The Cedarwood Trust are seeking a new Chief Executive Officer.
For over 40 years, Cedarwood has stood alongside the Meadow Well and North Tyneside community – tackling poverty, building resilience, and enabling people to flourish. Today, Cedarwood is known as a trusted anchor charity within North Tyneside and the wider region, pioneering practical responses to food insecurity and supporting local people to build skills, confidence and community connections.
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to:
- Champion Cedarwood’s mission and values, ensuring lived experience shapes all that they do.
- Secure financial sustainability in a tough funding climate, diversifying income through contracts, grants, trading, partnerships, and social investment.
- Inspire and develop dedicated staff and volunteers.
- Build strong partnerships across North Tyneside and the wider North East, raising their profile and impact.
- Work with Trustees to ensure strong governance and a sustainable future.
They are looking for an inclusive, strategic leader with resilience, vision and the ability to deliver results. You’ll bring experience of leadership in the charity, social enterprise or related sector, a track record of financial sustainability and income generation, and the confidence to build partnerships and influence across communities, funders and stakeholders. Most of all, you’ll share a deep commitment to social justice, equality, and community-led change.
This is a unique opportunity to make a tangible difference to thousands of lives each year.
To find out more, download the full recruitment pack and apply here.
Closing Date: 5 October 2025
Interviews: October 2025. Dates TBC.