Appointment Brief November 2019
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“My future was already determined - to be a gang member on the streets I grew up on and then Tom from RugbyWorks showed me there was a different path.” 2
Chief Executive Officer | RugbyWorks
Welcome Dear Prospective Candidate If the statement opposite from one of our young people engages you, please read on. I am so proud to be the chair of an organisation that goes to parts of our society that many people would put in the “too difficult category”. Not only do we go there but we are truly changing and saving lives. We create meaningful and real change in a young person’s life by providing an ongoing commitment to them. Despite having doubled in size 2 years in a row through the hard work of the entire RugbyWorks team, our job and raison d’etre has only just begun - we have built the opportunity we could only have dreamed of 10 years ago. We are determined to deliver this. To achieve this, our next CEO will be challenged to take themselves and us to places others may not think possible. I would love to work with you to achieve those ambitions and make our society a fairer and better place to live. Can you answer yes to the following questions? If so, you could be the next CEO of RugbyWorks. • Do you passionately care about enabling the most disadvantaged young people to fulfil their potential? • Do you want to right the wrong that 2 in 3 of the adult prison population started on that path by being removed from mainstream education at the age of 14? • Are you a CEO or aspiring CEO who wants to challenge yourself in a highly professional environment? • Do you have the interpersonal skills to motivate a 14 year old disengaged young person in an inner city environment in the morning and then to persuade a billionaire to support our cause from their own pocket in the afternoon? • Are you capable of taking a ten year old organisation that has only scratched the surface of its potential to places few would think possible? MATTHEW KEY - CHAIR
A word from our Founder and (still very active) Trustee After a privileged playing career and a somewhat troubled youth I am passionate about righting some of the wrongs of our society and enabling some of our hardest to reach young people to achieve. To change the trajectory of over 1000 young people’s lives who have found themselves outside mainstream education, often through no fault of their own, is one the most rewarding things I have achieved during my life. I would love you to join our journey and take us to the next level. Thank you for reading our brief, we really hope it triggers your interest. LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO OBE
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Landscape EACH YEAR ON AVERAGE 2,720 YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14-16 ARE EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM EDUCATION IN THE UK. THAT’S 14 EXCLUSIONS EVERY SCHOOL DAY. Excluded children are the most vulnerable; twice as likely to be in the care of the state, four times more likely to have grown up in poverty, seven times more likely to have a special educational need and ten times more likely to suffer recognised mental health problems. Most have no hope of getting out of a system they fell into, often through no fault of their own. They will go on to cost the state £763m in extra health, criminal justice, welfare and education costs in their lifetime. 63% of the prison population were excluded from school at some stage in their lives. At Dallaglio RugbyWorks, we want to change this. Founder, Lawrence Dallaglio OBE, former England Rugby and Wasps Captain experienced a troubled time in his youth after the death of his sister, and credits finding rugby for helping him overcome a very turbulent time in his life. Lawrence recognised the power that rugby had in transforming his attitude, behaviour and aspirations and channelled that power into the development of RugbyWorks.
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Chief Executive Officer | RugbyWorks
OUR VISION We believe that all young people have a right to a good education and a secure and happy future. At Dallaglio RugbyWorks we use the values of Rugby to work at the extreme end of the UK’s education system helping young people who have severe behavioural challenges to overcome them, developing bespoke paths for each young person to equip them to get a job, build a career and secure a long term stable future. Our coaches use sport to help foster teamwork, discipline and respect, and they continue with each young person in to the classroom helping them to develop their communication and written skills, preparing them for the world of further education or work. The bond between our coaches and the young people in the programme go far beyond the rugby pitch as they become constant, trusted pillars of support at one of the most difficult periods of transition for vulnerable young people. Currently we work in under 10% of the UKs target Alternative Provision teenage population and we are keen to continue our growth curve (average 20% per annum over the last three years) to reach as many young people in need as possible. To ensure sustainability and growth our target is to diversify our income streams and consolidate our operating model so we can roll out to further regions quickly as our revenue grows.
RugbyWorks Programme RugbyWorks coaches currently operate nationally in over 80 Alternative Provision Schools (AP) and have over 560 young people working with us. Each pair of RugbyWorks coaches leads small groups of 8-10 young people, establishing the trust and support that’s vital to their mentorship. We commit to a free weekly session, across 30 weeks per year for a full two years Year’s 10 and 11 - building longer-term relationships.
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We use rugby as a hook, but the sessions help develop their soft skills, increasing their engagement with the school, developing their communication, discipline and guiding them onto a suitable career path. We also ensure that all RugbyWorks participants are exposed to essential workplace experience - employability taster days, workshops and placements - that lets them aspire to positive, productive futures. These include partnerships with Halfords, Bidfood, McGee, Burberry, Premier Group amongst others. Our third year of the programme switches to a mentoring one-to-one basis, as we support their difficult, enforced transition out of Alternative Provision and back into the mainstream college. By continuing our relationship, we help at-risk youngsters sustain further education, employment or traineeship for the longer-term. Our young people’s three stage journey focuses on the following areas: YEAR 1 - ‘ENGAGEMENT’ Minimising the impact of their past
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YEAR 2 - ‘INTEGRATION’ Making better decisions in the present, and YEAR 3 - ‘ACHIEVEMENT’ Planning to ensure a long term successful future “The primary challenge for so many of the children in Alternative Provision is to give them the confidence to take up the offers of work or education and, critically, to stick with it for the long haul. It is here that Dallaglio RugbyWorks is able to make such a difference, giving young people the support they need to develop the self-belief, the determination and the resilience to go on to become successful adults.” Charlie Taylor, Chairman of the Youth Justice Board & Trustee of Dallaglio RugbyWorks Click here to learn more about what we do.
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Our Impact These are some of the hardest young people to reach, but our programme is working. Over a period of 3 years we work with each young person to get them in to employment or further education and the results have been encouraging. Our young people are twice as likely to still be in education, employment or training 12 months after leaving school. Both significant predictors of future employability and ability to support themselves and their families to build a better life.
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Our partnership with Impetus - PEF, the leading strategic and transformational youth charity, and their commitment of expertise, strategic direction and funding help us to develop our programmes, maximise our impact and fulfil our potential to help young people in a profound and long lasting way. We are proud of their recognition of the quality of our programmes. We’re recruiting over a dozen new coaches, bolstering our fundraising capability and, most encouragingly of all, welcoming the first young person to ‘graduate’ from RugbyWorks participant to full-time programme coach.
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Percentage increase in likelihood of staying in EET
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Chief Executive Officer | RugbyWorks
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2 x Coaches
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2 x Coaches
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Employability Manager
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EAST MIDLANDS 4 x Coaches
Coach Coordinator 2 x Lead Coaches 2 x Coaches
Coach Coordinator
2 x Lead Coaches
2 x Coaches
Regional Ops Manager
LONDON
Regional Ops Manager
2 x Coaches
WEST MIDLANDS
Regional Ops Manager
Development Board
LONDON
Impact Analyst
Head of Programme & Impact
CEO
Board of Trustees
Events Manager
2 x Coaches
HAMPSHIRE
2 x Coaches
3 x Coaches
Lead Coach
WALES
Partnerships Manager
Operations Assistant
Operations Manager
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Fundraising Coordinator
Marketing Manager
Head of Fundraising
Finances
ACCOUNTS FOR 31 JULY 2018
INCOME £2.9M
Donations and legacies £0.58M Other trading activities £2.32M
EXPENDITURE £2.5M
Raising funds £1.6M Charitable activities £0.89M
Please note that these accounts are on a year when we run our Dallaglio Cycle Slam event. This high income and expenditure event happens every other year. The average expenditure on fundraising activity is around £500k to bring in over 50% of our income.
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Chief Executive Officer | RugbyWorks
Role Description JOB TITLE: Chief Executive Officer LOCATION: London REPORTING TO: Chair of Trustees KEY RELATIONSHIPS: • High net worth individuals, Corporate and other supporters/high profile Ambassadors • Education Authorities and Heads of Pupil Referral Units, integrated referral units, young offenders institutions • Government Departments • Trustee Board and Founder • Young People - aged 14-17 - removed from mainstream education OVERALL PURPOSE: To provide inspirational leadership and develop the vision to guide RugbyWorks into the next chapter of its growth journey. Act as key external ambassador to promote the vision and case for support as well as ensure strong communications and leadership internally. Engage with and inspire more young people to fulfil their potential.
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Key Responsibilities
STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE
LEADERSHIP
• Develop Dallaglio RugbyWorks’ initial consolidation and then longer term growth strategy, agreeing this with the Board, ensuring it is delivered and reporting to the Board on progress • Ensure the organisation is appropriately resourced to deliver its strategy and that all required processes and routines are in place to safeguard the young people we work with • Accountable for the ongoing financial sustainability of the organisation • Ensure the operating model is fit for purpose and develop its maturity to support future growth • Support regions to be more self-sustaining with improved regional operating models • With the Chair and Board, ensure clear and appropriate governance of the organisation, including timely reporting and an annual schedule of Board and committee meetings
• Build and develop a high performing and motivated team, ensuring high levels of engagement and delivery across the organisation • Accountability for the effective functioning of Dallaglio RugbyWorks’ senior leadership team • Ensuring an impact focused culture where young people remain at the heart of all activities • Ensuring the organisation is fit for purpose and that its systems and processes can support growth ambitions
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Chief Executive Officer | RugbyWorks
STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS AND INCOME GENERATION • Diversify income outside of events to support increased sustainability and growth • Responsible for raising our profile with key stakeholders, including donors, local, regional and central government, education leaders and with young people • Overall accountability for income generation, working closely with colleagues to identify and maximise opportunities • Oversee our high profile events, including annual ball and bi-annual cycle ride
Person Specification KEY EXPERIENCES AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
PERSONAL QUALITIES
• Proven leadership experience from an organisation of comparable scale and complexity of ambition in addition to having led an organisation through a significant expansion phase • Highly engaging, influential and inspiring communication and rapport building skills • Successfully raised income from major donors, corporates and events, or built revenues in a business • Experience of operationalising an ambitious strategy, ideally across multiple locations • Proven ability to lead a data and impact focused organisation, and to course correct based on evidence • The ability to motivate and lead people working in challenging and changing circumstances • Understanding of the educational landscape to support underserved young people and an ability to engage with the world of rugby
• Passion for Dallaglio RugbyWorks’ mission • Desire to innovate to achieve constant improvement • Resilience - the environment we operate in can be unpredictable • Entrepreneurial mind-set - new opportunities will arise and need prioritising whilst understanding how to apply that focus in a charitable context • Enjoy building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of people • Comfortable with ambiguity - we want to go where nobody has been before • Focus on quality in everything we do and in particular in our relationships with young people
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How to Apply To apply for this position, please upload a comprehensive CV and a supporting statement of no more than two pages of A4 on our website. We ask that you complete the equal opportunities information online when you submit your application via our website. The information collected will be treated as confidential, used for statistical purposes only, and will not be treated as part of your application. We would also be grateful if you could let us know if you will require any special provision as a result of any disability should you be called for interview. Finally please ensure that you have included mobile, work and home telephone numbers, as well as any dates when you will not be available or might have difficulty with the indicative timetable. Applications should be made via the Prospectus website at: http://www.prospect-us.co.uk/jobs/details/HQ00176387
TIMETABLE Closing date: 5 December 2019 Initial interviews with Prospectus: 13 - 19 December 2019 Dallaglio RugbyWorks interviews: 9 - 10 January and w/c 13 January 2020 These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.
QUERIES If you have queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information or would like to have an informal discussion, please contact Borge Andreassen, Linda Griffiths or Suzannah Fazackerley at Prospectus on 020 7691 1920, or email: borge.andreassen@prospect-us.co.uk linda.griffiths@prospect-us.co.uk suzannah.fazackerley@prospect-us.co.uk
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Chief Executive Officer | RugbyWorks
RECRUITMENT PROCESS Should you decide to make a formal application, you will receive feedback within seven working days of the closing date. The successful appointment is subject to satisfactory references.
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