Job Title: Director, CS Grade: HAY

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Director

Department: Children’s Services

Reports to: Corporate Director, Celtic Nations

Responsible for:

 Assistant Director Children’s Services (ADCS)  Assistant Director Finance  Assistant Director Policy  Personal Assistant

Key working relationships:

Internal contacts:  Children’s Services Management Team  Corporate Leadership Group  Corporate Functions  National Committee

External contacts:  Local and national media  AMs, MPs and local politicians  Commissioning bodies  Government departments  Voluntary sector partners

Job Purpose:

You will be a key member of the UK-wide Children’s Services Management Team (CSMT) working with the Corporate Director, Celtic Nations (CDCN) to design and deliver the Children’s Services Strategy for Barnardo’s, ensuring the Assistant Directors Children’s Services (ADCSs) are supported in achieving Barnardo’s vision and purpose.

The safeguarding of the children and young people who use our services is paramount and therefore you will ensure that you have complete oversight of your nation to ensure that the children and young people using our services are safe through effective practice, supervision and risk management.

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You will promote and develop Barnardo’s, increasing the profile and influence at national level and among other professional and partner organisations.

Key Responsibilities:

 Lead, manage and develop ADCSs ensuring that clear objectives are set and they are accountable for the success of their locality.

 Maintain an oversight of the Nation to ensure that the children and young people using our services are safe through effective practice and supervision, addressing any issues or concerns immediately.

 Be a spokesperson for the work of Barnardo’s at both a Cymru and a UK level, promoting the work of the organisation, and responding to media interest as appropriate.

 Represent the organisation to influence at relevant national and local political levels and other stakeholder organisations to effect the development of policy, strategy and legislation which impacts children and young people.

Key Activities:

 Working with the CDCN and colleagues in the CSMT to develop the organisation’s strategy for the delivery and growth of Children’s services.

 Commission audit and review of services within the Nation, working with partners in corporate audit & inspection unit (CAIU) and with heads of locality to ensure that services are effectively monitored and developed to ensure consistently high standards of service provision for children and young people in the locality and that learning is shared across localities.

 Scrutinise and analyse external inspection reports to ensure that policy/quality issues and emerging themes are captured and shared across localities and colleagues in the CSMT and colleagues in other functions of the organisation as appropriate.

 Seek opportunities with CSMT colleagues to work across operational boundaries, reconfiguring services where appropriate to ensure the most cost effective, flexible and adaptive delivery to children and young people.

 Work collaboratively with senior colleagues across the organisation to identify opportunities to support the vision and purpose of the organisation for example, with colleagues in fundraising and retail.

 Work closely with the children’s services senior HR business partner to identify opportunities for the development of staff and HR initiatives within children’s services.

 Work with corporate colleagues to identify opportunities to continually develop business focused support services.

 Take responsibility for own operational area ensuring that local management teams are performing effectively and efficiently for the benefit of children, young people and their families, Barnardo’s and our stakeholders.

 Be aware of developments in the children’s services sector, implementing, good practice initiatives and development to ensure the business is continually driven forward.

 Foster positive relationships with colleagues in business development unit to support the growth of services in the key identified areas for Barnardo’s.

 Take a lead role in implementing significant organisation change programmes using skills and experience to win hearts and minds and ensure transitions are implemented with maximum efficiency and minimum disruption to service provision.

 Create and sustain a financial strategy which recognises risks and opportunities of the interaction between voluntary and statutory funds, achieving maximum efficiencies ensuring strong budget management while seeking to maximise income from both streams.

 Ensure that corporate reports are prepared to enable the senior leadership, including trustees, to fulfil its governance responsibilities.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

All criteria are essential unless indicated as desirable (D).

Job Title: Director, Children’s Services

Please note: Applicants must demonstrate in their application form that they currently use the skills outlined below or have used them previously in employment, education, training, volunteering etc.

Education/Knowledge  Knowledge and understanding of the children’s services sector including contemporary child care practices and policy  Knowledge of legislation relevant to children, young people and families  Professional qualification relevant to child care services and/ or management qualification

Experience  Experience in a senior management role within the Children’s Services sector including leading and developing a professional team  Experience of complex and/or multi-stream budget management  Demonstrable success in managing significant change projects  Experience of driving quality developments

Skills/Abilities  Competent Welsh-speaker (Desirable)  Ability to motivate, lead and manage a dispersed team  Collaborative approach to working to achieve results  Ability to engage and influence stakeholders  Ability to represent and promote the interests of Barnardo’s  Proactive, collaborative and flexible approach to problem resolution  Ability to enhance and develop innovation

Barnardo’s Leadership & Management Behaviours Ability to demonstrate the required level of competence associated with a member of the Barnardo’s Corporate Leadership Group in terms of:  Thinks Strategically  Leading & Engaging  Driven to Deliver

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Barnardo’s Basis and Values and Equality & Diversity Code of Conduct Ability to work within Barnardo's published Basis and Values and Equality Code of Conduct in all areas of work by:  Respecting the unique worth of every person  Encouraging people to fulfil their potential  Working with hope  Exercising responsible stewardship

Circumstances

Although this post is for a particular geographical area, there are many facets of the role which are UK-wide and an ability to travel and attend functions and meetings outside of normal working hours will be essential.

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