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Up to £110,000
Full-time
Permanent
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Job description
Director of Healthcare Operations & Income
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Director of Healthcare Operations & Income
Hybrid
Full Time/Permanent
Our offer to you
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:
- Competitive salary and pension scheme
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
- Hybrid, Flexible working
- Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
- Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping
About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,300 employees and over 28,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services including our Ambulance Operations and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them such as SJA Volunteers, and our Young Responders programmes. There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers. And now with a new strategy and after a review of our current structures were recruiting to a new National Head of Ambulance Operations to help take our delivery to the next level and build our services.
Job Summary
In a newly refreshed role, were looking for an outstanding individual, someone that will bring robust experience in aligned fields, is used to working in a challenging but rewarding environment, enjoys leadership and is genuinely driven by the cause of St John.
We have huge ambition at St John to increase our income, reach and impact and as lead Director, you will hold overall responsibility and accountability for the Healthcare Operations Directorate encompassing Event Healthcare, Ambulance Operations and Community Healthcare delivery. You will drive the commercial ambition of your portfolio, shaping strategy, setting direction, and delivering against stretching targets. You’ll work closely with volunteer leaders across the organisation, forging strong partnerships that strengthen our impact and help us build new community centred healthcare provision.
You will take the lead on our engagement with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and key external partners, regulators, stakeholders and commissioners, including Event Customers, ICBs, Trusts and the wider NHS. Central to the role is championing innovative, high quality, patient centred services that are reliable, financially viable, effective and continuously improving. You will provide visible, motivational leadership across your directorate, embedding our HEART values and positioning our services as an employer of choice beyond the NHS. Alongside fellow leaders, you will share collective responsibility for delivering the charity’s strategic objectives, while confidently managing a significant P&L of approximately £20m+.
About You
You will be degree‑educated (with a relevant master’s desirable), ideally hold a clinical qualification such as Registered Paramedic. You’ll bring substantial senior leadership experience in large, complex organisations, with a strong track record in delivering ambulance or health service strategies, leading in CQC‑regulated environments, and managing a commercial operation of £20m+ with full P&L accountability. You’ll have experience shaping effective policies and processes, leading large staff and volunteer teams, and delivering complex change programmes. Exceptional interpersonal, influencing and people‑centred leadership skills, underpinned by emotional intelligence and collaboration, are essential.
About the Role
- To lead and hold overall responsibility and accountability for our major services including Event Healthcare, Ambulance Operations and Community Healthcare delivery.
- To hold overall accountability for a significant P&L and ensure adherence to plan
- To ensure that our services are patient focused, responsive, safe, effective, well led, and sustainable, and hold overall accountability for CQC leadership and the highest standards of delivery.
- To role model, empower and enable your people. To champion and exemplify compassionate, ethical and accountable leadership and St John HEART values.
- Inspire excellence, compassion and commitment in your leadership team
- In collaboration with key colleagues, lead on the development of effective business and commercial development and marketing strategies that drive revenue surplus, enhance market share, and strengthen brand value.
- Establish and drive continuous improvement of KPIs and dashboards to measure and drive effectiveness across the various teams, including Events and Ambulance Operations, and the business and to ensure we meet compliance of all Healthcare Operations contracts, continually measuring and acting on customer/stakeholder feedback
- Cultivate relationships with external stakeholders, partners and customers (including key Event customers, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE), ICB’s, and NHS England), ensuring the Charity is well positioned to capitalise on potential business and funding opportunities
Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)
If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here
For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.
'St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role'.
Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.
Organisation
Posted on: 13 February 2026
Closing date: 13 March 2026 at 23:30
Job ref: 303671CHJ
Tags: Operations
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South East (Hybrid)
Reading, Berkshire
England, United Kingdom
Starting salary £34,099
Full-time
Permanent
Job description
Ombudsman Case Handler
Do you have a passion for fairness and want to do work that makes a positive difference to someone’s life?
Are you skilled in complaint handling and provide excellent customer service?
We have exciting opportunities in the Assessment and Resolution Team for someone who wants to work in a lively and collaborative environment helping students who have unresolved complaints about their higher education provider.
Full training and mentoring will be given and we’d welcome applications from a range of applicants, including graduates, with an interest in higher education and the ombudsman sector or those looking for a career change. If this sounds like something you’re interested in, then apply today!
This is a fantastic hybrid working opportunity with a flexible organisation.
Position: Case-handler
Location: Reading/Hybrid
Hours: Full-time, 35 Hours per week (part-time working considered)
Salary: Starting salary £34,099.
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 10:00am, 02 March 2026
Interviews: Week commencing 13th April
Benefits include:
- Generous holiday entitlement of 28 days (rising to 33 days) plus bank holidays
- Contribution to Gym membership (on completion of probation)
- Attractive defined benefit pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
About the Organisation
Join an organisation with a vision where students are always treated fairly and the team work towards this by resolving complaints from students, sharing learning from complaints to help improve policies and practices at higher education providers, and working with other organisations in the higher education sector and beyond.
About the Role
As a Case-handler you will work as part of the team responsible for conducting the initial assessment process for complaints and for resolving complaints. This is a public-facing role with a varied and interesting caseload that involves extensive interaction with students and universities/colleges.
Full training will be provided and a mentor will be at hand to help support and help you understand the needs and demands of the role.
Please note that minimum office attendance of one day a week is required, and more attendance will be needed during your probationary period (6 months). All successful candidates will start at the starting salary point shown and this is non-negotiable.
Responsibilities include:
- Determine whether complaints are eligible for review and communicate decisions to students;
- Request and obtain documentation and information from higher education providers, students and student representatives;
- Promote early resolution of cases by contacting students, student representatives and providers with a view to negotiating the early settlement of complaints;
- Provide effective guidance to students, student representatives and providers on the case-handling process, possible remedies and typical timeframes;
- Conduct reviews of complaints, draft and issue Complaint Outcomes
About You
You will have:
- Excellent written and oral/ telephone/video call communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- A customer service focus.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability and willingness to learn new processes and procedures with a positive attitude.
- Resilience to work in a demanding and high-volume environment.
- Comfortable with technology and with the ability to adjust to new and changing IT systems and processes.
- Strong and recent experience of using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
The charity values diverse backgrounds, life and work experiences, and perspectives. It has a supportive and inclusive organisational culture and would like the organisation to be representative of the community and the people who use its service. It welcomes applications from candidates from all backgrounds, in particular, it would welcome applicants from black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds. Applications for full-time or part-time working will be considered.
Qualifications
Given the mission and purpose, we will consider any higher education qualifications, degree subjects or demonstrable interest/commitment to higher education in all its forms.
You may also have experience in roles such as Customer Service, Complaint Handler, Case Handler, Ombudsman, Resolution, Resolution Case Handler, Resolution Worker, Case-Handler, Complaints Handler, Junior Complaints Handler, Graduate Complaints Handler, Telephone Complaints Handler, Customer Care, Customer Care and Complaints Handler, Complaint Handler and Client Liaison, Complaints Investigation, Disputes, Disputes Handler, Complaints and Disputes Handler, Complaints Officer, Disputes Officer.
Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client – Not For Profit People.
Organisation
Posted on: 13 February 2026
Closing date: 02 March 2026 at 10:00
Job ref: 8167
Tags: Administration, Advice / Information, Customer Service, Education
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South East (Hybrid)
England, United Kingdom
Reading, Berkshire
Starting salary £28,831
Full-time
Permanent
Job description
Casework Administrator
Are you skilled in administration and want to provide excellent customer service? Or do you have knowledge of higher education and are looking to develop your career in a professional and supportive environment?
The ombudsman service that deals with complaints from higher education service users are looking to recruit talented people into their team, so if this sounds like you… then apply today!
Position: Casework Administrator
Location: Hybrid/Reading (a minimum of one day a week in the office. More office attendance will be needed during probation period)
Hours: Full-time, 35 Hours per week (part-time working considered)
Salary: Starting salary £28,831
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 10:00am, 02 March 2026
Interviews: Weeks commencing 7th April and 13th April
Benefits include:
- Generous holiday entitlement of 28 days (rising to 33 days) plus bank holidays
- Contribution to Gym membership (on completion of probation)
- Attractive defined benefit pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
About the Organisation
Join an organisation whose vision is that students are always treated fairly and works towards this by resolving complaints from students, sharing learning from complaints to help improve policies and practices at higher education providers, and working with other organisations in the higher education sector and beyond.
About the Role
Casework Administrators work as part of the Casework Support Team offering excellent customer service to internal colleagues and external stakeholders.
You will be the point of contact for students seeking help and guidance about the ombudsman service on offer. This can be challenging and will require empathy and excellent oral and written communication skills.
You will complete various administrative tasks to ensure that reviews run smoothly, keeping cases up to date and making sure the team receive all the information they need.
The Casework Administrator role is a good starting point for someone looking to start a career in complaints handling or regulation.
Training will be provided and you will also be assigned a mentor to help you understand the needs and demands of the role.
Full details of the job and person specification can be found once you click to apply, along with more information about what it’s like to work at the OIA.
Please note that minimum office attendance of one day a week is required, and more attendance will be needed during your probationary period. All successful candidates will start at the starting salary point shown and this is non-negotiable.
About You
You will:
Have good analytical and administrative skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
A general understanding of complaints handling and customer service experience including dealing with a volume and variety of telephone enquiries would be beneficial.
The charity values diverse backgrounds, life and work experiences, and perspectives. It has a supportive and inclusive organisational culture and would like the organisation to be representative of the community and the people who use its service. It welcomes applications from candidates from all backgrounds. In particular, it would welcome applicants from black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds. Applications for full-time or part-time working will be considered.
Qualifications
Given the mission and purpose, we will consider any higher education qualifications, degree subjects or demonstrable interest/commitment to higher education in all its forms.
You may also have experience in roles such as Caseworker, Case Administrator, Admin, Administrator, Administration, Customer Service, Customer Service Officer, Customer Service Administrator, Customer Service Helpdesk.
Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client – Not For Profit People.
Organisation
Posted on: 13 February 2026
Closing date: 02 March 2026 at 10:00
Job ref: 8168
Tags: Administration, Advice / Information, Customer Service, Education
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