Inspection and Improvement Team Manager (Grade J)

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council in Nottingham is seeking an experienced Inspection and Improvement Team Manager to drive continuous improvement across Children’s Services and ensure high-quality, child-centred practice. You will lead improvement activity, coordinate inspection readiness and embed learning from audits and inspections to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.

We are looking for a manager with strong safeguarding, performance management and QA experience, plus excellent

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in children's social care or comparable public sector setting.
• Strong safeguarding, performance management and QA experience.
• Ability to interpret data and drive improvement across complex services.
• Experience coordinating inspections and quality assurance processes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and monitoring of improvement activity for services.
• Coordinate inspection readiness and audit learning.
• Provide leadership to operational managers and practitioners.
• Promote accountability and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Analyse performance data to identify development priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Performance management

Quality assurance

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

As Inspection and Improvement Team Manager you will play a key role in driving excellence across Children’s Services, leading activity that supports continuous improvement, quality assurance and inspection readiness.

You will provide leadership and oversight for the development, implementation and monitoring of improvement activity, ensuring that services deliver high-quality, child-centred practice and achieve positive outcomes for children, young people and families. Through effective performance management and quality assurance processes, you will help evaluate the impact of practice, identify areas for development and support the delivery of sustainable improvements.

Working closely with operational managers, practitioners and strategic partners, you will coordinate inspection preparation, monitor progress against improvement plans and ensure learning from audits, reviews, feedback and inspections is embedded across services. You will promote a culture of accountability, reflection and learning, supporting services to achieve and maintain high standards.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated manager with a strong understanding of children’s social care, safeguarding, performance management and quality assurance. You will bring excellent analytical, communication and leadership skills, alongside the ability to interpret data, evaluate practice and drive improvement across complex services.

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring Children’s Services are well prepared for inspection and continue to deliver high-quality support to children and families. Through effective leadership, you will champion a culture of continuous improvement, helping services to build on strengths, address challenges and achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

• The closing date for applications is 23.59 on Wednesday 14th October

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Company: Nottingham City Council

Salary: £51,356 – £54,495

Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Job Role: Manager