Director of Finance and Operations
The Director of Finance and Operations is a key member of the senior leadership team, responsible for providing strategic leadership across finance, investments, commercial development, and operational functions to ensure Maudsley Charity delivers its mission effectively and sustainably.
Job details
Location
Hybrid - home-based and at ORTUS, Denmark Hill
Salary
£105K-110K
Hours of work
37.5
Contract
Permanent
Closing date
January 23, 2026
The role
Maudsley Charity is entering a new chapter of growth and renewal. We are strengthening our governance, welcoming new trustees, and establishing a Finance, Audit and Development Committee to underpin our ambitions. We are evolving our operating model to ensure we remain agile and effective as we scale our impact. Following a period of interim leadership in this role, we are now seeking a permanent Director of Finance and Operations who will play a pivotal role in shaping this next phase.
This is a role of considerable breadth and strategic influence. The Director of Finance and Operations will lead our financial strategy, oversee our investment approach—including social and impact investing—and manage our property portfolio. The role will also explore innovative funding models and commercial opportunities, ensuring we have the resources and resilience to deliver our mission. Alongside this, it will lead core operational functions —HR, IT, Facilities – and drive digital transformation to strengthen our infrastructure for the future.
Your leadership will be central to delivering three major shifts in how we work:
- Moving from grant-making to change-making, ensuring our resources drive systemic improvements in mental health care.
- Transitioning from funding to co-funding, building partnerships that amplify impact and leverage shared investment.
- Expanding from local impact to impact beyond south London, scaling our influence and learning nationally and
internationally.
Key details
We are based in our vibrant offices in ORTUS, Denmark Hill, a great place to work and hold events.
We offer a friendly working culture, with the following benefits for our staff (just to name a few):
Hybrid working, 50% spent with the team at ORTUS/onsite each week and 50% at home/offsite.
25 days annual leave (Pro-rata), with a further one day after 3 years’ service and a further one day after 5 years’ service. Plus, additional non-working office closure days over the Christmas period.
Pension scheme with up to 6% employer contribution, subject to a minimum 3% employee contribution.
As a charity, we welcome and value diverse experiences, voices and perspectives, particularly those who come from minoritised communities and/or have direct experience of living with mental illness or a carer for someone living with mental illness.
How to apply
To make an application, please go to https://starfishsearch.com/jobs/maudsley-dir-finance-operations and
click on the apply now button, with the following prepared:
- Your CV (no more than three sides).
- A supporting statement (no more than two sides) that sets out why you think this role is the right move for you and how you meet the knowledge and experience criteria.
Closing date for applications: Friday, 23rd January 2026
Interviews: Preliminary: w/c 2nd February 2026; First Stage Panel interviews Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th February 2026; Final Panel Interviews w/c 9th March 2026
Head of Development
This is an exciting and impactful new income generating role where you’ll have the opportunity to be part of Maudsley Charity’s expert team leading innovative care and solutions for mental health at a time of urgent need.
Job details
Location
Hybrid - home-based and at Ortus, Denmark Hill
Salary
£57,000 - £63,000
Hours of work
37.5
Contract
Permanent
Closing date
January 21, 2026
The role
Maudsley Charity is entering a new chapter of growth and renewal. We are now seeking a dynamic Head of Development to lead on identifying and building collaborative funding opportunities, to strengthen our work on community fundraising and with the potential to explore expansion in legacy giving.
As Head of Development, you will lead the Charity’s income generation strategy, focusing on collaborative funding opportunities and diversifying income streams. Reporting to the Director of Programmes and working closely with the Head of Communications, you will lead on income generation and development opportunities is support of our vision.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver a strategy to grow our income through collaborative funding and partnerships.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with funders, stakeholders, and partners.
- Lead on securing significant grants from Trusts and Foundations for innovative projects.
- Oversee community fundraising activity and explore legacy giving initiatives.
- Manage a small in-house team and outsourced fundraising resources.
- Monitor and report on fundraising performance, ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Represent the charity externally and contribute to organisational strategy.
Key details
We are based in our vibrant offices in ORTUS, Denmark Hill, a great place to work and hold events.
We offer a friendly working culture, with the following benefits for our staff (just to name a few):
Hybrid working, 50% spent with the team at ORTUS/onsite each week and 50% at home/offsite.
25 days annual leave (Pro-rata), with a further one day after 3 years’ service and a further one day after 5 years’ service. Plus, additional non-working office closure days over the Christmas period.
Pension scheme with up to 6% employer contribution, subject to a minimum 3% employee contribution.
As a charity, we welcome and value diverse experiences, voices and perspectives, particularly those who come from minoritised communities and/or have direct experience of living with mental illness or a carer for someone living with mental illness.
How to apply
The application process is CV and answers to three qualifying questions.
For further details including the full candidate pack, and qualifying questions you will need to complete as part of a formal application, please send your up-to-date CV to Philippa at Charity People.
View a full description of the role on the Charity People website.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Wednesday 21st January 2026
Interviews: First round: w/c 9th February 2026; Final interviews: w/c 16th February 2026
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Director of Finance and Operations
The Director of Finance and Operations is a key member of the senior leadership team, responsible for providing strategic leadership across finance, investments, commercial development, and operational functions to ensure Maudsley Charity delivers its mission effectively and sustainably.
Read more
Head of Development
This is an exciting and impactful new income generating role where you’ll have the opportunity to be part of Maudsley Charity’s expert team leading innovative care and solutions for mental health at a time of urgent need.
Read more
What impact will I help to make?
We support patients and carers, clinical care teams and scientists who are working towards improving mental health. We fund ideas, big and small, that drive improvement and support people who experience mental illness.
When someone becomes ill, the effect on them, their friends and family can be life-changing.
It can happen to any of us. The consequences of mental ill health are far-reaching – affecting employment, relationships, finances and even life expectancy.
Maudsley Charity exists to fund the people and projects striving to improve care, support recovery and prevent mental illness.
Benefits of working at Maudsley Charity
- Hybrid working, with 2-3 days spent with the team in our building each week
- 25 days’ annual leave, with a further one day after 3 years’ service and a further one day after 5 years’ service
- Additional non-working office closure days over the Christmas period
- Pension scheme with up to 6% employer contribution, subject to a minimum 3% employee contribution
- Enhanced occupational maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave pay
- A cycle-to-work scheme
- Travel season ticket loans
- Group Life Assurance – providing employees with a tax-free lump sum of four times your basic salary in the event of your death, for your dependants
- Group Income Protection Scheme – protecting you if you are sick long-term, by paying 75% of your basic salary with a deferred period of 13 weeks
- Comprehensive package of online and face-to- face training for staff
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – supporting staff to stay well
- 20% discount on all food and drinks at the ORTUS café
What do our people enjoy about working here?
Being a very small team, I did not expect the level of commitment to investing in DEI in terms of recruitment and team training and also in general the emphasis on continuous development and training.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Maudsley Charity is committed to changing and tackling racial inequality. As an organisation we are working to achieve positive change together with those who share our values and commitment.
Addressing issues of equality, discrimination and diversity as they relate to mental health is fundamental to our mission. We will use our influence to help shine a spotlight on equality and diversity and to embed these principals into both our organisation, and the projects and people we fund through our grants programme.
We are working with our staff and Trustees, our partner organisations, and the communities we serve to better understand the difference we can make.
Read our full position statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Removing bias from the hiring process
We’re serious about wanting to build a diverse team and we’ve looked at each stage of the recruitment process to remove biases. We’ll value you and what you’ll bring to the role, and we’ll do all we can so it’s effortless to be yourself at work.
We run a blind recruitment process and non-graduates are welcome.
We are committed to offering interviews to candidates who meet the role requirements and have lived experience of mental illness or a disability.
Ask us anything sessions
For each vacancy we run an anonymous Ask us anything sessions, where you won’t see or hear other candidates. We give a quick run-down of the role, the team, the organisation and our culture and the recruitment process and then it is over to you. You really can ask us anything – about the role, the process, our work, culture, team, flexible working policy…. or just listen to what others ask.
Working with us
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Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
As an organisation we are working to achieve positive change together with those who share our values and commitment.
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An inclusive workplace
As an employer, we constantly strive to create a work environment in which everyone can thrive. We have committed to attaining and surpassing recognised standards of equality, diversity and inclusion set by leading national bodies, and to continuous review and improvement.
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About us
We are a grant-making charity rooted in south London. Our vision is a world where everyone who experiences mental illness, without exception, has access to the right care and support for them.
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Suggested reading
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Strategic Plan 2024-29
We have committed c.£44m over the next five years. This is a major commitment of funds and continues to place the Charity as the largest specialist mental health funder in the UK charity sector.
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Our History
Explore the role the Maudsley Charity has played in mental health since 1247
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Our Impact
Find out more about the impact of our funding through 360Giving, reports and publications including our Annual Report.
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