Senior Director, Children's Services (Hybrid)

Hampshire County Council; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rewards package

Generous annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Wellbeing and development options

Job summary

Hampshire County Council is seeking an Area Director (Children and Families) to provide strategic leadership across a broad portfolio of children’s services and drive improvement, innovation and transformation to secure outstanding outcomes for children, young people and families in Hampshire.

As part of the senior leadership team, you will lead services at scale, shape strategic direction, and build strong partnerships with education, health, police and the voluntary sector, ensuring

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification required.
• Significant senior leadership experience in complex public sector/children's services.
• Ability to lead large-scale service transformation and improvement programmes.
• Experience managing substantial budgets and resources.
• Strong partnership working and cross-boundary influence.
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and stakeholder management.
• Balance strategic leadership with operational delivery.
• Thorough understanding of legislative and policy context affecting children’s services.
• Commitment to delivering positive outcomes for children, young people and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across Children's Services and contribute as a key member of the management team.
• Oversee operational delivery of services county-wide with focus on safety, effectiveness and timeliness.
• Lead performance management, quality assurance and use data to drive improvement.
• Lead partnerships across agencies to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Drive service transformation, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Inspire senior managers and multidisciplinary teams to build a high-performing culture.
• Oversee budgets and resources to ensure value for money and high-quality services.
• Champion early intervention and integrated service delivery.
• Ensure safeguarding and statutory responsibilities are fulfilled; prepare for Ofsted inspections.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Partnership working

Change management

Public sector leadership

Education

Degree-level qualification

Postgraduate management qualification

Job description

Hampshire County Council is seeking an Area Director (Children and Families) to provide strategic leadership across a broad portfolio of children’s services and drive improvement, innovation and transformation to secure outstanding outcomes for children, young people and families in Hampshire.

As part of the senior leadership team, you will lead services at scale, shape strategic direction, and build strong partnerships with education, health, police and the voluntary sector, ensuring