Operational Director – Children's Services
Spring by Action for Children
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £68,800 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Providing leadership and overall management for a range of Children's services (including Childrens Residential Homes), while collaborating with peers and stakeholders.
- Having responsibility for direct reports who'll be a range of committed managers with varying levels of expertise and managing their performance.
- Monitoring contract management operations and ensuring effective governance by creating performance reports and supplying the information to relevant committees.
- Guiding our sustainability and growth plans to make sure we are meeting or exceeding targets.
- Oversee local tenders and grants and subsequent implementation and delivery plans.
- Applying the HIGHEST standards of safeguarding across your area and reporting on developments.
- Operating within the local political context, adhering to legislative and regulatory requirements and build collaborative working relationships with local and national bodies, Welsh Government, and their officials.
- Undertaking the regulated role of Responsible Individual.
- Acting as key account manager to commissioners, partners, and stakeholders to ensure our services are promoted.
Requirements
- A relevant professional qualification in Education, Health, or Social Care.
- A management qualification or working towards S/NVQ level 5 in management or DMS leading to MBA.
- Substantial experiencing of safeguarding and managing children's services.
- Strong people leadership including (though not limited to) Culture, Health, and Safety, Financial, Performance and Retention.
- Experience of Safeguarding and delivering or managing children's services.
- Commercial awareness and the ability to identify new sources of revenue and business opportunities.
- Strong project management skills to ensure successful development and implementation of new services.
- The availability to travel to various locations within Wales when required.
Benefits
- 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
- Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
- Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
- Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract managementperformance reportingsafeguardingproject managementbusiness developmentservice deliveryregulatory complianceperformance managementtender managementgrant management
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationpeople managementorganizational skillsstrategic planningrelationship buildingcommercial awarenessproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
S/NVQ level 5 in managementDMS leading to MBAprofessional qualification in Educationprofessional qualification in Healthprofessional qualification in Social Care