Director of Corporate Services

LOCAL GOVERNMENT & SOCIAL CARE OMBUDSMAN; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization in York and North Yorkshire is looking for a Director of Corporate Services to lead various functions, including Human Resources and IT. The ideal candidate should possess strong leadership and innovation skills, with a commitment to enhancing service quality and public outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on local government and social care services in England.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in managing corporate functions.
• Highly effective leadership skills.
• Commitment to continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Human Resources, IT, and Policy.
• Oversee governance functions and committee.
• Shape the evolution of services to improve public outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Innovation

Strategic thinking

Customer focus

Job description

A new opportunity has arisen for an outstanding individual to join the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman's Executive Team as Director of Corporate Services. This new role gives you the opportunity to shape the evolution of our functions, making sure we are effective in our service to the public and ensuring we use our insight to support the improvement of local government and social care services across England.

You will be joining a national organisation with a dedicated and inclusive team, working in a rapidly changing policy environment. We are committed to bringing fairness, addressing injustice, enabling public services to get better and improving people's lives: if you share our values then we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a talented, motivated leader focused on delivering the highest quality of services to the people who seek our help, the organisations we oversee, our stakeholders and our colleagues. You should be able to bring ambition, innovation and fresh thinking to our services and how we deliver them.

The Director of Corporate Services reports directly to the Chief Executive and is a member of the Executive Team. The role leads and manages the Human Resources, IT, Policy and Communications, Operational support, Projects and Programmes and the committee and governance functions, overseeing around 25 colleagues.

If you have the extensive experience of managing corporate functions and highly effective leadership skills we are looking for, with an ethos of continuous improvement and customer focus, then we look forward to your application.