Interim COO
Non-Profit Organisation
London/Birmingham
c.£130,000
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.
THE ROLE
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
We will require the candidate to be on-site 3 day’s/week at various locations across the UK, primarily based at the main office in Birmingham.