Samaritans is an internationally recognised charity and operates as a federation of 201 branches governed by a central Board of Trustees and is entirely volunteer-led. The vision is that fewer people die by suicide and Samaritans provides confidential emotional support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by telephone, personal visit, e-mail, SMS and letter.

We are entering an exciting new era with a great opportunity to drive forward and innovate the way we deliver our service to callers through implementing our new Strategy for 2015-21, ‘Working Together to Reduce Suicide’. Key to helping us achieve our goals will be to make sure we plan effectively across the whole federated organisation to make best use of our strengths and synergies, and to track how we are doing against our objectives so we continually assess our performance and make improvements for our callers.

We are looking for an individual with strong thinking and organisational skills who can make and develop the linkages between strategic objectives, operational plans, and financial and people resources. The Head of Planning and Performance will help enhance our existing planning processes, and take lead responsibility for implementing them in practice in developing rolling corporate plans to deliver the strategy. The role would also take the lead in developing suitable performance indicators to assess how successfully we are delivering activity to achieve our strategy.

This role would act as a focal point for senior management, ensure lines of communication are effective with regards to all aspects of planning and reporting, and will work closely with the Head of Finance.

The successful candidate who would report into the Executive Director of Planning, Finance & Performance must be able to work under pressure, manage competing priorities and challenges, meet deadlines and maintain a professional approach at all times.

For more details please see the full job description by clicking on Apply now below.

To apply, please send an up to date CV with a covering letter via email to recruitment@samaritans.org outlining your suitability for the role.

Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 26 October.