Head of (Social Care) Improvement

SCIE Vision

We are committed to building a society which enables people who draw on social care to live fulfilling lives.

At the SCIE, we are driven by our values:

·       Progressive – always learning and developing.

·       Inclusive – working together for equality, diversity, and fairness.

·       Credible – evidence-based, robust, and reliable.

·       Transparent – open and honest.

The role:

A great opportunity for you to join our small friendly team and make a real difference to people’s lives by:

·       Developing and Implementing strategy, leading our work to improve local policy and practice to ensure our local improvement programme provides value to clients.

·       Playing a pivotal role in providing operational and strategic leadership in the management of SCIE.

·       Generating and sustaining income for SCIE’s local improvement activity in line with annual income targets and the business plan, developing, testing and positioning new products to create a sustainable income pipeline.

·       Leading our portfolio of local improvement projects, managing our strategic partnerships with councils and Government departments.

• Managing the senior practice development consultants, supporting and nurturing the team, ensuring the team adopt good practice and approaches to continuously improve the practice development management functions within SCIE.

What we are looking for:

·      Ability to think and act strategically and demonstrate a record of successful delivery in social care or a related field

·      Senior Management Experience with a good understanding of different organisational structures, governance arrangements and strategic decision making in local government, health, social care, education and voluntary and community sector organisations and the challenges facing these organisations.

·      Experience of leading consultancy and change projects in local government, health, social care, and voluntary and community sector organisations

·      Experience of growing income, developing and sustaining commercial opportunities and products in a competitive environment.

·       Experience of leading teams

What we offer in return.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary and homeworking allowance. We provide an employer pension contribution above the statutory minimum, an award-winning employee assistance programme, and an attractive holiday package which rises with length of service. . Benefits of working for SCIE can be found here Work for the Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE 

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