Executive Director for Service Growth - National Star
National Star is a vibrant national charity providing high quality education, personal development, care, accommodation and support services for young adults with complex disabilities and learning difficulties. At National Star, we are driven by our vision for a world in which people with disabilities can realise their potential as equal and active citizens in control of their lives. This sits at the heart of everything we do, from the personalised and world-class learning we provide via National Star College to training, specialist services and our work in the wider community. All of this is underpinned by both our passion to enrich people’s lives and by our moral and statutory responsibilities.
National Star is a complex organisation, with a projected turnover of c£50 million for 2025/26 and more than 1,300 colleagues. We have multiple regulators in England and Wales, we are commercially strong, but our margins are tight, so we must ensure that everything we do is carefully monitored and evaluated. Every pound we spend must help us to deliver better outcomes for the people we support and educate year after year.
Due to the quality of our services and the outcomes they deliver we have enjoyed several years of organic growth, improving our reputation and allowing us to support more people. Because of this sustainable, managed growth we are adding this exciting new role to our Executive Team. Our Executive Director for Service Growth will be accountable for the expansion and delivery of our services across the UK. You will be instrumental in our drive to win new business, developing relationships with the key commissioners and seeking out opportunities. You will have a belief in the power of partnership working and the diversification of services. You will have a keen eye for an opportunity and a passion for winning business; your operational background will enable you to provide support to the Service Directors.
You will bring considerable experience at a senior level of delivering services for people with learning and/or physical disabilities, in social care or education. You will have an operational background but will be able to evidence an ability to lead growth. Your strategic mindset will enable you to work across the whole organisation, spotting and exploiting opportunities for growth and development. Most importantly, you will share our values and commitment for providing high quality, person centred support and learning.
To reflect our ambition and commitment to be more representative at Executive level, we particularly encourage and welcome applications from people with a disability, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and people from the LGBTQ+ community.
For more information on the role, please click here, or for an informal, confidential discussion with our recruitment partners at VBS, please contact Rob Hilyer on 07952 316 654, or by email at nationalstar@vbsearch.co.uk.
