Chief Operating Officer

Job Title: Chief Operating Officer

Location: Bracknell (Hybrid role with 3 days per week in our Bracknell office. Other travel minimal in line with business requirements.)

Working Hours: Full-time (36 hours per week)

Contract Type: Permanent

About the Role

We’re looking for a leader. Someone who naturally builds connections and finds common ground. Who can take a big picture and put it into practice.  Does that sound like you?

Our Chief Operating Officer will work with our CEO, Leadership Team, Board of Trustees and a range of colleagues and stakeholders to develop and support the delivery of robust strategic and operational plans, working across the organisation to leverage the overall performance of the CIOB.  They will ensure effective financial management and control throughout the Institute, aligning this with strategic priorities and activities. 

They will provide strong strategic leadership to the CIOB’s enabling teams across Finance, Human Resources, Digital, Data and Technology, our Project Management Office and CIOB Assist (a separate Charity), ensuring that a high quality and value-added service is provided and enabling the CIOB to achieve its vision and strategic priorities through its workforce. 

About You

You must be a qualified, chartered and experienced senior finance professional, and will bring experience, ambition and passion to the role, and will be able to demonstrate a proven track record of successfully leading enabling functions in addition to finance. 

You’ll bring this experience from within the professional membership sector and will have an excellent knowledge of the charity sector and its regulatory requirements. If you’ve had a global reach, all the better. 

A collaborative leader with well-developed communication skills at all levels, you will consistently strive for excellence, with the ability to build and develop a team of highly motivated and engaged staff. 

Why work for us?

We are the Chartered Institute of Building, the world's largest and most influential professional body for construction management and leadership. Everything we do is to improve the quality of life for those using and creating the built environment. 

We can offer you not only the opportunity to do just that, but the chance to do it in a friendly, flexible and welcoming working environment. 

Your personal wellbeing matters to us too.   We’ll offer you a fantastic range of benefits – from access to a great pension scheme through to a variety of health and wellbeing schemes and a competitive time away from work package; and we’ll make sure that you’re constantly learning throughout your time with us.  

Our Gold Investors in People Award demonstrates that commitment.

How to Apply

To read more about the role, you can download our job description on this page. To apply for this exciting role, please submit a full CV and covering letter by email on [email protected] 

Please note that we may consider applications as they are submitted and therefore you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, but by no later than 8th November 2024.