Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer
The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity
Permanent, full time
Location: Bebington (On site with some travel)
Salary: £90,000

Lead one of the UK's most ambitious, high impact cancer charities into its next era.

Clatterbridge Cancer Charity exists for one purpose: to change and save lives. Every day, people from across Merseyside and Cheshire walk through the doors of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre facing some of the most difficult moments of their lives. The charity stands alongside them, funding world leading care, pioneering research and innovation, and the practical and emotional support that helps people feel seen, understood and cared for.

Every advancement we fund aims to help someone be diagnosed earlier, treated more precisely, recover with greater dignity, or find hope when they need it most. As cancer demand rises and clinical innovation accelerates, the Charity's role in improving people's experience of cancer has never mattered more.

We are now seeking a Chief Executive Officer who will lead this next chapter of purpose, ambition and community impact.

A role of real influence and human consequence

The CEO sits at the heart of a system where healthcare, philanthropy, research and lived experience come together. This is a role for a leader who can combine strategic clarity with empathy, commercial judgement with curiosity, and vision with humility. Someone who understands that every decision the charity makes ultimately touches a person, a family, a clinical team or a community.

Your leadership will shape:

• The next multi year strategy and how our resources improve real outcomes for patients and families.

• A balanced funding portfolio that supports capital improvements, precision medicine, clinical trials, digital care, staff wellbeing and the small touches that make hospital experiences kinder.

• A transparent and trusted partnership with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre's executive and clinical leaders.

• Growth across philanthropy, major gifts, corporate partnerships, trusts, digital fundraising and legacies.

• A culture where people feel proud of their impact and supported to do their best work.

• A regional vision that strengthens connection with communities who see the Charity as theirs.

This is more than a fundraising role. It is stewardship of an organisation that helps make difficult days a little easier, and ambitious research possible.

What you will bring

You will be an experienced executive who is comfortable leading in complex, multi stakeholder environments. You'll bring strategic insight, emotional intelligence and the credibility to work confidently across the NHS, academia, philanthropy and civic leadership.

You will bring:

• Experience leading organisations or large directorates within charity, health, academic or public sector settings.

• A track record in income growth, major philanthropy, corporate engagement or capital campaigns.

• Confidence working alongside NHS systems, clinical leaders or research environments.

• Strong financial stewardship and an ability to navigate governance and risk.

• A commitment to equity, inclusion and patient centred values.

• An ability to turn clinical, scientific or technical information into human centred stories that build understanding and trust.

• A leadership style that is compassionate, empowering and grounded in authenticity.

• The resilience and judgement needed to lead through uncertainty.

Above all, you will care deeply about what the Charity exists to do: ensure that people affected by cancer receive earlier, kinder, more personalised care, supported by the power of philanthropy and innovation.

Why lead Clatterbridge Cancer Charity?

• Because the work changes what is possible for people and families at some of the most vulnerable moments in their lives.

• Because our supporters and communities care profoundly about this cause and stand alongside us.

• Because our partnership with a world class cancer hospital creates extraordinary potential for research, precision and transformation.

• And because the decisions you make will shape better cancer care for thousands of people across our region.

This is a rare opportunity to lead a charity with deep roots, strong credibility and even greater ambitions - and to use your leadership to change the future of cancer care for generations.

For an informal conversation please contact:

• Stephanie Crossland:

• Liz Dean:

Closing date: Thursday 2nd April 2026