Assistant Head, Senior Service

About the Role

Support the Head of Senior Service inoverseeing operations across multiple programmes and service sites. This role is responsible for ensuring smooth service delivery, strengthening day-to-daymanagement practices, and supporting service leads to achieve performance, quality and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations across multiple programmes and service sites, ensuring services are delivered in line with approved models, SOPs, and funding requirements
• Provide guidance and support to service leads,strengthening their ability to manage teams, service delivery, and operationalchallenges
• Monitor key performance indicators (e.g.utilisation, attendance, outputs, basic outcomes) and work with teams toaddress gaps and improve performance
• Ensure compliance with funding conditions,reporting requirements, and audit standards, and follow up on any findings or gaps
• Oversee client processes such as intake,referral, care coordination, and follow-up to ensure services are delivered smoothly and consistently
• Work across teams (e.g. social work,counselling, community care) to support coordinated and integrated service delivery
• Support manpower planning, staff deployment, andday-to-day operational resource management
• Support budgeting and financial monitoring,including tracking expenditure, resource utilisation, and highlighting variances or risks
• Monitor service capacity and flag operational risks (e.g. staffing gaps, service bottlenecks) with recommendations for action
• Liaise with external stakeholders (e.g. AIC,MSF, NCSS, community partners) on operational matters and support audits,reviews, and reporting requirements

Requirements

• Degree in a relevant field (eg. Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences, Healthcare Management).
• 8-10 years of relevant experience, with at least 5 years in a supervisory or management roles.
• A strong understanding of how the AIC and AACs operate.
• Experience overseeing programmes or services in social service, community care, orhealthcare settings preferred.
• Familiar with programme operations, reporting requirements, and compliance standards.
• Exposure to budgeting or resource planning will be an advantage.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and work across teams in a structured environment.

What We’re Looking For

• Hands-on and dependable in managing operations.
• Able to guide and support service leads while maintaining accountability.
• Comfortable working with data and following through on performance issues.
• Organized and attentive to compliance andoperational details.
• Able to work with different stakeholders to keep services running smoothly.

Why Join Us

Join a team that is committed to delivering meaningful services to seniors in the community. This role offers a solid opportunity to build leadership experience, manage multiple services, and contribute to improving service delivery on the ground.