Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Overview of the role

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to lead an organisation which is helping to shape services in a highly energised and developing setting. You will have the chance to work with a highly committed team in China and around the world to deliver a vision which will change and impact the care of suffering children and their families for the future.

We are looking for a fluent bi-lingual (Mandarin/English) dynamic and creative leader, with the drive to lead and further develop our dedicated team. Working primarily in China, you will have an entrepreneurial approach and significant experience of securing income from diverse funding streams.

Values driven, you will be adept at building and nurturing relationships with the vision to inspire and influence across the organisation and externally.

You will collaborate with healthcare leaders and professionals to help shape their ideas into new models of service provision and drive forward the vision of the charity. 

The role will encompass identification; development; implementation and promotion of current and future BCH services, programs and partnerships that support children and families in China who are affected by life-limiting conditions or complex medical conditions.

Focused on China, this role requires high-level consultation with the Chinese government and medical authorities, collaboration and relationship building skills, with philanthropic, corporate, government and community stakeholders both within China and internationally.

Initially, you will also be responsible for operational oversight of existing management in the Butterfly Home in Hunan Province, Changsha.

*Upon application we can provide you with a strategy that expands on the objectives and expectations.

The candidate we are seeking will have director level experience, ideally with children’s services in the third sector and must have worked internationally.

Further Information

Role Description/Person Specification and BCH Organisation Chart available upon receipt of interest letter.

Please visit our website www.butterflyhospice.org for further information.

To Apply

If you would like to express your interest in this role, please send a CV and covering email (in English), outlining how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the position as described above in order to proceed to the next stage of recruitment.

Emails should be directed to our current CEO, Lyn Gould at lyn@butterflyhospice.org

Applicants will be contacted for an initial conversation with the CEO before shortlisting for a formal interview.