Are you a leader committed to helping all children thrive in families, achieve in schools, and flourish in their communities? Do you have an ambition to transform the social care system for children, so that families lead the way, receiving help even earlier? Can you harness the power of voice and coproduction to drive innovation, strategy and continuous improvement for children? If so, you may want to join us in North Lincolnshire!
We are recruiting a Head of Strategic Development to join our incredible team, workforce, and community. Following our recent Ofsted ‘outstanding’ judgement, the successful candidate will help us further improve as we take forward national reforms across social care and SEND. Working to the Assistant Director Standards and Regulations, you will enable best outcomes to achieve our One Family Approach ambition for children to thrive in their families, achieve in schools, and flourish in their community.
North Lincolnshire Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of our community regardless of age, disability, sex, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation. North Lincolnshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
North Lincolnshire Council offers agile, flexible working with a focus on the wellbeing of our workforce with access to comprehensive training, resources and support in your continuous professional development.
To apply and be considered for this position your application will clearly evidence the job description and employee specification attached.
If you would like any further information or an informal conversation, please contact Tom Hewis, Assistant Director Children’s Standards and Regulations at [email protected] telephone (01724 296422)
Interviews will take place week commencing 7 September.
Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.
Candidates must be able to evidence their right to work in the UK. Please note the council does not hold a sponsor licence to sponsor people to work in the UK.
As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.
We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.
