Head of Programmes
- Position: Full time (37.5 hours per week)
- Salary band: £55,000 pa depending on experience
- Closing date: 20 July 2026
Description
This is a new role which provides a rare and exciting opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary team working in one of the country’s most outstanding and most accessible protected landscapes.
We are looking for a strategic, credible and inspiring leader with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across a wide range of stakeholders, including colleagues, partners, funders and government bodies. You will combine a collaborative and inclusive leadership style with the confidence to make decisions, provide clear direction and deliver results in a complex and evolving environment.
If you have a strong track-record of developing and delivering large conservation, heritage, or other landscape-scale programmes, excellent communication skills, sound judgement, political awareness, resilience and a passion for making an impact, we’d love to hear from you.
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How to apply
How to Apply
To apply for this role, please download the application form, together with the equal opportunities monitoring form. Completed forms should be emailed to: office@chilterns.org.uk
The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 20, July.
Successful candidates are expected to be invited to interviews held in the week commencing Monday 3, August.
Applicants must be willing to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers.
CVs will not be accepted. We do not accept applications via recruitment agencies. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
For further information or informal discussion please contact: Dr Elaine King, Chief Executive (elaineking@chilterns.org.uk)