Chief Executive Officer

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Emmaus Colchester is recruiting a Chief Executive Officer to provide clear and confident leadership across all areas of our charity

CLOSING DATE: 31 August 2026 LOCATION: Colchester SALARY: £65,000 (pro rata) TYPE: Part-time (20 hours per week) WORK LOCATION: On Site

Emmaus Colchester is seeking a CEO to provide clear and confident leadership across all areas of Emmaus Colchester: supported housing, Companion support, retail, reuse, logistics, partnerships and charity governance.

About the role

You will be responsible for ensuring the organisation is safe, well-run, financially sustainable and true to the Emmaus ethos of solidarity, dignity and shared responsibility.

You will join an organisation with a strong local presence and a practical, empowering model: combining a stable home with meaningful work and participation in social enterprise. Your leadership will help Emmaus Colchester respond confidently to a changing supported housing environment, increasing regulatory expectations and the need for long-term financial resilience.

What you will lead:

• Strong governance, compliance, safeguarding, risk management and reporting to Trustees.
• Safe, high-quality supported housing and a positive residential community for Companions.
• Thriving reuse, retail, warehouse and logistics operations that support the charity’s mission.
• Robust financial planning, internal controls, income generation and long-term sustainability.
• A culture of dignity, inclusion, accountability and continuous improvement across staff,
  volunteers and Companions.
• Productive relationships with local authorities, funders, regulators, partners and the wider
  Emmaus Federation.

Emmaus Colchester is a charity that empowers people to overcome homelessness. We provide the foundation of a safe home and a life-changing package of tailored support. Through our residential community and thriving social enterprises across the city, we offer stability, purpose, and a route to rebuilding lives.

About Emmaus

Emmaus is a unique, secular organisation supporting people affected by homelessness and social exclusion. There are currently 29 Emmaus communities across the UK, stretching from Glasgow to Dover and Norfolk to South Wales. Collectively, theEmmaus Federation supports more than 1,000 people with experience of homelessness.

Closing date 31 August 2026

Interviews will be held in early September

Emmaus UK provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We are dedicated to an inclusive culture, and we strive to create a workplace where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas, and experiences work together. We welcome applications from all individuals irrespective of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, marital status, or parental responsibilities.

To ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for our roles, all our applications are anonymiseduntil an interview has been confirmed so thatshortlisting is based solely uponthe suitability of the candidate’s experience.

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