Assistant Director of Family Services & Strategic Partnerships

Tile Hill Executive Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy in the UK is seeking a strategic leader for Family Services and Strategic Partnerships. The candidate will provide compassionate leadership, ensure service effectiveness, and drive improvements that align with the vision for children's welfare. Applicants should have a relevant degree and proven leadership experience in children's services. The role requires travel across North Northamptonshire and the ability to lead with integrity and compassion.

Qualifications

• Experience in children's services or related partnership environments.
• Proven operational leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding and service improvement models.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across Family Services and Strategic Partnerships.
• Drive service improvement and ensure quality safeguarding.
• Align family help and intervention strategies with the Council’s vision.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Budget management

Emotional intelligence

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent qualification

Job description

What You’ll Do

You’ll provide clear, compassionate leadership across Family Services and Strategic Partnerships, ensuring that services are innovative, effective and responsive to the needs of children and families. You’ll drive service improvement, safeguard quality and lead on partnership arrangements that promote co‑production, shared accountability and continuous learning.

As a strategic leader, you’ll influence across systems and sectors, aligning family help, early intervention, and partnership strategies with the Council’s wider vision for children and families. You’ll ensure services are financially sustainable, evidence‑led and compliant with statutory requirements, while creating a culture of collaboration, transparency and care.

This role will see you representing North Northamptonshire on regional and national stages, helping shape the agenda for family help, early intervention and system reform. Above all, your work will be guided by a simple but powerful goal, ensuring every child and family can thrive.

About You

You’re an inspiring and inclusive leader with senior experience across children’s services, family help or related partnership environments. You combine strategic insight with emotional intelligence and a deep commitment to public service. You’ll bring:

• A relevant degree or equivalent qualification.
• Proven strategic and operational leadership experience in children’s services or partnerships.
• Strong knowledge of service improvement, safeguarding and partnership delivery models.
• Exceptional communication, influence and relationship‑building skills.
• Experience managing complex budgets and cross‑agency programmes.
• The ability to lead with integrity, compassion and courage.

If you are a compassionate and visionary leader who believes in the power of partnership and community, we’d love to hear from you.

This role requires the ability to drive and use of a vehicle, as travel across North Northamptonshire will be necessary.

Applications should include:

• Full contact details;
• Names, positions, organisations and contact details for two referees (we will ask your permission before contacting referees);
• Details of your notice period;
• Notification of any dates when you are not available for an interview.

To find out more and to apply, visit www.brighterfuturennc.com or, for a confidential conversation, call Zee Rasool (07551 392696) or Anita Denton (07725 554802) at Tile Hill.

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 30th November 2025

At Tile Hill, we are committed to inclusion and accessibility. We champion and support all individuals to ensure everyone feels valued, listened to and motivated to get the very best out of each recruitment process and that processes are designed to meet the needs of individuals. If you have any specific requests and would like a confidential discussion with the Tile Hill team, then please email [e-mail].

To apply, please submit an up‑to‑date copy of your CV (three sides of A4 maximum), along with a supporting statement (three sides of A4 maximum) detailing your experience and achievements and addressing the key criteria for the role set out on this site and using examples to demonstrate how you meet the requirements. Documents should be uploaded via our website, please include and upload the below information in two documents only. If you experience any issues whilst applying, please contact [e-mail].