Exec Search & Senior Appointments

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What we offer

Charity People have been recruiting senior appointments and delivering executive search for our clients for over 30 years. We are passionate about transformational leaders who drive positive change, build lasting relationships and who are committed to the mission of the organisation they work within. Having placed hundreds of senior level roles, we are experienced at responding to our clients individual needs and different diversity targets, always working with you to understand and achieve these. 

Board and Trustee

An agile, diverse and engaged board is essential to the success of any organisation. They can fuel inspiration and enhance learning, whilst driving a charity forward to achieve its aims and ambitions. Our team has extensive experience of recruiting both trustees and high-level board roles and as we interact with trustees daily, we understand who needs to be in these positions and the challenges and subtleties that come with it. 

How we work with you:

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It is vital that we spend time with all relevant stakeholders, to ensure they help us develop a thorough understanding of your organisation, values, culture and ultimately, the type of candidate who will thrive and deliver impact once in post
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We design job packs that are both inspiring and engaging. This document is important as it tells prospective candidates why your organisation is unique and why they should consider joining your team
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We actively market the post across a variety of job boards, whilst utilising our extensive networks and active social media channels
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Charity People pro-actively identify and approach potential senior leadership talent. All of our team utilise a variety of headhunting techniques to ensure we reach the most relevant candidates, even those who might not be actively looking
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We assess all our longlisted candidates through a first round of interviews, scoring them against an agreed criteria. We then go through these interviews with your recruitment panel, to agree a shortlist that will be invited to another interview
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And finally we assist you with offer management; supporting you with delivering an offer that will be accepted and works for both sides

We work on both retained and contingent assignments

We work across the UK and have excellent networks across the sector. Although we’re much happier being involved from the outset, we can also provide specific help with individual elements of any recruitment project – be it designing a job description, developing a sourcing strategy, working up an assessment centre procedure, long-listing or indeed any part of the process where you feel you need specific help. 

We recruit for permanent and interim positions for both full and part-time vacancies and our process can be adapted based on your needs; we fully recognise we need to deliver different services to different organisations.  

However you engage us, we will always be honest about what we can and can’t deliver. 

Who for?

We have worked with boards and CEO’s of a number of wonderful and inspirational charities and non-profit organisations, most tend to have income ranging from £250k – £20m.

Recent positions recruited for include:

  • Trustees
  • CEO
  • Managing director
  • Director of Development
  • Fundraising Director
  • Finance Director
  • General manager
  • HR Director
  • Director
  • Head of Marketing & Communications
  • Director of Communications
  • Director of External Affairs

Meet the team

Ellen Drummond

Regional Director

Glen Manners

Associate Director - Membership & Education

Nick Billingham

Managing Director

Philippa Bryant

Senior Consultant - Senior Appointments

Tiku

Tiku van Houtem

Associate Director - Exec Search, CEO & Board Appointments

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"I am more than pleased to recommend Glen who successfully recruited an Executive Director for us recently. He managed the process very professionally and efficiently, taking time to find out about our charity and what we were looking for. He searched effectively and offered us a longlist of highly suitable potential candidates. He helped us a great deal with process and selection and provided central London interview facilities. We are indebted to him for an intelligent, friendly, diplomatic and effective service, keeping us up to date at all times and working with us closley to completion. All in all, a very positive experience."

Steve Reynolds

Chair

National Activity Providers Association

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2021-02-26T14:12:48+00:00

Steve Reynolds

Chair

National Activity Providers Association

"I am more than pleased to recommend Glen who successfully recruited an Executive Director for us recently. He managed the process very professionally and efficiently, taking time to find out about our charity and what we were looking for. He searched effectively and offered us a longlist of highly suitable potential candidates. He helped us a great deal with process and selection and provided central London interview facilities. We are indebted to him for an intelligent, friendly, diplomatic and effective service, keeping us up to date at all times and working with us closley to completion. All in all, a very positive experience."
"The best thing about Charity People is that the candidate they are able to find not only have the skills we're looking for, but more than that, they have an eye for finding candiates with a good culture fit to our organisation."

Gemma Graham

Director of Investment and Partnerships

Restless Development

Charity People
2021-02-26T14:29:47+00:00

Gemma Graham

Director of Investment and Partnerships

Restless Development

"The best thing about Charity People is that the candidate they are able to find not only have the skills we're looking for, but more than that, they have an eye for finding candiates with a good culture fit to our organisation."
"Philippa recently recruited me for a senior level role at a new charity, and I know that both I and my new boss would thoroughly recommend her as a recruiter. She took a really personal approach to the whole process, getting to know me and the team I was recruited into, and ensuring it was the right fit for both myself and my new employer. She was a delight to work with, available and incredibly supportive throughout the whole process, and I have since recommended her to my previous boss to fill my role."

Elie Kelpie

Senior Major Gifts Manager

Barts Charity

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2021-02-26T13:36:51+00:00

Elie Kelpie

Senior Major Gifts Manager

Barts Charity

"Philippa recently recruited me for a senior level role at a new charity, and I know that both I and my new boss would thoroughly recommend her as a recruiter. She took a really personal approach to the whole process, getting to know me and the team I was recruited into, and ensuring it was the right fit for both myself and my new employer. She was a delight to work with, available and incredibly supportive throughout the whole process, and I have since recommended her to my previous boss to fill my role."
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