Chief Executive Officer

STOP provides community-based assessment and intervention services for adolescents and adults who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour and for children with concerning sexual behaviours.

STOP’s services are industry-leading with support offered throughout the South Island. With a strong commitment to their vision, STOP supports clients to live better lives and get the help and support they need.

The STOP values are the cornerstone of their mahi. We are looking for a Chief Executive Officer with a deep commitment to enhancing the lives of those around them, and the leadership capability to develop and foster a positive and cohesive team. Sound like you?

Reporting to the Trust Board and leading a team of passionate, high performers, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is responsible for providing strategic and visionary leadership to the organisation. Strong stakeholder engagement is a key component of this role, to ensure STOP secures the necessary funding and support to continue delivering its services. In an operational capacity, the CEO will oversee and drive operations to achieve their desired outcomes.

This role requires someone who has a strong and visionary leadership style as well as the intuition and empathy required to deliver services for the STOP business.  Is this you?

In taking on this role you will:

• Strive to attain the vision of a community free from sexual abuse and work collaboratively to realise the core value of achieving clinical excellence
• Possess a strong understanding of cultural diversity and needs
• Lead and empower a high-performance team and ensure the culture supports the business strategy
• Develop and implement strategic and operating plans that will see the continued development, relevance and growth of STOP into the future
• Uphold the strong reputation of STOP, their vision and mahi
• Strengthen strategic relationships with mana whenua
• Fostering diversity and inclusion across the organisation

To be successful in this role, you will have a relevant tertiary qualification and have held leadership roles ideally in the health sector. You will have a strong, confident and humble personality with exceptional communication skills coupled with the ability to influence and manage a variety of stakeholders. You will be able to build rapport and generate enduring strategic relationships to ensure STOP is able to continue delivering clinical success.  Your leadership capabilities from a people and organisational perspective will enable the business to move forward with a strong sense of collaboration, and team.

Passionate about the community and socially conscious, you will have strong commercial capability ,and people will describe you as an empathetic, motivating leader.  Sound like you?

In return you will be rewarded with this unique opportunity to lead this extraordinary organisation and be part of a life changing service!

To discover more about STOP, visit https://www.stop.org.nz/

For a confidential discussion about the role; contact  Sarah Dixon – 022 1934 170, [email protected]