Quality and Compliance Manager (CDC)

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking a Quality and Compliance Manager to ensure children's services meet high standards of care and education. This full-time, permanent role based in Doncaster requires significant experience in children services, quality assurance frameworks, and management of multi-agency partners. The successful candidate will be responsible for compliance with statutory regulations and enhancing service delivery. Attractive employee benefits include a competitive pension scheme and development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive leave entitlement

Local government pension scheme

Well-being support and development opportunities

Staff discount and benefits schemes

Qualifications

• Significant experience in safeguarding and children services.
• Proven track record in compliance and quality assurance.
• Experience working with multi-agency partners.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with statutory regulations in children's services.
• Promote collaborative communication with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Monitor services against inspection frameworks like Ofsted and CQC.

Skills

Experience in children and families services

Quality assurance frameworks

Team management

Analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Job description

THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO CDC INTERNAL EMPLOYEES ONLY

Based at: Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster

Salary details: Grade 10, 47,154 - 51,235

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week

Closing date: 11th January 2026

The City of Doncaster Council is a confident, ambitious organisation which puts improving the life of its residents at the centre of everything we do. You have a opportunity to be part of this in the role of Quality and Compliance Manager.

There has never been a more exciting time to join the Children Young People and Families Directorate and help ensure that children and families in Doncaster have access to the very best services.

City of Doncaster Council ensures that all services are commissioned against evidenced local need in line with the priorities of the Children and Young Peoples Plan. We continue to work proactively with all our partners and stakeholders to make the very best use of available resources and continuously review services to ensure they are high quality and value for money.

We are seeking a dedicated Quality and Compliance Manager to ensure our childrens services meet the highest standards of care and education, comply with statutory and regulatory requirements, and drive continuous improvement through robust quality assurance frameworks.

The key responsibilities of the post include:

• Ensure full compliance with statutory regulations, safeguarding standards, and internal policies across childrens services.
• Embed quality standards throughout the commissioning cycle and implement effective risk management mechanisms.
• Promote and maintain strong communication with multi-disciplinary teams and partner agencies to ensure a collaborative approach to quality assurance.
• Monitor quality across a complex multi-agency system, responding effectively to inspection frameworks including Ofsted and CQC.
• Keep the voice of children and young people at the centre of QA processes, working closely with Education, SEND, Social Care, and other stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain systems for assessing and monitoring provider compliance with transparency and accountability.

The successful candidate will have:

• Significant experience in children and families services, including safeguarding, Children in Care, SEND, Health or Early Help.
• Proven track record in quality assurance frameworks and service improvement.
• Experience managing a team and working with multi-agency partners.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret performance data and drive improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing.
• Ability to keep the voice of children and young people central to service delivery.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage complex programmes.

This is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge and utilise your skills in a dynamic, creative and nurturing environment, whilst truly making a difference to the communities we serve.

In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you the chance to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring that all people in Doncaster thrive. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, a generous local government pension scheme, a wide range of well-being support and development opportunities. You will also have access to a range of staff discount and benefits schemes. More information on the benefits available to you as a City of Doncaster Council employee can be found in the attached benefits book.

Please ensure you view the job summary and job profile as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.

Shortlisting will take from the 26th January 2026 with interviews taking place from the 2nd February 2026.

For further details or an informal chat please contact: Kate Featherstone-Bennett by email [e-mail]

If you require support with completing the application or with interview skills in general, please contact the Advance team via email [e-mail] or visit their website www.advancedoncaster.co.uk for further details.

Doncaster Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community where we strive to improve the quality of life for all. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share these commitments.

City of Doncaster Council is a disability confident employer committed to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job, are flexible when assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate they can do the job and make reasonable adjustments as required.