Overview

Executive Director Stroke Support

Location: Home-based (Frequent travel will be required). Salary: Circa £105k. Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week. Contract: Permanent.

Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 12 October 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Responsibilities

• Lead with purpose and help shape our future. Work with the Chief Executive and wider Executive team to guide and inspire the organisation towards a future where everyone affected by stroke is supported to live their best life after stroke.
• Transform culture and ways of working so that the organisation becomes more agile in the complex and changing external environment.
• Inspire the organisation to do its best for stroke survivors, harnessing innovation and talent.
• Connect, convene and enable teams to transform the reach and impact of operations through service design, digital innovation, and strategic partnerships.
• Create conditions for teams to think creatively and radically about new approaches, using meaningful data to sense-make and inform decisions that lead to improved beneficiary outcomes.
• Build relationships across the health and social care sector and beyond, applying systems-level strategic thinking that underpins delivery of purpose and what matters most.
• If you re ready to inspire collaboration and lead with vision to deliver impact for all affected by stroke, join the team as they step into the next chapter of cultural transformation.

About Us

The Association is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all those affected by stroke and their families. Providing tailored support services to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke. Finding strength through support.

We are a Disability Confident employer, and we are making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. If you have questions, or access needs, we re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.

Qualifications and Requirements

You may also have experience in areas such as Executive, Executive Director, Executive Director Health, Executive Director Stroke Support, Stroke Support Direct, Stroke Support Executive Director, Social Care Director, Health, Stroke, Disability.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Equal Opportunities

We are a Disability Confident employer, and we are making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. If you have questions, or access needs, we re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.