Peripatetic Manager

Nottingham Community Housing Association Limited; Park Central; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free health care cash plan

Great pension offer

Unrivalled wellbeing plan

Job summary

Nottingham Community Housing Association Limited is seeking a Peripatetic Registered Manager to provide interim management and targeted support across Care & Support services in the East Midlands. You will lead services, support managers, and drive regulatory compliance while remaining flexible to cover vacancies and operational changes.

The role involves hands-on coaching, governance, and project leadership, with occasional varied shifts and a Fit and Proper Persons Test plus enhanced DBS at

Qualifications

• Experienced, confident care and support leader with strong operational and regulatory knowledge.
• Registered with CQC and Ofsted where required.
• Level 5 qualification or willingness to work towards.
• Valid driving licence and access to vehicle for travel across the East Midlands.

Responsibilities

• Take full operational responsibility for an assigned service when a manager is absent due to vacancy, leave or sickness.
• 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 improvement plans.
• Meet contractual and statutory requirements and manage designated cost-centre income, expenditure, project finances and service-user finances.
• Lead on specific organisational projects, support business growth and oversee the implementation of new services.
• Participate in the duty manager rota with leadership and decision-making support.

Skills

Operational leadership

Regulatory knowledge

People management

Driving licence

Education

Level 5 qualification

Job description

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. 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 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. 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.

Requirements

• 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.

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.

• free health care cash plan
• a great pension offer
• 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.

Ready to lead meaningful change? If you are ready to use your leadership experience to stabilise services, support colleagues and improve outcomes for the people we support, we look forward to receiving your application.

Interviews will be held on 9th November 2026 £44,496 rising to £50,118 with service