£ 77,000 – £80,000 per annum
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent funders in the UK. The Foundation makes grants of c. £45m to £50m annually towards a wide range of work. We aim to improve our natural world, secure a fairer future and strengthen the bonds in communities in the UK. We do this by contributing all that we can to unlock change by people and organisations with brilliant ideas who share our goals.
This is a very exciting opportunity to join Esmée Fairbairn Foundation as Director of A Fairer Future to lead our work under our strategic aim of A Fairer Future.
To contribute to a fairer future in the UK, we want to provide the support and space to enable others we work alongside to create lasting change, and to challenge systems that stand in the way. We want to contribute to a socially just and anti-racist society, where people have their rights protected, as well as the opportunity to speak and be heard, and the freedom to express their creativity. And across all our work in A Fairer Future, we are keen to support organisations led by the people they serve.
The Director of A Fairer Future will be a key member of our senior management team, working with the Director of Creative, Confident Communities and Director of Our Natural World, and will shape and drive our impact in this area. The Director will play a pivotal role in implementing the approach, creating an ambitious roadmap, horizon scanning to identify gaps, joining the dots between people and opportunities, brokering ideas and convening to make the greatest impact.
We are looking for a highly effective and inspiring leader who brings:
- Expertise in, current knowledge, networks and understanding of: arts, creativity, children and young people’s rights and racial, gender and migrant justice.
- Experience of successful process and project design, management, delivery and evaluation.
- Expertise in brokering, building, leading and managing successful strategic partnerships.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation believes that a greater diversity of views, skills, and lived experience will help generate better ideas, and will lead to better decision making. We want to encourage applicants with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. In particular, those with lived experience of racial inequity, disability, or poverty.
Deadline for applications: Sunday 12th March