Member Job Opportunity: Barnardo's - Assistant Director Children Services

Location: Brooklands
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 36.25
Salary: £43,096.00 - £55,371.00 (Full Time Equivalent)
Closing Date: 11 October 2019
Interview Date: 8 November 2019

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A​t Barnardo's we believe in children. Our purpose is to transform the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children and our vision is to realise Thomas Barnardo's dream of a world where no child is turned away from the help that they need.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced children's services leader to help shape and support the Barnardo's Central regional strategy to grow our Children and Young People's Services over the coming years. You will be working in one of our principle localities, Birmingham, where we are a key stakeholder and have a strong history.  We have a considerable amount of development work in the pipeline and are looking for an individual who is willing to get fully involved in supporting staff to deliver these growth opportunities alongside playing an intrinsic part within the regional senior management team to deliver a very ambitious development programme. 

We are looking for someone with great interpersonal skills combined with excellent leadership and management capacity, with a passion to improve the lives of our most vulnerable children and young people – is this you?

At Barnardo's, our purpose is to transform the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children and our vision is to realise Thomas Barnardo's dream of a world where no child is turned away from the help that they need.  We believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our basis and values
Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.  Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including an Enhanced DBS for the successful candidate.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

For further information and to apply, please click on the apply button to be redirected to our website.

If you would like to discuss this position informally, please contact the Central Region Director, Hugh Sherriffe on Tel 01293610660 or 07887634962

Closing date: 11th October 2019    
Interview date: 8th November 2019
  
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values

Full details and application documents here