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Remote
£74,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

Introduction and background

The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) was founded in 2011 by people with lived experience, healthcare professionals, and organisations who understood the impact of perinatal mental problems and shared a commitment to improving the lives of women and their families.

Today, the MMHA is a UK-wide charity and network of over 130 member organisations. We work with parents, families, clinicians, and academics to ensure all women, birthing people, babies, and families have access to high-quality, compassionate mental health care. We bring the perinatal mental health community together and make change happen by combining the power of real-life experience with clinical and professional expertise.

We actively contribute to significantly improving mental health outcomes for people who experience discrimination, trauma and deprivation during the perinatal period and tackle systemic inequity and injustice.

We are now seeking a Chief Executive to take over from our interim CEO and lead the MMHA in the next stage of our development.

We have recently been awarded a 5-year grant by the National Lottery Community Fund to tackle maternal mental health inequities through community action. This project, due to start in Spring 2025, will develop, test and replicate a model of community-based decision making, support and service provision that is led by women with lived experience. This project aims to achieve system change locally and nationally to improve the mental health of marginalised women and is the next phase of the MMHA’s programme to tackle maternal mental health inequities across the UK. This will be our biggest piece of work over the next five years and will dovetail with other activities aimed at achieving our mission, where funding allows.

For further information about the MMHA please visit our website.

Main responsibilities

Leadership and strategy

  • To provide clear strategic and inspirational leadership to the MMHA To drive the MMHA forward into the next stage of its development
  • To ensure MMHA tackles maternal mental health inequities across the UK
  • To be responsible for the management and administration of the charity within the strategic and accountability frameworks laid down by the Board of Trustees
  • To work with Chair and Trustees in shaping the MMHA’s strategic mission, policies, aims and objectives
  • To ensure long term sustainability of the MMHA through effective governance, sound finance and implementation of operational plans.

People

  • To take overall responsibility for all permanent and temporary staff, and other members of the MMHA team, including contractors, champions and ambassadors
  • To promote diversity and equality of opportunity for all staff in accordance with the MMHA EDI policy and strategy and foster a workplace culture built on inclusion, respect and equality.

Governance, finance and compliance

  • To support the Chair and Trustees to ensure that the governance of the charity is proportionate and effective, and that the charity fulfils its legal, statutory, regulatory and moral duties and responsibilities
  • To be responsible overall for the financial sustainability of the charity, and ensure that there are effective mechanisms to ensure the robustness of external and internal controls (financial and non-financial), supported by the Consultant Finance Director
  • To support the Consultant Finance Director to ensure the timely and complete preparation of key reports, information and activities, including management accounts, budgets, annual report and accounts, and payroll
  • To ensure that the major risks to which the charity is exposed are reviewed regularly by the Board and the Executive team, systems have been established to mitigate these risks
  • To work with the Chair and the Board Secretary to ensure that meetings of trustees are effective and that Trustees have appropriate information to perform their duties.

Income generation

  • To take overall responsibility for the MMHA’s income generation activities, securing the future of the organisation and delivering its ambition for the mental health of women during the perinatal period
  • To lead on all trust, foundation and lottery fundraising, establishing and maintaining relationships, including with the National Lottery Community Fund
  • To support the Marketing & Partnerships Director to develop corporate partnerships, taking the lead on the relationship with Tommee Tippee
  • To work with the Marketing & Partnerships Director to secure funding from individuals.

Communications and external affairs

  • To support the Head of Engagement to maintain a relevant, diverse and effective range of members organisations, and ensure their ongoing contribution to achieving the goals of the charity 4
  • To have oversight of the social, economic, clinical and policy context and how they impact on maternal mental health and MMHA strategy
  • To ensure the Alliance is working effectively across the 4 UK nations and devolved administrations
  • To act as a visible leader for the charity, representing the MMHA at external events and networking opportunities, and act as a spokesperson
  • To oversee the development and delivery of marketing and communications strategies which effectively promote all aspects of the Alliance.

Other/service delivery

  • To embed MMHA’s values throughout the organisation
  • To promote a culture of commitment, trust, mutual support and professional behaviour
  • To run the charity efficiently and effectively by ensuring that it has an appropriate management structure and management systems in order to fulfil its strategic objectives and to carry out its work
  • To take forward the MMHA EDI strategy and plan and be a champion for anti-racist and anti-discriminatory behaviour
  • To develop an organisation that is constantly seeking ways to learn and to improve its performance
  • To work with staff to ensure the views of the members, champions, and ambassadors shape the work of the MMHA and its members.

This job description is intended to provide a broad outline of the main duties and responsibilities only. The post holder may be asked to carry out any other delegated duty or task that is in line with their post, seniority, or the needs of the organisation. Whilst most of the work will be undertaken during standard working hours, some work will be required in the early morning, evenings, or weekends.

How to apply

Application is by CV and a cover letter of no more than two pages of A4 each. In the cover letter, please explain how you meet the list of essential experience detailed above.

We will be anonymising applications before shortlisting. To make this easier, please ensure that your cover letter includes your initials rather than a full name.

Applications should be sent to the email address provided in the attached job pack by 10am on Tuesday 28th January 2025. Applications received after this time, or which do not follow the requested process, will not be considered.

The first interviews are expected to take place in London in early February, provisionally on Wednesday 5th or Thursday 6th.

The MMHA is committed to increasing the diversity of our team. We would appreciate it if candidates could fill out our equal opportunities monitoring form. This is anonymous and will not be linked to applications.

We are keen to ensure that our recruitment process helps us find the best candidate for the role, not the candidate who is best at completing applications and carrying out job interviews. If there is anything we can do to assist you in the recruitment process, if you have any queries, or if you would like an informal conversation about the role with the interim Chief Executive, Justin Irwin, please contact us on the recruitment email address provided in the attached job pack.

The successful candidate will be appointed subject to satisfactory references and will need to undertake a DBS and other employment checks. 

Application resources
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Maternal Mental Health Alliance View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 6 - 10

The MMHA is dedicated to ensuring women and families affected by perinatal mental health problems have access to high-quality, compassionate care.

Posted on: 09 January 2025
Closing date: 28 January 2025 at 10:00
Tags: Mental Health, Governance / Management

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