Implementation Partner LGR

Nottingham City Council; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme 17.9%

Annual leave 26–33 days

Employee wellbeing

Job summary

Nottingham City Council invites applications for an experienced Implementation Partner (LGR) to lead readiness for Local Government Reorganisation in Adults’ and Children’s Social Care. This hybrid role sits in Nottingham with 2–3 days in the office and a pro-rata salary for part-time arrangements.

You will coordinate LGR activity, oversee performance, drive transformation, and ensure robust governance and engagement across statutory services.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in a complex organisation.
• Strong understanding of Adults’ and Children’s Social Care or statutory services.
• Proven ability to drive transformation and change at pace.
• Experience shaping strategic vision with strong analytical skills.
• Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Experience of governance, policy development, programme leadership and performance frameworks.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across services to deliver shared outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Act as single coordination point for all LGR activity across Adults’ and Children’s Social Care.
• Provide grip on performance and drive transformation activity.
• Ensure strong governance, communication and readiness across complex, highly regulated services.
• Line-manage the Performance and Quality Manager.
• Lead programmes aligned to LGR workstreams.
• Contribute to policy development, forward planning and risk management.
• Engage with health, safeguarding, education and system partners.
• Develop and deliver communications and engagement plans.

Skills

Senior leadership

Performance management

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Equality & inclusion

Job description

£51,536 - £54,595 Per annum (Pro rata for part time) Pay award pending

24 Months Fixed Term Contract

Nottingham - 2 to 3 days per week in office (Hybrid)

Preparing for transformation. Supporting critical services. Making a real difference.

We’re looking for one experienced strategic leader to join us as Implementation Partner (LGR), playing a pivotal role in preparing Adults’ and/ or Children’s Social Care for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR).

This is a high‑profile role, working closely with senior leaders to ensure statutory services are robust, well‑governed and fully prepared for significant organisational change.

About the Role

You will act as the single coordination point for all LGR activity across Adults’ and Children’s Social Care. You’ll provide grip on performance, drive transformation activity and ensure strong governance, communication and readiness across complex, highly regulated services.

This role is central to assuring continuity, quality and improvement while new organisational arrangements are developed.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Directorate business strategy and performance management
• Policy development, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Governance, forward planning and senior decision‑making support
• Service planning, risk management and LGR readiness assessment
• Partnership working across health, safeguarding, education and system partners
• Internal and external communications and engagement planning
• Emergency planning, business continuity and assurance
• Leading key programmes and projects aligned to LGR workstreams

You will also line‑manage the Performance and Quality Manager, ensuring strong oversight of quality, performance and improvement activity across statutory services.

About You

• Senior leadership experience in a complex organisation
• Strong understanding of Adults’ and Children’s Social Care or other statutory services
• Proven ability to drive transformation, service improvement and change at pace
• Strong political awareness and confidence working with senior officers and elected members
• Experience shaping and delivering strategic vision, backed by strong analytical skills
• A clear commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Experience of governance, policy development, programme leadership and performance frameworks
• The ability to influence, collaborate and work across services to deliver shared outcomes

Why Join Us?

• Play a central role in one of the most significant transformations in local government
• Work closely with senior leaders and system partners
• Shape future ways of working across Adults’ and Children’s Social Care
• Lead high‑impact work that supports vulnerable people and communities

If you’re a strategic leader who thrives in complexity, understands statutory responsibilities and wants to help shape the future of social care in Nottingham, we’d love to hear from you.

What We Offer

• A role with real influence and visibility across the Council
• Opportunities for learning, development and progression
• Supportive, collaborative colleagues who care about quality and outcomes
• A chance to shape how we listen to and engage with our communities

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Nottingham City Council is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we want our workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences and are committed to ensuring everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and actively encourage applications from disabled people. If you wish to apply under the Disability Confident Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please let us know as part of your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

We also proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families. We recognise the skills, experience and values that members of the Armed Forces community bring to civilian roles.

At Nottingham City Council, inclusion is central to how we lead, how we work and how we deliver services for our city.

You can find the job description for this post here .

Job description ‘Business Performance Manager’ included here has been renamed Implementation Partner - LGR to better reflect the job scope.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact Claire Brown - Head of LGR Implementation, by email at [e-mail]

Closing Date: 8th September 2026

Interviews will be held:TBC

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre:https://emss.org.uk/support

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service)+ bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.

• Job Identification 8478
• Posting Date 09/01/2026, 09:27 AM
• Locations Nottingham City Council, Nottingham, NG2 3NG, GB
• Apply Before 09/08/2026, 10:59 PM
• Assignment Category Fixed-Term
• Temporary Contract Reason To meet the demands of the service due to a temporary increase in workload