Interim Senior Operations Manager

The Martin Veasey Partnership; London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting interim opportunity awaits for a Senior Operations Manager passionate about purpose-driven work. This role involves leading operational changes within a respected charity focused on delivering impactful programs for individuals with learning disabilities and autism. As the organization transitions to a self-sustaining model, you'll play a crucial role in guiding teams through restructuring, ensuring commercial discipline, and fostering a supportive environment. If you are an empathetic leader with a strong operational background and a commitment to making a difference, this position offers the chance to create meaningful change in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in senior operational leadership roles within charities.
• Strong commercial awareness and success in delivering change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Steer operational managers through sensitive restructures.
• Embed commercial discipline while maintaining mission integrity.

Skills

Operational Leadership

Change Management

Coaching and Mentoring

Financial Awareness

Emotional Intelligence

Attention to Detail

Adaptability

Education

Experience in Charity or Nonprofit Sector

Experience in Adult Social Care or Education

Job description

Interim Senior Operations Manager

Interim Senior Operations Manager - Charity / Social Enterprise (London)

Location: London (Hybrid working, with key sites in Camden, Westminster & Romford)
Contract: 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract (Interim role)

Salary: £55,000 pro rata (Open to full-time or part-time applicants)

Lead with Purpose. Navigate Change. Empower Communities.

Are you an experienced interim operations manager or transformation leader with a passion for purpose-led work? Are you ready to take on a senior leadership role that blends organisational restructure, team development, and values-driven operational delivery?

An exciting interim opportunity has arisen for a hands-on Senior Operations Manager to support a respected UK charity and social enterprise delivering impactful employment and learning programmes for people with learning disabilities and autism.

This is a pivotal time for the organisation as it shifts from central funding to a self-sustaining, commercially minded model. They need an empathetic yet commercially savvy interim leader to:

1. Steer operational managers through a sensitive restructure
2. Embed commercial discipline without compromising the mission
3. Bridge the gap between CEO strategy and front-line execution

What You'll Bring:

1. Proven senior operational leadership experience, ideally within a charity, nonprofit, social enterprise, adult social care, or education environment
2. Demonstrated success in delivering restructure, turnaround, or cultural change projects
3. Experience in coaching, mentoring, and holding operational managers accountable through change
4. Strong commercial and financial awareness, including cost control and value-for-money delivery
5. High levels of emotional intelligence, empathy, and interpersonal sensitivity
6. A calm, credible leadership style that earns trust and drives performance
7. Excellent attention to detail in planning, systems, and reporting while keeping people at the heart of the process
8. Hands-on, low-ego approach; you're a leader who actively supports your team on the ground
9. Understanding of or experience working with neurodiverse or vulnerable communities is a distinct advantage
10. Adaptability and resilience to support a fast-evolving charity through complexity

This interim senior leadership role requires someone who can be visible and present during the early weeks-working face-to-face with teams to build trust, stabilise operations, and guide them through change.

If you're ready to deliver operational change, cultural alignment, and mission-led impact in a 6-month interim capacity, we'd love to hear from you.

To apply or express interest, please send your CV quoting reference #3146804