Change of CEO at mermaids…

Well, curiouser and curiouser...

Charity salaries are really variable, £60k would be within the realms of possibility for Mermaids. In fact the Charity Commission places the salary exactly in the £60-70k bracket on this page - register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1160575&subid=0

That's what I was assuming. I know nothing about this sector at all but I used to vaguely know an accountant who seemed to change senior jobs in the NHS very often. Took me ages to grasp that he was a turnaround specialist.

I was under the impression that charity salaries are shamefully low. Would a CEO salary of £60k indicate a larger charity? There are lots of charities based in Leeds but most look to me like small outfits mostly relying on volunteers.

They'll probably be looking for someone who does interim management, there are plenty of people around the sector who do short term assignments, it's not the sort of thing you'd leave a permanent job for (unless something is going really wrong for you).

Whether it's Mermaids or not, surely a charity's CEO, interim or otherwise, absolutely should have a knowledge of charity law? This advert says it's optional, which would explain a lot about what's gone wrong at Mermaids if it is them.

Knowledge of Charity Law/Education provision would be ideal though not essential

In most organisations an ‘interim’ position is filled from within.

the fact they are advertising highlights again that this is very sudden and with no succession planning

Most people that senior it’s 3 months very minimum, most chief execs that I’ve worked with it’s a year notice.

Ooh I think it is!! Prepping my cv now. Love the bit about a full DBS being carried out and must have knowledge of charity law. They’re even trolling SG in the job advert 😂😂😂😂

Yep, segregation of duties.

It’s a pretty basic control of a company (or should be!)

Excellent summary of the timeline. It also struck me as odd that that Guardian article Susie commissioned was published while she was on holiday. Also that Jackie deleted Jackie's tweets on that day in court.

To recap.

Charity commission start investigating Mermaids in September.

Jackie Green apparently deletes twitter account on 7th November.

Mermaids do their summing up for the LGB Alliance Court case on 7th November.

The charity commission Council also voice their position on 7th November:

Iain Steele Charity Commission Council says in court "Charity Commission has concerns why Mermaids is attempting to go beyond the normal charities framework here."

Final day of the court case 8th November.

Susie Green goes on holiday on 10th November.

The Guardian publishes a piece on 'what's going on with Mermaids' on 17th November quoting Green exclusively. Whilst she is still apparently on holiday.

Susie Green returns from holiday on 22nd November.

The Guardian publish an article questioning social contagion and teen girls identifying as trans on 24th November.

Mermaids tweets that its under attack please donate tweet on 24th November. Presumably whilst Green was still firmly in charge and didn't think she was going anywhere from how it reads, despite the obvious problems.

Susie Green leaves Mermaids on 25th November.

Have I got this right?

So on the day that Mermaids sum up the court case and the charity commission voice a concern about the court case Jackie Green deleted twitter.

There is a number of possibilities but I also don't believe in coincidences. There were people connected to Mermaids who knew how badly the LGB Alliance case had gone by the day of their summing up...

😂

If its a different Leeds based charity they picked a bad time to advertise as I imagine this advert is going to get some interesting?!? Applications.

Theres a phone number for a mo ? I forget, cba looking again rn, I'm very tempted to phone to find out a bit more. Then when I find out its mermaids, just say "erm, oh dear, never mind then dear"

Available to start within the next month? Surely anyone suitable for that level of responsibility would have a full month's notice at the absolute minimum?

It says "whilst their Executive Director is on extended leave". That's some extended leave!

‘Joining at a busy time’. Nobody wants to be this busy.

Oh hang on that vacancy requires a full dbs check so it can't be mermaids

@Happylittlechicken time for your application to go in

I dont know for sure. But this looks like it might be... ("this brilliant charity", but no details at all about what they do, start ASAP and hit the ground running...)

archive.ph/2022.11.26-204259/www.office-angels.com/Job/interim-md-charity-leeds?ID=71f14f44-9dd6-4605-8365-810407d6e185

Oh my god that's hilarious 😂

@Birdsweepsin

That's for real! I had to double check!

Unemployed, eh?

It's like a Greek Tragedy via the medium of LinkedIn

@Torunette
Great post!

I came on to say this but will repost @Torunette who said it more eloquently than I would have.