Salary
£49,492 to £58,226 (dependent on experience)
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Location
Saltash, Cornwall, England
Location description
Hybrid (RNLI South Regional Base, Saltash and home-based)
Interview date
1st interviews - 16th September (online) and 2nd interviews - 22nd September (in person)
Closing Date
08-09-2025
Reference
20124
Documents
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ABOUT US

Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.
An exciting opportunity has become available to join us as our new Regional Business Lead in our South West region. Leading on four key areas of regional delivery – safety, quality, finance and service delivery - this role provides critical support to RNLI Lifesaving teams, ensuring all of these core functions are in place to undertake their lifesaving work.

ABOUT YOU

This leadership role would suit someone who is a team player, with very strong communication, collaboration and influencing skills, capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines, and experienced working with complex structures and compliance requirements. Financial management and business planning also need to be strong skills.

Your application should demonstrate:

• Experience in business management and/or financial planning within multi-functional environment.
• Experience in operational leadership and change management
• Experience in driving organisational effectiveness
• Competence in budgeting and forecasting.
• Familiarity with business management and financial principles.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Leadership ability
• Outstanding organisational skills

It is also desirable that you have

• Ability to effectively manage the allocation of resources across different functions.
• Experience within an operational environment, particular awareness of risk management processes.
• Experience of working within project/programme environments and/or project/programme management experience

Occasional travel and overnight stays across the region and other regional locations will also be required as part of the role.
We are looking for someone who is self-motivated with excellent planning skills and the ability to turn those plans into reality. This demanding job requires a skilled individual. In return, you will have the satisfaction of playing a significant role in driving forward the RNLI and contributing to saving lives at sea as part of a regional team. If this sounds appealing, apply now using the button shown

In this role you will be supporting the Head of Region (HOR) and Regional Leadership Team responsible for the delivery of safe, sustainable, and effective core regional services, through oversight of daily operations and implementation of RNLI strategic priorities.

You will be responsible to the Head of Region (HOR) for activities including:

• adherence to operational strategies and objectives,
• financial management,
• ensuring all policies and quality standards are met,
• analysing, and improving performance data and coordination of all regional business.
• optimising regional efficiency through streamlining processes, improving efficiencies and effective collaboration with central departments to coordinate and improve cross-functional initiatives.