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Operations Director - Residential Children's Services

Salary: 70,000 rising to 80,000 + 3,000 bonus

Location: Northamptonshire/Milton Keynes

I'm currently working with a growing care provider looking for an experienced Operations Director to oversee their children's services and support the continued growth of the organisation.

The Role

• Oversee the operational management of multiple children's services, including Family Assessment Centres and residential homes
• Lead and support Registered Managers across the services
• Responsibility for Ofsted, quality assurance, HR and wider operational decisions
• Drive the strategic growth of the children's side of the business
• Report directly to the Owner, with a high level of autonomy
• Hybrid working - around 1 day across the services and 2 days from home

Benefits

• 70,000 starting salary, rising to 80,000 after 6-month probation
• 3,000 bonus for achieving a Good or Outstanding Ofsted outcome
• Opportunity to have real ownership over the service and its future growth
• Growing organisation with plans across children's residential, family assessment, supported accommodation and adult services
• ASAP interview and start

Requirements

• Ideally previous experience at Operations Manager / Senior Manager level or above
• Experience overseeing multiple services, ideally Family Assessment Centres and/or children's residential
• Strong understanding of Ofsted, QA and operational management
• Qualified Social Worker is a plus

They will interview right away so please don't delay your application!

How to Apply:

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The Opportunity:

Avalon is delighted to be partnering exclusively with Riverside to recruit an inspirational, high-performing Assistant Director of Operations (Housing and Support) on a permanent basis.

Operating on a hybrid working model from anywhere in the UK, this pivotal senior role takes responsibility for managing a national team of senior operating managers across supported housing, mental health, homelessness, floating support, street-based, and retirement living services.

Reporting directly to the Director of Operations at Riverside, you will play a central role in driving customer-first operational delivery, improving operating margins, and leading a major operational integration plan across the Care & Support division. This permanent post offers significant executive scope to shape long-term service models, ensure robust financial viability, and maintain rigorous standards of tenancy management and safeguarding.

Key Duties:

• Lead and inspire a national team of senior operating managers across supported housing, retirement living, and community outreach services.
• Execute the operational integration plan across Riverside Housing's Care & Support services, embedding best practice and shaping a single, unified operational function.
• Drive financial viability and improve operating margins by maximising income, eliminating cash leakage from empty homes/arrears, and enforcing budget controls.
• Oversee robust housing management functions, including allocations, lettings, void turnaround, income collection, and ongoing tenancy enforcement.
• Embed customer involvement and co-production into service design, ensuring resident feedback directly shapes operational priorities.
• Provide strategic oversight for safeguarding cases, serious incidents, and health and safety compliance across all regional operations.
• Collaborate with Business Development teams to identify and implement new service contracts, growth opportunities, and potential acquisitions.
• Produce executive briefings and reports for Committees and Board members, deputising for the Director of Operations as required.

Benefits:

• Salary: 95,660.26 per annum.
• Contract Type: Permanent, full-time position (37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday).
• Location & Working Pattern: Hybrid working pattern, located anywhere in the UK (role-related travel required with full expenses paid).
• Holiday Entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays.
• Generous Pension Scheme: Auto-enrolment at 3% employee / 5% employer, with an enhanced opt-in scheme of up to 6% employee / 9% employer contribution.
• Strategic Influence: High-profile leadership role driving long-term service integration, portfolio performance, and cultural transformation across the organisation.

Requirements:

• Experience: Proven track record of senior operational leadership within social housing, care and support, retirement living, or complex supported housing settings.
• Financial Oversight: Extensive experience managing multiple complex budgets, improving operating margins, and minimising void or arrears losses.
• Housing Management Knowledge: Deep technical expertise in housing management, lettings, income collection, and regulatory compliance across supported and care services.
• People Leadership: Demonstrable success leading, coaching, and inspiring large, multi-disciplinary teams across wide geographic regions.
• Integration & Transformation: Experience leading organisational change, service integration, and business efficiency programmes.
• Flexibility: Willingness to participate in a 24/7 senior manager on-call rota and travel across regional sites as required.

How to Apply:

Please apply for this role online or contact Matt Goodwin-Baird at Avalon, working in exclusive recruitment partnership with Riverside Housing, for a confidential discussion.

Avalon, trading name of Spirehouse Recruitment Limited, is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency. We practise a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all individuals.

Greys Specialist Recruitment are recruiting for an established Occupational Health provider looking to appoint an experienced Operations Manager to oversee the delivery of a portfolio of client contracts across the UK and Europe.

This is a broad operational role covering service delivery, contract management, people management and client relationships. You will be responsible for ensuring services are delivered effectively, maintaining performance against agreed standards and taking ownership of any operational issues that arise.

You will work closely with clients and internal teams to ensure contracts run smoothly, resources are managed effectively and any issues are dealt with quickly and professionally. The role will also involve monitoring performance, identifying areas for improvement and supporting the successful implementation of new contracts.

A key part of the position will be managing and developing the people responsible for delivering the services. You will provide operational leadership across the teams supporting your contracts, ensuring appropriate staffing, performance management and resource planning are in place.

The role will include:

• Overseeing the day-to-day delivery of multiple client contracts
• Managing key client relationships and acting as a senior operational contact
• Monitoring service performance, KPIs and SLAs
• Identifying and resolving operational issues
• Managing and developing operational and clinical teams
• Planning staffing and resources across the contract portfolio
• Managing performance, attendance and operational requirements
• Supporting contract mobilisation and implementation
• Producing operational reports and management information
• Supporting quality, compliance and audit requirements
• Identifying opportunities to improve service delivery and efficiency
• Working closely with senior management and wider internal teams

We're looking for an experienced Operations, Contract or Service Manager with a background in Occupational Health, healthcare, medical services or another regulated environment.

You'll need experience of managing people and overseeing service delivery, ideally within a business where quality, compliance and client requirements are important. Experience managing multiple contracts or client relationships will be highly relevant, as will the ability to monitor performance and take ownership when things aren't going to plan.

You'll be a confident people manager and communicator, comfortable working with clients, senior stakeholders and operational teams. Strong organisation, problem-solving and commercial awareness will be important, alongside the ability to manage competing priorities across a geographically diverse portfolio.

Experience working with remote teams, contract mobilisation or quality management systems would be advantageous.

A clinical qualification is not required. What is important is an understanding of operational management within a clinical or regulated service environment and the ability to work effectively alongside clinical leadership.

Location: Remote/Hybrid, with travel across the UK and Europe as required
Employment Type: Permanent
Geographical Responsibility: UK & Europe

This is a confidential appointment. Further details can be discussed with shortlisted candidates.

To apply, contact David at Greys Specialist Recruitment

Position: Operations Manager
Location: Head Office, Stockton-on-Tees
Salary: Competitive (Depending on experience) + Excellent added benefits!
Hours: Full time

Career Makers is recruiting an experienced Operations Manager to join a well-established care provider, based at their head office in Stockton-on-Tees. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced care professional to oversee multiple care services, support Home Managers and drive high standards across nursing, residential and dementia care settings. You will play a key role in ensuring operational efficiency, regulatory compliance and the continued delivery of high-quality, person-centred care.

Benefits as an Operations Manager:

• Competitive salary package
• Excellent additional benefits
• Ongoing support and professional development opportunities
• Opportunities for career progression
• The opportunity to make a positive impact across multiple care services

Responsibilities as an Operations Manager:

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of multiple care homes, ensuring high standards of care and service delivery.
• Support and develop Home Managers, promoting strong leadership and effective team performance.
• Ensure compliance with CQC regulations, safeguarding procedures and relevant legislation.
• Monitor service performance, quality assurance audits and improvement plans.
• Drive operational efficiency while maintaining excellent standards of resident care and wellbeing.

Requirements as an Operations Manager:

• Previous experience in an Operations Manager or senior multi-site management role within the care sector.
• Strong knowledge of CQC regulations and care home operations.
• Proven experience supporting and developing Registered Managers or Home Managers.
• Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills.
• A relevant Health & Social Care qualification, ideally Level 5 or above.

Are you an experienced Operations Manager looking for your next opportunity with an established care provider?

APPLY NOW to find out more or contact Umay at Career Makers today!

PLEASE NOTE: This position does not offer any sponsorship.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a quality-driven Operations Manager join our client, a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality medical equipment.

Working as part of the Senior Leadership Team, this is a hands-on role providing day-to-day operational leadership across manufacturing, quality and supply chain.

Beyond driving site-level performance and health and safety, you ll collaborate directly with executive leadership on longer term business planning and represent the site during group leadership forums designed for strategic knowledge sharing across the wider corporate network.

The Scope - Operations Manager

You will oversee a close-knit, highly integrated site with direct leadership spanning:

• Manufacturing.
• Quality Assurance.
• Goods in/out and inventory control.
• Purchasing and supplier performance.
• Site maintenance and facilities work.

Where You ll Drive Impact - Operations Manager

• Champion site compliance, maintaining and elevating quality systems and ISO standards (including medical device requirements).
• Drive continuous improvement, 5S, and Lean Six Sigma methodologies across production and supply chain workflows.
• Complete operational responsibility for site health and safety, operational performance, and team development.
• Partner with executive leadership to evolve, deploy, and execute business growth goals.

What You'll Bring - Operations Manager

• Operations leadership in medical device manufacturing, pharma or similarly regulated manufacturing (past experience counts; it doesn t have to be your last job)
• Solid understanding of ISO framework adherence, internal/external audits, and quality-led manufacturing practices.
• Proven track record of managing operations across manufacturing, logistics, purchasing, and quality functions.
• Hands-on experience embedding Lean Six Sigma or continuous improvement practices into operational culture.
• A grounded, present leader who thrives on daily collaboration with site teams.

Compensation - Operations Manager

• Starting salary of c£65,000 + package
• High-level operational authority paired with group-level strategic exposure.
• The agility and responsiveness of a close-knit site backed by broader group resources.

If you can offer a background in medical devices or regulated life-science environment, whether that experience is recent or gained earlier in your career, we want to hear from you!

This opportunity is based on site with minimal travel requirements.

Apply as soon as possible to be contacted with further information and a confidential discussion.

Ripple Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. My client is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Due to high volumes of interest, we can only respond to shortlisted applicants.

Housing Operations Manager

Join a senior housing role where practical housing management knowledge, regulatory understanding and analytical judgement can strengthen policy, performance, staff capability and service improvement for vulnerable tenants.

If you've also worked in the following roles, we'd also like to hear from you: Operations Manager, Housing Services Manager, Housing Manager, Service M click apply for full job details

Hospital Operations Manager Oxford

Nurse Seekers is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to join a hospital team.

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive, commercially aware Operations Manager to oversee the day-to-day non-clinical operations of a hospital. You will play a key role in ensuring excellent patient experience, efficient service delivery and effective operational performance.

Working closely with the CEO, clinical teams and senior management, you will lead operational services, support service development and drive continuous improvement across the hospital.

The role includes direct line management responsibilities, participation in the senior management on-call rota and occasional out-of-hours visits.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily non-clinical hospital operations, including reception and front-of-house services.
• Lead admissions planning, patient flow, bed capacity and occupancy management.
• Promote excellent patient, family and visitor experience.
• Manage and support operational staff, including recruitment, training and performance management.
• Oversee health and safety, risk management and business continuity in collaboration with relevant colleagues.
• Identify and implement service improvements, operational efficiencies and change initiatives.
• Monitor performance, provide operational reports and support strategic planning.
• Build effective relationships with clinical teams, consultants, staff and external stakeholders.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in an operational management role, ideally within healthcare, a hospital or social care setting.
• Strong customer service and people management skills.
• Experience of admissions, capacity or occupancy management.
• Knowledge of CQC requirements, health and safety and operational compliance.
• Experience supporting HR processes and managing operational change.
• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.
• A commercially minded, solutions-focused approach with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A relevant management or healthcare qualification, or equivalent experience, is desirable.

Apply Today

If you are an experienced operational leader looking for your next challenge and have a passion for high standards, excellent patient experience and continuous improvement, Nurse Seekers would love to hear from you.

Regional Manager - Luxury Care Homes

Location: South of England - Home Based with Regional Travel
Salary: 75,000+ depending on experience
Benefits: Car Allowance + Outstanding Bonus Structure
Contract: Permanent, Full Time

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an experienced Regional Manager to join an established premium care provider, taking operational responsibility for a portfolio of high-quality care homes across the South of England.

This is a senior operational leadership position overseeing up to five care homes, supporting Home Managers to deliver excellent standards of care while ensuring each service performs strongly from a quality, regulatory, people and commercial perspective.

The role is home based, with regular travel across the region to provide visible leadership and hands-on support to the homes and their management teams.

The successful candidate must be a qualified Nurse with an active NMC PIN and have strong experience operating within the nursing home sector.

This is an excellent opportunity for an established Regional Manager looking to join a premium provider offering a highly competitive package, including a salary of 75,000 upwards, car allowance and an outstanding bonus structure.

The Role

As Regional Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the operational performance of a portfolio of care homes, working closely with individual Home Managers to ensure consistently high standards across the region.

You will provide leadership, direction and support to your management teams, ensuring they have the tools and guidance required to run successful, compliant and commercially strong homes.

A key part of the position will be maintaining a visible presence across the portfolio. You will regularly visit each home, build strong relationships with Home Managers and their teams, and identify opportunities to improve performance.

You will also act as a senior point of support when individual homes face operational challenges, helping management teams develop and implement clear improvement plans.

Key Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing operational leadership across a portfolio of up to five premium care homes.
• Supporting, coaching and developing Home Managers to achieve consistently strong results.
• Ensuring excellent standards of nursing and residential care are maintained across the portfolio.
• Monitoring quality, compliance and regulatory performance across each service.
• Ensuring homes remain fully prepared for regulatory inspections and that any areas for improvement are addressed effectively.
• Driving a positive culture focused on residents, families and high-quality care.
• Monitoring operational and commercial performance across the region.
• Supporting homes to maintain strong occupancy levels and sustainable financial performance.
• Reviewing key performance indicators and working with Home Managers to address areas requiring improvement.
• Supporting recruitment, retention and succession planning across the portfolio.
• Ensuring staffing structures remain appropriate to the needs of residents and individual services.
• Providing leadership during periods of change or operational challenge.
• Working collaboratively with the wider senior leadership team to deliver the organisation's operational objectives.
• Sharing best practice across the portfolio and encouraging continuous improvement.
• Maintaining a strong and visible leadership presence throughout the region.

About You

We are looking for an experienced senior care professional with a strong background in the nursing home sector.

You will need to be comfortable balancing quality of care, compliance, people management and commercial performance, while building effective relationships with Home Managers and their teams.

Essential Requirements

• Registered Nurse with an active NMC PIN.
• Strong experience within the nursing home sector.
• Proven multi-site operational leadership experience.
• Experience supporting and managing Home Managers across multiple services.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements and quality standards within adult social care.
• A successful track record of improving and maintaining operational performance.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of occupancy, staffing and financial performance.
• Ability to identify underperformance and implement effective improvement plans.
• Comfortable working autonomously within a home-based regional position.
• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel regularly throughout the South of England.

What We're Looking For

The successful candidate will be an experienced and credible leader who can build strong relationships with Home Managers while also holding services accountable for performance.

You will be confident working at both a strategic and operational level, able to understand the wider objectives of the organisation while remaining close enough to individual homes to understand what is happening on the ground.

Experience operating within a premium or luxury care environment would be particularly beneficial.

Package

The successful Regional Manager will receive:

• Base salary of 75,000 upwards, depending on experience.
• Car allowance.
• Outstanding bonus structure.
• Home-based working.
• Senior operational responsibility for a portfolio of premium care homes.
• Opportunity to join an established luxury care provider.

Apply

If you are an experienced Regional Manager with a nursing background and are interested in joining a premium care provider offering an excellent overall package, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Applications and conversations will be treated confidentially.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Operations Manager - Care Homes
West Midlands
£80,000-£90,000 + Bonus + Car Allowance

Leaders in Care is exclusively recruiting for an experienced Operations Manager to join a growing care home provider, overseeing a portfolio of 7 homes.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Care Home Operations Manager, Regional Manager or senior operational leader who enjoys being close to their R click apply for full job details

Operations Manager - Care Homes
West Midlands
£80,000-£90,000 + Bonus + Car Allowance

Leaders in Care is exclusively recruiting for an experienced Operations Manager to join a growing care home provider, overseeing a portfolio of 7 homes.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Care Home Operations Manager, Regional Manager or senior operational leader who enjoys being close to their R click apply for full job details