Ready for a new challenge?

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with drive and vision to lead our expanding Social Prescribing service in Kent and Medway. This is a key role, with day-to-day responsibility for operational activities; working with the Head of Service to ensure quality standards are met.

As Operations Manager, you will effectively lead and manage Social Prescribers in a range of roles, supporting a cohesive team structure in line with our values. You’ll model and share best practice in patient engagement, ensure staff receive appropriate training and developmental feedback, and support their career and personal development aspirations. It’s important that you can communicate openly and effectively.

You will work closely with local Primary Care Networks to ensure the service supports patients to engage in improving their own health and wellbeing, ensuring that data monitoring is in place that demonstrates benefits and impact. You should be confident communicating at all levels, able to work collaboratively with local partners, and build strong relationships with key stakeholders and commissioners.

Applicants must have relevant professional experience of working in a social care environment, and experience of managing and leading a service supporting vulnerable adults or patients. You should have strong organisation and IT skills.

We have several offices across the area, so base is flexible. Car driver is essential.

Be part of something amazing.

We offer our employees:
• Inclusive values-based environment
• Competitive remuneration package
• Workplace pension scheme
• Generous 31 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Opportunities for hybrid working
• Benenden Health Care
• Death in Service Benefit
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
• Development opportunities
• and more

Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website at www.imago.community for full details.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.

Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.


About Imago
Imago is a well-respected social action charity working across Kent, Medway, East Sussex and London. Through our services and projects, we aim to support independence, reduce social isolation and empower individuals and communities.

We deliver a wide range of services to children and young people, older people, carers, and volunteers, in partnership with funders, public sector commissioners and private sector sponsors.

We apply our commitment to excellence, evidencing impact and safeguarding vulnerable people to all aspects of our work.

About Imago

Imago is a well-respected social action charity working across Kent, Medway, East Sussex and London. Through our services and projects, we aim to support independence, reduce social isolation and empower individuals and communities.

We deliver a wide range of services to children and young people, older people, carers, and volunteers, in partnership with funders, public sector commissioners and private sector sponsors.

We apply our commitment to excellence, evidencing impact and safeguarding vulnerable people to all aspects of our work.