Interim Chief Operations Officer
Posted 1 week ago by Starfish Search
£130,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Interim Chief Operations Officer (COO) role at a non-profit organization focuses on providing executive operational leadership to ensure high-quality, compliant services aligned with strategic goals. The position involves leading strategic planning, performance monitoring, and capital programs while maintaining relationships with key stakeholders. The role requires significant senior leadership experience in education, health, or social care services. This interim position is set for six months with a competitive salary.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead long-term strategic planning and transformational change to modernise services.
- Establish and lead effective systems for monitoring performance and quality.
- Sponsor and direct capital and infrastructure programmes to enhance service environments.
- Share collective responsibility for corporate leadership across the chief officer group.
- Ensure services are compliant with regulatory and statutory requirements.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with regulators, commissioners, funders, and other stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- Significant senior leadership experience in commissioned education, health, or social care services.
- Proven track record of leading complex, multi-site service operations at scale.
- Deep understanding of regulatory environments, including CQC, CIW, RQIA, and Ofsted.
- Demonstrable experience of driving transformational change and service redesign.
- Understanding of impact measurement and quality assurance frameworks.
Salary (Rate): £130,000.00/year
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
Starfish Search are working with a non-profit organisation to recruit an Interim COO. The focus of this role is to provide executive, operational leadership to ensure all services are high-quality, innovative, compliant, and clearly aligned with the organisation’s strategic goals and values.
You Will:
- Lead long-term strategic planning and transformational change to modernise services, challenge conventional practice, and future-proof the organisation.
- Establish and lead effective systems for monitoring performance and quality, using data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement and regulatory compliance.
- Sponsor and direct capital and infrastructure programmes that enhance service environments and operational capabilities.
- Share collective responsibility for corporate leadership across the chief officer group.
- Ensure services are fully compliant with regulatory and statutory requirements.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with regulators, commissioners, funders, and other strategic stakeholders.
You Will Have:
- Significant senior leadership experience in commissioned education, health, or social care services.
- A proven track record of leading complex, multi-site service operations at scale.
- Deep understanding of regulatory environments, including CQC, CIW, RQIA and Ofsted, and the responsibilities of a Nominated Individual.
- Demonstrable experience of driving transformational change and service redesign.
- Understanding of impact measurement and quality assurance frameworks.
This role is running for a period of six months and offers a salary of c.£130,000 The closing date for applications is 28/07/25