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Top job! Operations Manager - Highlands
- Full time
- £46,102
- Hybrid: Covering Highlands, Moray and Perth and Kinross (hybrid, with travel across all areas)
- Closing 31st January 2026
As a leader at Enable Works, you'll be at the forefront of our mission to deliver exceptional employability services for disabled people across Scotland. You will be responsible for leading partnerships and programmes across Highland, Moray and Perth and Kinross and will play a pivotal role in driving our organisation forward.
You will have overall accountability for strategic development of your programmes and region, leading on performance management; financial and contract management and developing opportunities for new business, allowing us to grow our impact.
You'll have significant oversight of operations and staffing for the region, as well as managing and leading key external stakeholder relationships, ensuring smooth and efficient functioning of the services in your remit.
This is a hybrid role with some office time and travel expected. A driving license and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.
While regular travel will be required across all 3 areas, a significant proportion of work takes place in Highlands, where you will be responsible for leading our 'All in Highlands' partnership. Therefore a consistent presence is expected in Inverness and across the Highlands.
What will you do?
Setting and upholding high standards - you will be accountable for leading a team of Performance Managers, Team Leaders and Employment Coordinators, ensuring services meet and exceed expectations.
Ensuring compliance and performance excellence - you will be accountable for all quality and compliance for services in your region, ensuring robust processes are in place that align with contractual expectations.
Guiding a high performing team -as a leader you will be responsible for mentoring Performance Managers and Team Leaders, fostering their growth as leaders to provide effective mentoring and management for your team.
Strategic engagement - building relationships with both local and national funders and stakeholders will be second nature to you, ensuring seamless contract delivery and long lasting partnerships.
Pioneering opportunities - you will be responsible for proactively identifying and cultivating new business opportunities, staying up to date with emerging trends and policy changes to ensure your services can respond to local and national priorities.
About You
We really need you to have these:
- An understanding of employability and skills structures and systems in Scotland
- An understanding of national employability policies such as No One Left Behind
- Experience of leading a performance focused team
- Ability to effectively coach and motivate developing leaders to deliver high performance within your team
- Experience of successfully managing and forecasting performance profiles Experience of writing impact reports
- Ability to work autonomously, fully accountable for managing and driving the services in your area to achieve excellence
- Self-management skills and the ability to prioritise competing deadlines effectively
- Effective project management skills and ability to think strategically to achieve long-term goals
- A natural, professional relationship builder with the ability to partner and negotiate with stakeholders
- Experience of creating and managing budgets, delivering on financial expectations and forecasting change
- Strong attention to detail with professional presentation and personality
- Experience working in rural areas
- Confident communicator with experience of public speaking
- Role model who will demonstrate our values, leading by example
- IT proficient with experience of competently using Microsoft packages, and CRM systems
- A full driving licence and access to a car, as travel is required in this role
We would love it if you had these:
- Experience of working in employability out with Scotland
- Experience of business development including bid writing
- Experience of working with people who have multiple/complex barriers
- Experience of leading managers and working with geographically dispersed teams
More information about the Operations Manager role, is included in our Job Pack.
Please ensure you include a detailed personal statement, outlining how you meet the requirements. We want to hear why you are a good fit for this role and what skills and experience you can bring to our organisation, so please take the time to clearly outline this in your application statement.
About Us
At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.
We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme*
- Season Ticket Loans*
- Blue Light Card
- Where required, Enable will fully fund SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications – required for SSSC registration
*Terms and Conditions Apply
Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.
Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.
The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.
Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.
Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 3 months of their start date.
Join the official charity of NHS Highland in the new role of Grants Officer
Are you passionate about making a difference through effective grant-making? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting NHS Highland’s official charity, helping to fund projects that improve experiences for patients, staff, and communities across the Highlands.
About the Role
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Grants Officer to join NHS Highland’s charity team, supporting the work of the Highland Health Board Endowment Fund Charity, SC016791. The charity exists to enhance the physical and mental health of patients, social care service users, NHS Highland staff, and the wider community by funding projects that make a lasting impact.
As Grants Officer, you will be the main point of contact for grant enquiries, providing advice and guidance to a wide range of stakeholders but working primarily with internal applicants from within the NHS Highland workforce. You will oversee the full grant-making process, from initial enquiry and assessment, through to award, monitoring, and evaluation, ensuring that funding decisions are fair, transparent, and deliver maximum benefit.
You will support the presentation of applications to the Charity Committee when needed, as well as supporting robust financial reporting and compliance with NHS Highland policies and OSCR regulations.
This is a varied and rewarding role where you’ll help shape the delivery of impactful charitable projects across NHS Highland.
What we are looking for
We’re seeking someone with:
- Demonstrable, relevant experience in grant-making and project management, preferably within a charitable or public sector setting.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to advise, train, and support applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and to present effectively to committees and groups. You will have highly developed written communication skills and will confidently manage situations where applicants are unsuccessful, requiring resilience, diplomacy, and the ability to decline requests with professionalism and tact.
- Excellent analytical and organisational abilities, with a meticulous eye for detail and the capacity to manage competing priorities.
- Confidence in financial processes, including monitoring budgets, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with statutory and governance requirements.
- IT proficiency, particularly in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and ideally experience with grant management or CRM systems. The skills and knowledge to provide meaningful input to quality and process improvement tasks is vital.
- A proactive and flexible approach, able to work both independently and as part of a team, with a strong sense of personal accountability.
This role will suit someone who enjoys balancing detail with big-picture impact, who can combine sound governance with compassion, and who is motivated by helping charitable funds achieve their greatest potential for our NHS and the communities we serve.
This role is based within the NHS Highland region, with the office base at Assynt House, Inverness. Hybrid working is supported, though you will be expected to regularly attend the office and face-to-face meetings at Assynt House and other NHS Highland sites as required.