative dedicated to improving understanding of regenerative medicine through independent, evidence-based education. The organisation is developing trusted resources for patients, healthcare professionals, researchers and the wider public, helping people navigate one of the fastest-growing areas of modern medicine.

UNDERSTANDING AGEING exists to improve public understanding of the science of ageing and healthy longevity. Through accessible education, expert collaboration and evidence-based information, the organisation aims to explain the biology of ageing and the scientific advances that could transform how we age in the future.

During the application process, you will have the opportunity to indicate which organisation best matches your interests and experience.

Each organisation already has a CEO with specialist expertise.

We are now looking for Co-CEOs who will complement those skills by helping build the organisation operationally and strategically.

This is a hands‑on executive role.

We're looking for people who enjoy solving problems, creating systems, building partnerships and making things happen.

If you are looking for a senior title without wanting to get involved in the day-to-day work of building an organisation, this role is unlikely to be the right fit.

Working alongside the CEO, you will help:

• Develop and implement growth strategies.
• Build partnerships with universities, charities, healthcare organisations and industry.
• Identify sponsorship and funding opportunities.
• Develop commercial partnerships.
• Improve websites and digital platforms.
• Review and develop educational content.
• Support marketing and communications.
• Develop organisational systems and processes.
• Improve operational efficiency.
• Contribute to governance and strategic planning.
• Represent the organisation at meetings, conferences and networking events where appropriate.
• Help grow an organisation capable of creating meaningful international impact.

No two days will be the same.

One day you may be improving website content, the next developing a partnership proposal, reviewing systems or helping shape long‑term strategy.

One of the unique aspects of this programme is the opportunity to work directly with Dr Shara Cohen BEM.

Dr Cohen has founded multiple international organisations across healthcare and STEM, building communities that have supported hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.

Throughout the programme you will receive practical mentoring in:

• Partnership building
• Systems thinking
• Governance
• Marketing
• Operations
• Organisational growth

This is not classroom learning.

You will learn by doing, with guidance from someone who has built organisations from the ground up.

We care far more about potential than job titles.

You may already hold a senior leadership role, or you may simply be someone with exceptional ability, curiosity and determination.

We are looking for people who are:

• Curious and quick to learn.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑moving environment.
• Strong problem‑solvers.
• Organised and dependable.
• Digitally confident.
• Able to think strategically while remaining…