Role: Field Operations Manager – Ukraine
Hours: Full time, with some weekend and evening working required to support the humanitarian programme delivery
Pay: £4,000 –£4,300 gross per month (dependent on experience)
Duration: Initial contract to 31st of October 2026 with extension dependent on funding
Location: Ukraine, (Dnipro with regular travel to field locations)
This role is within our Ukraine Programme and will be carried out in Ukraine.
Preferably applicants need to have an existing right to enter Schengen Zone countries in order to transit to Ukraine e.g. citizenship/residence of a Schengen Zone country, or an ETIAS eligible country (https://www.etiasvisa.com/etias-requirements) but this is not essential.
Can you lead operational delivery, ensuring systems, resources, and teams effectively support life-saving healthcare programmes in a complex humanitarian response?
UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.
As UK-Med continues to deliver and adapt its response in Ukraine, we are seeking an Operations Manager to lead and oversee all operational support functions across our programmes. This role is central to ensuring that logistics, HR, finance, administration, and security systems are effective, compliant, and responsive to the demands of a fast-paced and evolving context.
Working closely with the Director, Ukraine EMT and Programme Manager, you will ensure that operational capacity is aligned with programme needs across multiple locations, including frontline and hard-to-reach areas. You will provide oversight of operational systems, strengthen coordination across departments, and ensure that teams are equipped and supported to deliver safely, efficiently, and at scale.
This is a key leadership role suited to an experienced humanitarian professional who thrives in complex environments, brings strong operational judgement, and is confident managing multidisciplinary teams and systems. Your work will play a critical role in enabling programme delivery and ensuring that UK-Med’s response is effective, accountable, and impactful.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits, a collaborative environment, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference through humanitarian work. UK-Med is an ambitious and expanding organisation, and this role offers a unique opportunity to support the delivery of critical healthcare in one of today’s most significant humanitarian contexts.
How to apply
We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack - Field Operations Manager - Ukraine - May 2026 before applying for this role.
The deadline for applying is Monday 01st June 2026, however we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and so encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.
UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.
UK-Med is a frontline, medical, humanitarian organisation. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.
Our register has hundreds of NHS medics and other non-health humanitarians who are rigorously trained for emergencies. We’re on-call to get to disaster zones at 24 hours’ notice and save lives.
With crises becoming more frequent and severe, we help communities get ready for future emergencies and we make sure that what we learn is shared, so people across the world can get the best care.
