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Title: Chief Executive

Role type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time. Occasionally you may need to work additional hours; flexibly; in the evenings or at weekends

Six month probationary period.

Salary: FTE £46,000 – £56,312 (upper limit IPSA Scale 3) plus pension.

Location: The Catholic Union is are planning a shared office facility in central London. Typically, the expectation will be three days a week in Westminster/with key stakeholders/and/or in the planned shared office facility during parliamentary terms and some flexibility around conferences outside those periods to meet the needs of members and partner organisation.

Reporting to: Chair of the Catholic Union Charitable Trust, who will be the legal employer.

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A new CEO for new Times: Reward Package and Hours

The Catholic Union (CU) is looking for an energetic CEO who shares its values, has experience in one or more of its fresh policy focus areas and who can represent it confidently in parliament, Whitehall and the community (including to Catholic lay community leaders in the cities, regions, and devolved nations).

Strategic, hands-on and familiar and comfortable with the pace of the policy world and/or innovating organisations, you will be a caring self-starter willing and able to work alone and as the leader of a small team of paid staff and volunteers. You will have the opportunity to shape a goals-focused plan within our three strategic priority areas with external and demonstrable impact a vital focus and expectation.

A Catholic (Genuine Occupational Requirement), you will be happy to work with those of every background and varying seniority to advance the CU's goals.

An independent lay organisation, run and governed by lay people, the CU is increasingly a trusted partner in Westminster and also retain consultative status with the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. Looking to be more active in Scotland, the CU hopes to appoint a new post to develop its work with Scotland, Wales and the major English cities when funds allow.