Matt Jones
Chief Executive Officer @Swindon Food Collective
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Executive Officer @Swindon Food Collective
Swindon, GB
As CEO, provide organisational leadership, including holding overall responsibility for strategic and operational plans, partnership, business development, fiscal management, and an effective advocate for all the charity and its beneficiaries.Reporting to the Chair of Trustees, lead the Senior Management Team and be responsible for ensuring financial control and supporting and advising on good governance across all aspects of the charity. Key responsibilities include:Leadership• Be the face and voice of the charity - its principal ambassador.• Lead the senior management team to lead, support and motivate all staff, aligning employees and volunteers with the charity’s aims, objectives and ambitions.• Take overall responsibility for HR and people, risk management and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.Strategy• Develop an optimal medium-to-long-term strategy for the charity.• Oversee development and implementation of business plans in line with the agreed strategy and report to the Board on progress through agreed priorities & KPI’s.• Identify and assess strategic risks, issues and opportunities and take responsibility for initiating and leading associated changes.Financial control• Take executive responsibility for the overall financial health of the charity, ensuring thatfinancial resources are managed effectively, identifying risks and taking appropriate action.• Ensure that effective and robust financial management, control and reporting systems are in place to monitor performance against budgets and take executive responsibility for timely production of management and statutory accounts and annual reports.Governance and compliance• Liaise with the Board to ensure that the charity’s overall governance structure, policies and procedures are appropriate and effective, taking remedial measures and implementing changes as necessary.
EDUCATION
Coventry University
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
University of Essex
BA (Hons), Business & Management - First Class Honours (1st)
Durham University
MBA - Full Time, Business Management
Yorkshire Coast College
Advanced GNVQ, Information Technology
SKILLS
ABOUT MATT JONES
Matt is Chief Executive Officer at Swindon Food Collective. As Matt leads the charity forward by developing the service offering; Matt\'s primary goal is to help address food poverty in Swindon. As CEO, Matt is responsible for providing organisational leadership, including overall responsibility for Swindon Food Collective’s strategic and operational plans, partnership and business development, fiscal management, and being an effective advocate for the charity and its beneficiaries. Matt reports to the Chair of Trustees, leads the senior management team and is responsible for ensuring financial control and supporting and advising on good governance, across all aspects of the charity.With over two decades of industry experience in strategic leadership, policy, planning and governance, drawn across private and public sectors; Matt previously led institutional / corporate strategy, policy and planning at the Royal Agricultural University. Matt advised the Vice Chancellor in the development of policy and strategy and works directly with the COO to develop and implement the Operational Plan. Matt previously drove evidence-driven institutional change to enhance University performance and developed and delivered the University\'s Strategy & Annual Plan. Matt ensured the University is compliant in its statutory reporting and is the primary relationship holder with the Office for Students (OfS) including responsibility for fulfilling OfS prevailing access and participation requirements. Matt led the Institutional Planning & Governance Directorate and previously took ownership for the development and implementation of institutional planning and performance, underpinning university strategy. Previously part of the Vice-Chancellor\'s Executive Advisory Group, Matt led strategic business planning, translating strategy into delivery, and leads & implements complex strategic projects, across multidisciplinary teams. Matt produced strategic management information and presents to institutional committees and senior stakeholders. Matt also worked alongside the Pro Vice Chancellor to ensure that academic plans and resources align to deliver the University\'s strategic business planning framework.
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