Care City is seeking a Chief Operating Officer/Deputy Chief Executive. This is a rare opportunity to join a happy, talented team with both a strong business and a compelling mission.

Salary: £72,000 – £76,000

Contract Type: We are open to part-time or flexible working applications

Closing Date for applications: 23rd April 2022

Care City is an innovation centre for healthy ageing and regeneration. Our mission is a happier, healthier older age for East London. We were founded by NELFT and LBBD and are now an independent community-interest company, based in Barking. We work as an innovation partner to East London’s health and care system, delivering research, innovation and workforce development of local benefit and national significance.

Care City recently published A Healthy Living, which draws together stories and ideas from across our recent work in care. You can also read our recent Year in Review, to hear about all of our work in 2020/21.

Care City is a social enterprise, funded by a range of national and local partners, employing 12 people and turning over around £900k/year.

The Role

We are seeking a Chief Operating Officer/Deputy Chief Executive. Reporting directly to the CEO, this job is about:

• Developing Care City to be the best organisation we can be, supporting our staff, partners and beneficiaries
• Ensuring we deliver projects with excellence, delighting our clients and achieving a social impact
• Providing executive leadership for Care City’s operational functions, from our exciting new office in Barking to our governance and finances

View the Job Description here

The Candidate

The successful candidate will be:

• Excited about our mission and demonstrably a values-driven leader
• Experienced in leading and delivering workforce, research or innovation projects, including in health or care
• A highly-skilled manager of people and operations, capable of leading in a dynamic, fast-moving organisation

Location

• Care City is a high-trust organisation with a strong culture that enables staff to work where they can be most productive
• Care City continues to primarily work remotely – meeting together for a day each fortnight – and this will gradually increase through 2022 towards a hybrid work model.
• Care City’s office is in Barking, East London

To apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter (together totalling no more than 4 pages at minimum Ariel 10) explaining why you are interested in the role, referencing your experience in relation to the JD and person spec to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you would like an informal pre-application discussion please also email Lindsey with a list of suitable dates and times for an informal catch up. 

Closing Date: 23rd April 2022