Job Opportunity: Chief Operating Officer

Key Purpose of Role

• To lead Financial Management, HR, IT and Governance, ensuring requirements are met and that associated processes support the organisation and its people.
• To lead the development and implementation of the organisation’s People, Safeguarding and Inclusion Strategies.
• To lead the internal operation of the organisation working across the whole team to ensure that systems and processes support our work

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the provision of financial management for the organisation to include financial strategy, budgeting and forecasting, providing advice to the Board and wider organisation on financial management.
• Ensure all regular financial transactions are managed correctly.
• Ensure accurate records are kept and reported on to our team Board and funders.
• Lead the development of a holistic, organisation wide People function ensuring staff are supported, retained and developed in their roles.
• Lead the delivery of an integrated, supportive and forward-thinking HR function.
• Ensure that SBGB continues to develop its internal and external approaches to safeguarding and inclusion, creating a safe and diverse community.
• Ensure that the team and organisation are supported by its policies and procedures.
• Ensure that the organisation continues to meet its governance requirements
• Provide advice and guidance to the Board and the team on the requirements of the governance code.
• Lead the development of governance systems and processes to ensure our compliance continues.
• Lead the delivery of internal operational ways of ways ensuring that these support the work of the team on a daily and longer-term basis.
• Ensure IT systems and processes are fit for purpose.
• Ensure communication across and within the organisation is efficient and effective.
• Ensure that ways of working continue to evolve as the organisation continues to grow.
• Take an active role in the strategic management of the organisation as Deputy CEO and as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), leading by example in delivering our values.
• Lead team members as relevant, supporting their development and contribution, and ensuring adherence to all SBGB policies and procedures.

Skills and Experience Required:
Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable experience of operating at a senior level.
• Strong financial planning skills, experience of reporting against grant funding and accountability for budgets of circa £5m per annum.
• Experience in managing within an organisation with multiple and diverse revenue and funding sources.
• Significant experience in managing people and in developing strategies for people and organisational development.
• Ability to develop risk management strategies, establish internal controls, and ensure compliance with regulatory governance requirements.
• Highly analytically minded with strong planning, organisation, and project management skills.
• Highly IT literate with excellent knowledge of financial systems (ideally Sage).
• Ability to develop appropriate infrastructure to deliver successful and elite business operations.
• A knowledge and passion for sport, ideally skateboarding

Qualities and Competencies

• A leader by influence, values, and behaviour, who can lead teams and demonstrate a people-first philosophy.
• Able to work as part of a team and possess coaching and mentoring qualities.
• Effective and accurate communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to prioritise own workload and balance conflicting demands.
• Thorough and methodical in approach with excellent attention to detail.
• Active listening skills with the ability to manage conflict and seek solutions to problems.
• Exceptional sense of integrity and trust.

If you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of this Job Description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at SBGB, and your perspectives and lived experiences could be just the things we need to create the changes that’ll transform skateboarding for the better, for everyone.