World Centres' Director

Based London NW3

Salary circa £45,000 per annum

MUST ALREADY HAVE PERMIT TO WORK IN THE UK

Would you like to make a difference to the lives of girls and young women around the world? With ten million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from 145 countries, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is the largest voluntary movement dedicated to girls and young women in the world.

WAGGGS has four World Centres’, in London, India, Mexico and Switzerland. These are residential development centers’ offering programmes and activities for girls and young women to discover their potential, share experiences, and gain a deeper understanding of the complex global community in which they live.

The successful candidate will lead on delivering the World Centres’ objectives, including maximising resources and operational performance.

We are looking for an experienced senior manager with a proven track record of developing and directing services in an international context. You will bring your knowledge of strategic planning and strategy development to the role to drive service improvement, with a focus on strengthening the programme and development opportunities in the World Centres.

You will have senior level experience and success in a range of management activities including people management and development, financial management, project management and strategic management. You will have excellent interpersonal skills to develop relationships and engage with a wide range of people from different cultures. You will be a strategic thinker, as well as be able to develop the systems, structures and teams to effectively support the growth of the World Centres.

If you would like to apply for this post please send us your completed application form. We’d prefer it to be via email to recruitment@wagggs.org but if you are unable to email it you can post your application to:

Jashwanti Parmar

World Association of Girl Guides and Girls Scouts

World Bureau, Olave Centre

12c Lyndhurst Road

London

NW3 5PQ

England

All application forms should be received by Friday 10 June 2011, applications received after that date may not be considered.

Telephone interviews will be arranged for 15th - 16th June 2011

On site interviews will be held on either 22nd - 24th June 2011

If you would like to know more about this job you can contact Sally O’Neill by email at sally@wagggsworld.org or by calling 0207 794 1181 or if you would like to discuss the recruitment process please give the HR team a call on 0207 794 1181.