Peripatetic Manager

Nottingham Community Housing Association Ltd; East Midlands; Híbrido; GBP 45 000 - 60 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Nottingham Community Housing Association Ltd seeks a Peripatetic Registered Manager to provide interim leadership across services in the East Midlands. You will lead operations when a manager is absent, ensuring regulatory compliance and high-quality care.

You will work alongside existing Registered Managers, coach teams, and drive improvements while ensuring governance and financial controls. A Level 5 qualification and driving licence are preferred; travel across the region is essential.

Qualificações

• Experience leading care and support services with regulatory awareness.
• Willingness to register with CQC/Ofsted where required.
• Ability to coach managers and lead multidisciplinary teams.

Responsabilidades

• Take full operational responsibility for an assigned service when a manager is absent.
• Act as Registered Manager with CQC or Ofsted as needed.
• Provide hands-on support, coaching and mentoring to new managers.

Conhecimentos

Regulatory knowledge

CQC/Ofsted registration

Leadership & coaching

Travel across region

Driving licence

Formação académica

Level 5 qualification

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Join Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) as a Peripatetic Registered Manager and help shape services that change lives.

As a peripatetic Registered Manager for NCHA you will bring confident leadership, regulatory expertise and a passion for high-quality care and support to services across the East Midlands.

About the role

As a Peripatetic Registered Manager for NCHA, you will provide high-quality interim management and targeted support across a range of Care & Support services. You may lead a service preparing to open, experiencing management absence, undergoing change or facing operational challenges. At other times, you will work alongside an existing Registered Manager to strengthen performance and help the service achieve its statutory, regulatory and quality objectives.

What you’ll do

• Take full operational responsibility for an assigned service when a manager is absent because of a vacancy, leave or sickness.
• Where required, act as Registered Manager with CQC or Ofsted and fulfil the complete duties of the role.
• Provide hands-on support, coaching and mentoring to new managers and managers experiencing operational issues.
• Lead, recruit, induct, support and develop colleagues, managing and evaluating performance effectively.
• Ensure services are safe, well-coordinated, person-centred, compliant and responsive to the needs of the people we support.
• Maintain strong governance, safeguarding practice, quality assurance and regulatory compliance, using audits and clear improvement plans to raise standards.
• Meet contractual and statutory requirements and manage designated cost-centre income, expenditure, project finances and service-user finances in line with procedures and regulations.
• Lead on specific organisational projects, support business growth and oversee the implementation of new services.
• Participate in the duty manager rota, providing leadership and decision-making support as required.

Please see the attached role profile for more information.

About you

• You are an experienced, confident care and support leader with strong operational and regulatory knowledge.
• You will register with CQC and Ofsted where required.
• You hold, or are willing to work towards, a Level 5 qualification.
• You can quickly build trust, motivate multidisciplinary teams and lead by example.
• You are adaptable, solutions-focused and comfortable working across different service types and circumstances.
• You have a valid driving licence and access to your own vehicle, as travel across the East Midlands is essential unless a disability precludes this.

Please note:

This position is subject to a Fit and Proper Persons Test and enhanced DBS with barred lists at NCHA’s cost.

Reporting and support

You will be managed by the Head of Care & Support and will report to the Operations Manager responsible for the service you are supporting at the time. You can expect to receive full training and development and will be supported by an experienced management team.

Why join NCHA?

We're delighted to announce that NCHA has been named the UK's 29th Best Workplace for Women 2026 by Great Place to Work UK. We're also the 38th Best Workplace for Wellbeing 2026, with 77% of colleagues saying NCHA is a great place to work, compared with 54% at a typical UK workplace. Explore working life at NCHA, our benefits, and our values to discover why.

“No two days are the same. There is always something new to learn. Just walking around and seeing the fun, laughter and sense of community is amazing.” – Current Colleague

We're proud of the collaborative, values-led culture we've built at NCHA. This is a place where people are trusted, supported and encouraged to grow.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week predominantly standard office hours Monday to Friday with occasional changes to shift pattern to include earlies/lates/weekends/bank holidays as per the demands of the service you are supporting.

In return for your skills and experience you will have a total package on top of your salary that includes generous annual leave, the ability to buy and sell annual leave and a whole host of benefits including free health care cash plan, a great pension offer and an unrivalled wellbeing plan.

NCHA strives to be a welcoming and inclusive employer as such we particularly welcome applicants from ethnic minority communities, LGBTQ+ communities, candidates with disabilities, as they are currently under-represented within our workforce principally in our people manager roles.

Interviews will be held on 9th November 2026 and will last approximately 1.5 – 2 hours. Successful candidates will be required to do a presentation as well as a panel interview as part of their recruitment process. Presentation brief will be given on the day with 30 minutes preparation time.