Refugee Council - Executive Director

Location: Flexible, with regular travel to London
Salary: circa £69,000

The Refugee Council has been supporting refugees and asylum seekers since 1951. Their mission is to be an influential and effective advocate of refugee protection rights, supporting refugees to lead safe, dignified, and fulfilling lives, in line with the UK’s international refugee and human rights commitments and obligations.

The Refugee Council delivers a range of expert and holistic services for individuals and families at all stages of the asylum determination and refugee protection system in the UK. These include people resettled in the UK, unaccompanied children and young people, people granted refugee protection who are moving on to live independently, people who are destitute or homeless, and those whose mental wellbeing has been affected by their experiences of persecution, trauma, and forced exile.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic senior leader with expertise in complex, client-centric services, ideally focused on the needs of marginalized, excluded, and vulnerable populations. The new Executive Director will play a critical role in supporting the development of a new organizational strategy and leading the delivery of evolutionary change into the new decade.

You will have a proven track record of leading services to achieve high-quality outcomes and deliver tangible impact to our client groups. Highly collaborative with internal and external stakeholders, you will have a genuine passion for the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, and a clear understanding of the ongoing political, financial, and practical challenges faced by the sector.