Regional Director, North West | AllChild

Peridot Partners; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AllChild is seeking a Regional Director to lead the North West region, driving growth, improving outcomes for children and shaping regional services across councils, schools, health partners, businesses and communities. You will build a workforce of up to 80 and develop ambitious social outcomes partnerships that bring together diverse stakeholders around shared goals.

As a member of the Leadership Team, you will blend strategic leadership with system change and operational delivery at scale,

Job description

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Together, every child and young person can flourish.

• Location: Hybrid - Greater Manchester

A unique opportunity to lead AllChilds growth and impact in the North West. You will improve children’s outcomes and help shape the future of children’s services across the North West.As Regional Director, you will lead AllChild’s work across multiple communities and council areas, building a workforce of up to 80 colleagues and developing ambitious social outcomes partnerships that bring together councils, schools, health partners, businesses, funders and communities around shared outcomes for children.

This is a rare opportunity to combine strategic leadership, system change and operational delivery at scale: influencing how local services work together, securing long-term partnerships and investment, and helping to develop a proven model that improves children’s lives. As a member of AllChild’s Leadership Team, you will play a central role in shaping our organisational strategy while leading transformational work on the ground, creating lasting impact for children, families and communities across the region.

The Regional Director will provide strategic leadership forAllChild’swork across theNorth West, developing the partnerships and early-action ecosystems needed to improve outcomes for children and families.The role will lead theAllChildProgrammeregionally, driving outcomes and learning while contributing to the development of theAllChildMethod.

The Regional Director will be a trusted and visible regional leader, building social outcomes partnerships across regional authorities, councils, schools and trusts, health, business, philanthropy, the VCSE sector and communities.

The Regional Director will develop and lead a workforce of up to 80 colleagues across multiple communities,schoolsand council areas. Working through Heads of Community and other managers, they will ensure consistent performance, quality,safeguardingand staff development across a geographically dispersed operation.

The successful candidate will bringsignificant experiencefrom education, health, socialcareor a related sector, together with an entrepreneurial,collaborativeand practical leadership style.

As a member ofAllChild’sLeadership Team, the postholder will contribute to organisational strategy and decision-making, report on regional performance and risk, and ensure regional learning informs the wider development of theAllChildMethod.

Children and young people can face interconnected challenges at home, in school and in their communities. But families are often left to navigate fragmented support and opportunities, and children reach crisis points when earlier, connected support could have changed things. AllChild believes connected challenges need connected solutions.

Our vision is simple: together, every child and young person can flourish. AllChild works locally within economically disadvantaged communities on a growing national scale. We start with the child, mobilising communities to take action earlier and work together so that children and young people can build the trusted relationships, connections and skills they need to take on life positively. Our two-year Impact Programmes are delivered by dedicated Link Workers based in schools, and by other local organisations and services working together around each child and family we identify. Every child’s programme is strengths-based and bespoke, delivering a combination of support and opportunities. From mental health and wellbeing support to engagement activities such as sport or art, through to academic tutoring and speech and language therapy.

Mobilising the best of what already exists in every community, our Link Workers join the dots to build a long-lasting network of trusted adults and opportunities around each child and family. Through the programme, young people build trusted relationships, connections and grow their skills. They’re empowered to achieve positive social, emotional and academic outcomes and take on life positively.

We build powerful local partnerships between families, schools,councilsand community organisations so that every child gets the right support in the right way at the right time.

For 10 years AllChild has started with the child. From our beginnings in west London, we have expanded to new communities while continually refining our approach. Over the next 10 years, we want to enable more children to flourish and use what we’ve learnt to improve how children are supported in places across the country, building a movement for change.

AllChild is a registered charity in England and Wales (No. 1160947).

If you would like to know more about this role please contact James Hunt

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Timetable

Closing date: 9 a.m. Monday 23rd November 2026
Candidates informed of outcome: By COB, Thursday 26th November 2026
First stage interviews (virtual): w/c Monday 30th November 2026
Final stage interviews (in person, North West): w/c Monday 7th December 2026

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