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Assistant Director of Operations

Catch22


Job Location:

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 15 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 12 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As Assistant Director of Operations you are a senior operational leader accountable for translating Catch22s strategy into safe high-quality financially sustainable and impactful delivery across a complex portfolio within the Safer Futures Hub.

The Safer Futures Hub brings together Catch22s specialist services that support victims of crime and young people affected by exploitation violence missing episodes and vulnerability. Through community hospital and custody-based interventions the hub provides support at critical moments to prevent harm increase safety strengthen victims access to their entitlements and create pathways to positive futures.

This role is expected to hold the following portfolio:

  • County Lines Support Service
  • Steps
  • Kent CE
  • Pan Merseyside Missing & Exploitation

You hold end-to-end responsibility for performance quality financial sustainability and risk maintaining clear grip on delivery while contributing to the wider Senior Leadership and Expert Leader community to drive Mission 2030 outcomes innovation and system reform.

You lead with autonomy and professional judgement setting clear direction using data insight and service user voice to prioritise resources and intervening early where quality safety outcomes or finances are at risk.

You drive continuous improvement across the portfolio leading service redesign and digital transformation to scale effective approaches and develop more evidence-led digitally enabled models of support for victims young people and communities.

You build strong strategic partnerships influencing commissioners and sector partners to shape integrated pathways place-based models and whole-system responses aligned to Catch22s reform agenda.

Your focus is on turning strategy into consistent practice and measurable impact building capability through your managers embedding learning into delivery and escalating insight risks and recommendations to inform organisational decision-making.

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Additional Information :

Salary: Up to 63000 per annum 
Hours of work: Full Time 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Home-based with travel across the UK

Closing Date: Closed as soon as appropriate candidates are identified

Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

At Catch22 we value equality diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them a purpose and a good place to live.

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Unless otherwise stated interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified so early application is strongly advised.

We aim to review applications as quickly as possible. However due to the volume of interest we receive we may not be able to contact all applicants individually. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date please assume that your application has not been successful this time.

At Catch22 we value equality diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them a purpose and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Catch22s Commitment to Ban the Box

Catch22 is proud to have Banned the Box. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead we invite disclosures at interview stage and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.


Remote Work :

Yes


Employment Type :

Full-time


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Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'. https://www.catch-22.org.uk/about-us/our-vision/

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