Assistant Director of Locality

Town Hall Extension, Albert Square,
Manchester, M60 2LA

£89,133 - £98,539 per annum

Manchester

About the role

Manchester is one of the world’s greatest cities. A place with a reputation for innovation and creativity; a thriving regional economy; and a rich sense of identity.

Manchester prides itself on being a warm and inviting city with something to offer to everyone. We are committed to bringing about a more inclusive city, where people have access to top-class education and training, and where the economic opportunities that such a vibrant city creates are accessible to all.

We have a whole-city approach to building a safe, happy, healthy and successful future for all children and young people. We have made great strides in our progress and impact for inclusion in the UNICEF programme for accreditation of child-friendly city status. In Children and Education Services, we are recognised for our reforms and innovation, and this has contributed towards delivering excellence.

We are looking for inspirational Strategic Leaders to continue our effective work and to meet new requirements outlined in the Families First for Children Programme.

As Assistant Director of Central Locality you will strengthen our leadership team, support our commitment to consistently high standards of social work practice and secure improved outcomes for our children and young people. We are looking for someone who, like us, has high aspirations for children, can work as part of a team and has a well-developed leadership skill set. The role is pivotal to our neighbourhood and placed based working arrangements and you will be pivotal in ensuring that the strategic priorities are delivered. You will make a distinct contribution to our commitment to our ongoing fast paced approach to improvement drawing on your experience of continuous improvement, quality assurance, change management and innovation.

Manchester’s ethos is to ensure that all the people in our city can thrive, and are able to benefit from the opportunities that our economic growth brings. Our workforce is at the heart of this – and we have created the conditions, whereby colleagues have the skills, knowledge and ability to allow their careers to flourish. Working in Manchester gives you the chance to do things that you wouldn’t get to do in other places, and it is a hugely exciting place to live and work.

We are looking for an experienced Social Care Leaders who will bring passion, drive and can forge strong relationships with children and their families, colleagues and partners, and exert influence across the city, and more importantly delivers high standards of practice.  In return we will offer you plenty of challenges as well as opportunities to innovate and personally develop, working alongside a dedicated and talented set of colleagues who work collaboratively to deliver our vision and ambitions for the children and young people of Manchester.  

It is through true partnerships that children and young people can truly thrive in Manchester – to find out how to be a part of Manchester’s success story.

INFORMATION

Should you wish an informal discussion about the post please contact Julie Heslop Deputy Strategic Director, Children’s Services on 0161 219 2018

To apply please visit our jobs page: Assistant Director Localities

TIMELINE

Closing date: 12th June

In person interviews: w/c 23rd June

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Message from Julie Heslop –Deputy Director Children’s Services

Children and young people are the future of Manchester, and it is vital that we invest in the next generation to build a successful, vibrant city that is full of opportunities. The role of Assistant Director of Children’s Services is pivotal to that success. If our city does well, our people need to feel the benefits too and our vision is to place children and young people at the centre of everything we do. As part of this, our Making Manchester Fairer and Anti Poverty Strategies are tackling inequalities and we are on the way to being a Unicef Child Friendly City

It’s an exciting time for Manchester. We are looking for inspirational leaders to deliver the requirements outlined in the Families First Partnership Programme and ensure our neighbourhoods and communities benefit from the aspirations outlined in Our Manchester Strategy 2025- 2035. Values matter and underpin our practice framework, and you will be pivotal in ensuring our practice reflects effective support, enablement and inclusion.

We don’t pretend there aren’t challenges, some of them deep-rooted, but they are challenges that the sort of leaders we are looking for will relish taking on: tackling inequalities and striving to ensure that Manchester’s children and young people benefit from inclusive growth.

As AD for localities, you will lead on reforms at a neighborhood level, further developing the quality of practice and ensuring children’s voices and experiences inform our priorities and commitments as a corporate family.

As AD for Provider Services, you will be uniquely placed to connect provider and edge of care services with our neighborhood model, enhancing our offer to carers and addressing the challenges faced by sufficiency.

You will be joining an exceptional management team, working with them and with our partners and stakeholders to ensure our children and young people are safe, happy, healthy and successful.