Ventures Interim Chief Operating Officer

4 weeks ago

West London, United Kingdom Ark Schools Central Full time

**Ventures Interim Chief Operating Officer**

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**Reports to**:Deputy Chief Executive Officer

**Location**:West London - currently operating an agile working policy with a minimum of two core days (Mon and Weds) in the office

**Contract**:Fixed term (to 31st August 2023)

**Pattern**:Full Time (standard hours 9am - 5.30pm)

**Closing date**:13/03/2023 at 10am

**Salary**:£80,000 to £90,000 (depending on experience)

**Introduction**:
We are looking for Ark Venture’s first Chief Operating Officer. This exciting new role will be integral to the growth of the Ark Venture’s team and to the successful delivery of strategic and operational support to a range of new and existing ventures.

You will be a proven leader who is ready to wear many hats and help guide an ambitious and mission-driven team through a period of exciting growth while also supporting partner ventures tackling challenges facing children and young people.

As a core member of the team, you will report directly to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ark and work alongside the Ventures team, leaders of our ventures, the Ark Central Teams and external providers.

As a fast-growing team at an exciting inflection point, there is a lot of scope for you to positively influence our work and the success of our ventures. This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about improving social mobility and tackling educational inequality.

**About the role**:
The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for all aspects of business planning, financial management and operations (including co-working office space, IT, HR, quality assurance, governance, and risk management) for Ark Ventures.

The Chief Operating Officer will ensure ventures that we are developing, supporting, and funding benefit from operational leadership and support and appropriate financial and governance oversight.

As well as ensuring that practical operational arrangements are in place, you will create the conditions that help a growing team and an expanding portfolio of ventures to operate effectively and to focus on their mission, vision, and values.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Support the Deputy Chief Executive Officer to identify how the organisation needs to evolve in order to remain distinctive and continue to achieve its mission
- Oversee strategy review processes, developing recommendations on any changes to the team’s operating model
- Be accountable for ensuring that all business support operations including HR, IT, data systems, training and administration are performing efficiently and effectively
- Lead on the implementation of new information systems, including CRM and time recording, which will support future growth
- Have a clear understanding of the team’s financial situation and leading on the production of timely management accounts, reporting, and forecasting to support decision-making
- Lead the annual budget-setting process, engaging team and functional areas and ensuring the budget process is efficient and well-managed
- Provide accurate and timely reporting to the relevant governance groups and boards
- Ensure Ark Ventures meets all statutory requirements, including charity commission, HMRC and ICO
- Act as the first point of contact for our ventures in respect of operational and financial support

**Key Requirements**:

- Experience of overseeing the operations of a limited company or charity including finance, technology, human resources and governance
- Experience of developing and interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
- Experience of leading high-performing cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical and financial skills and the ability to quickly assimilate and interpret financial and non-financial data and turn it into strategic advice
- Experience of having worked with IT staff to develop and implement effective processes and systems
- An experienced and confident senior leader with a proven ability to lead and implement change effectively and sustainably
- Ability to probe, challenge and question appropriately and strive for continual improvement with the confidence and experience to make commercial judgements

**View the full job description and person specification**
**here**

**About Ark**

We’re an international charity, transforming lives through education. Our network of 39 schools in the UK achieves great results for young people, and some of our schools are among the best in the country. The ventures that we develop and support are tackling some of the most challenging problems facing young people, both in the UK and around the world.

Many of these ideas start in Ark schools. Others come from innovators and partners outside of Ark. But they all share the ambition to address some of the most intractable issues in education and society and they all have the potential to deliver widespread system change.

Ark Ventures works to overcome the some of the barriers which prevent social issues being a

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