Member Job Opportunity: Barnardo's - Assistant Head of Business - Family Placement

Location: Barnardo's North West
Fostering Service
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 36.25
Salary : £43,096 to £55,371
Closing Date: 24 October 2019
Interview Date: 30 October 2019

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The role of Assistant Head of Business is an exciting opportunity to lead on the development of Barnardo's fostering and adoption services across the West of England.

To work with colleagues in the Family Placement UK Senior Management Team  to develop and drive the business strategy, ensuring cohesive, consistent practices which grow the business and meet the needs of commissioners, carers and children and young people.

Work with stakeholders in identifying their requirements and providing the most appropriate solutions for them.

This post covers the West of England  and will be based in either one of Barnardo's bases or could be home-based within this geographical area.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements.

At 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 a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.

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