Chief Operations Officer

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Premier Christian Communications Ltd Full time

KICK'S Mission:

At KICK, we are motivated to see a generation of young people who will reach their God given potential; where communities have been socially impacted; and where spiritual change has transformed a nation. Our mission is to transform young people’s lives, with God's love, through sport and support. We do this through values-driven physical education, street dance, mentoring, chaplaincy in schools and community KICK Academies to impact a sense of hopelessness and give them a hope for the future and a joy in the present.

KICK work in Infant, Primary, Secondary, Pupil Referral Units, Private and Special Schools to deliver the following services with Christian values embedded throughout every session: -

PE National Curriculum - Transformational Street Dance

- Solutions Focused Mentoring - Schools based Chaplaincy

In all that we do we seek to live out our values to encourage young people to be aspirational, to be compassionate in all circumstances, to deliver excellent quality sessions, and to be intentional in building relationships and sharing the gospel with young people every day and to show integrity in our decision making at all times. KICK are currently working with over 100 schools and have established 24 KICK Academies. Our staff team has more than doubled over the last 3 years with KICK now employing over 90 staff. As an organisation we are engaging with over 27,000 young people every week and come closer to achieving our mission as we reach more and more young people

Role Purpose:

To build capacity for the growth of KICK. Bringing operational clarity and focus to operational implementation of KICK’s strategic aims, overseeing and coaching key Directors. To assess and enhance the efficiency of KICK through key resource management approaches. To innovate and improve key functions within the organisation. It will be important that the applicant is able to collaborate well with leaders as well as other key stakeholders in order to support the growth of KICK in size and development.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Operational Implementation

• Oversee and optimise operations, to review and improve efficiencies that can be made by the organisation.

• Implements the strategic initiatives to execute KICK’s strategy and mission with smooth execution.

• Planning for future budgets in line with the KICK strategy including setting strategic targets and driving organisational growth.

• Develop and oversee the delivery of the KICK fundraising strategy, sourcing new contacts and strategic partners.

• Leadership of the quality improvement plan and the management of schools and KICK Academies.

• Providing insight to human resources and recruitment as KICK continues to grow nationally.

• Assessing and enhancing the efficiency of both internal and external processes in line with the KICK values.

• Establishing policies that improve and promote KICK’s vision, mission and culture.

• To enhance and implement new strategies meet strategic objectives.

Resource Management

• Evaluating organisation performance and the recommendation of strategies to improve results and outcomes.

• Accountable for Directorate performance to ensure tight controls of finances, resources and contracts to meet budget, targets and outcomes.

• Line Management and coaching of Directors to empower leaders to improve operations and performance internally.

• Manages mitigations towards reducing operational risks

• Working closely with the Chief Executive Officer on resourcing to support with the vision and strategic growth of KICK

• Identifying and maximising effective IT systems to ensure efficient processes.

Innovation

• Manages operational aspects of market penetration

• Co-ordinates product manufacturing and delivery

• Enhances service delivery to facilitate both client acquisition and retention

Person Specification:

Proven Experience

Proven Experience

- Degree in Business Administration or industry relevant equivalent.

- Proven experience in a senior executive role.

- Experience of strategic planning and business development.

- Has broad practical experience across multiple professional disciplines, combining theory & past practical experience for KICK’s practices with particular focus on key areas of operations.

- Experience of Identifying new opportunities, considering market forces and customer needs.

- Experience of complex and multi-dimensional problem solving whilst having a clear knowledge of the options, impacts, risks when suggesting a resolution.

- Experience of accountability for Directorate performance ensuring tight controls of finances, resources and contracts to meet budget, targets and outcomes.

- Experience of communicating with senior executive leadership in matters of strategic importance. The applicant should have the ability to influence internal and external partners to understand and accept concepts, practices and approaches of the job area.

Skills and Abilities

- Outstanding written and communication skills.

- A good understanding of IT packages and systems.

- A forward thinker with the ability to be proactive in improving current activities and processes.

- Ability to empower, motivate and lead others through supporting teams to succeed, investing in the capabilities of staff and providing clear feedback.

- Effective in ability to delegate and matrix manage Directorate.

- Ability to show responsibility and accountability for quality outcomes whilst keeping a firm focus on priority management.

Personal Qualities

• The Desire to own, guards and deepen KICK’s Christian ethos, vision, mission and values.

• Able to take the initiative and be a self-starter.

• Passionate to see young people and staff progress and achieve their full potential.

• Clear Enhanced DBS.

For more information or to view the full job description please contact beccilee@kick.org.uk

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