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Chair of the ACAS Council

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:38:32 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Location : London
Salary: up to �78,000 for 2-3 days per week
Closing Date: 10/06/2013

The Chair of the Acas Council provides strategic leadership in all aspects of the work of Acas, working closely with the Chief Executive to ensure that the Council and executive operate effectively and with propriety. The Chair needs to be an effective advocate and ambassador for Acas, and will need to ensure that the Council works effectively in holding the executive to account for delivery against its strategic and business plans and for the efficient discharge of its statutory functions.

Interim CQUIN Project Manager

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:30:56 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London
Day Rate: �400/day
Contract: 6 months

Reporting the PMO Director the project manager will support the VTE nurse to educate and remind clinical staff to carry out dementia, VTE and smoking screening. The interim PM will also co-ordinate 4-5 separate CQUIN working groups, liaise with clinical leads on improvement actions, project manage the initial implementation and set up phase, and manage the on-going delivery actions.

Previous acute sector project management experience and service improvement methodologies essential. A clinical background would be ideal.

4-5 days/week

Director for Integrated Commissioning & Vulnerable People

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:07:00 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Essex County Council
Location : Essex
Salary: Up to �120,000
Closing Date: 31/05/2013

Essex is at the forefront of change in the way local government delivers services. Our new commissioning led operating model will deliver better services to our citizens at a lower cost. We will be led by the outcomes that the people of Essex need from us and that will be at the centre of everything we do.

We are committed to enabling vulnerable people to enjoy a better quality of life, protecting our residents from harm and supporting parents, carers and families to create safe and stable homes. Our new Directors will work closely with the five Clinical Commissioning Groups across the county and colleagues across the council to identify and deliver the most appropriate commissioning solutions to support our priorities.

We are looking for people who have experience of commissioning services in complex, multi-agency environments; people who can lead large-scale change programmes and who have worked successfully with partners to share resources in commercial environments.

Reporting to the Executive Director for People (Children and Adults), this is an opportunity to help shape the future of local government in one of the country's largest local authorities.

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Chief Fire Officer

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:06:38 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Location : Berkshire
Salary: Up to �127,840 + Benefits
Closing Date: 17/06/2013

A force for change

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is a high performing, well motivated and progressive organisation that has high ambitions for the service it provides to the people of Berkshire. The retirement of our current Chief Fire Officer provides an opportunity for a talented Principal Officer to provide the leadership and vision necessary to drive the service forward on its journey of continuous improvement through effective change.

The role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to make a major contribution to the changing shape of Fire and Rescue Services at a local, regional and national level. The Chief Fire Officer role clearly requires a person of exceptional calibre with proven strategic management & operational command experience, within a similar organisation and with the commensurate high level skills. Candidates need to be able to demonstrate the advanced people management and leadership skills necessary to effectively lead a highly regarded workforce. Additionally, they will be able to show examples of their personal success in current and previous posts.

Key within this post is the ability to create and maintain excellent working relationships with the Fire Authority Members. A positive approach to partnership working and the ability to work within a challenging financial environment will be essential.

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2 Non-Executive Directors and 1 Designate Non-Executive Director

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:57:58 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Brighton & Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust
Location : Brighton & Sussex
Salary:
Closing Date: 23/05/2013

There are vacancies for 2 Non-Executive Directors on Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. Also in preparation for becoming an NHS Foundation Trust, the Trust is seeking to appoint a Designate Non-executive to its board.

This is an exceptional opportunity to share your talents and expertise to make a positive difference to the lives of people in your community.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) is an acute teaching hospital provides District General Hospital services to our local populations in and around the City of Brighton and Hove, Mid Sussex and the western part of East Sussex and more specialised and tertiary services for patients across Sussex and the south east of England.

To apply for these posts you need to click the 'Continue to more details' button below, agree to our terms and conditions, then fill out the application form and send it directly to either the NHS Trust Development Authority or to Melanie Shearer melanie.shearer@gatenbysanderson.com or Helene Usherwood helene.usherwood@gatenbysanderson.com. If you have any questions please contact us on the details below.

Assistant Director � Employment and Training, Partnering and Volunteering

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:21:37 +0100

Permanent

Employer: One Housing Group
Location : Camden, London
Salary: Circa �70,000 plus benefits
Closing Date: 07/06/2013

Can you win new business?

Are you passionate about social mobility?

Do you want to make a difference for our customers?

If you want an opportunity to shape our service, build a business area and exercise your commercial accruement to develop systems that deliver our aspirational projects, then we have the job for you.

One Housing Group is a leading provider of housing, care and support across London and the South East managing over 13,000 homes in 26 London Boroughs and surrounding counties. Our care and support arm, One Support, is London's largest provider of support housing and services to people with complex needs.

We have ambitious plans for the future and we are now looking to appoint someone with the right mix of talents to join our team and help deliver our ambitious social mobility work programme. We want to promote social mobility and aspiration by focussing our investment on developing employment opportunities for our residents. We have developed a wide range of training programmes to meet the needs of our diverse customers and through our volunteering and social economy teams we support business start up and invest in community partnership projects.

This is a unique and challenging leadership position and to be successful, you will need a track record of achievement gained at a senior level preferably in the training and education sector. You will have senior level management experience, excellent business acumen and have experience in the following: apprenticeship training, job preparation, volunteering and partnering. You will be a self-starter, a firm negotiator, and have the ability to juggle multiple and complex priorities.

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LEP Board Members

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:43:00 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Sheffield City Region
Location : Sheffield City Region
Salary:
Closing Date: 24/05/2013

The Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is now recruiting for Private Sector Board Members.

As one of the UK's most successful Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Sheffield City Region LEP brings together business leaders and local politicians to make decisions that create substantial economic growth and real jobs.

The Sheffield City Region's economy has an output of £25 billion pounds per year and contains approximately 55,000 businesses. The area encompasses over 1.8 million people and 700,000 jobs.

The Government has recognised the importance of the Sheffield City Region to rebalancing the UK economy and is devolving powers and funding so economic decisions can be made at a local level.

The LEP is looking to recruit two Board Members from the private sector - a CEO, director or successful entrepreneur working in a sector which is driving the future economic growth of the City Region. Expertise in property and infrastructure, as well as finance and corporate services is particularly desirable.

Appointments will be made for up to 3 years, with an estimated commitment of 2-3 days per month.

The LEP is looking to ensure that Board membership reflects the diverse profile of the Sheffield City Region's population.

Chair

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:55:05 +0100

Permanent

Employer: General Pharmaceutical Council
Location : London Central
Salary: 80 Days per year �48,000
Closing Date: 14/06/2013

Can you help us protect the health, safety and wellbeing of patients and people who use pharmacy services?

The GPhC is the independent regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in Great Britain.

We welcome individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are particularly seeking those individuals with experience of the wider world of commerce or with knowledge and understanding of education and training for pharmacy professionals.

Candidates should bring a fresh perspective to the Council, be able to demonstrate their ability to see the bigger picture as well as high levels of probity, integrity, objectivity and fairness and be able to hold others to account in a constructive and open manner. This role is open to applicants from either a Lay or Registrant background . At least one of the appointees (lay or registrant) must live or work wholly or mainly in Scotland.

The Chair will provide effective leadership for the Council in its duties and to lead the Council in setting the GPhC’s strategic direction.

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Council Member - Registrant

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:52:18 +0100

Permanent

Employer: General Pharmaceutical Council
Location : London
Salary: 40 Days per year �12,000
Closing Date: 13/09/2013

Can you help us protect the health, safety and wellbeing of patients and people who use pharmacy services?

The GPhC is the independent regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in Great Britain.

We are particularly seeking those individuals with experience of the wider world of commerce or with knowledge and understanding of education and training for pharmacy professionals.

Candidates will bring a fresh perspective to the Council, be able to demonstrate their ability to see the bigger picture as well as high levels of probity, integrity, objectivity and fairness and be able to hold others to account in a constructive, open manner. These vacancies are available for a combination of Lay and Registrant candidates. At least one of the appointees (lay or registrant) must live or work wholly or mainly in Scotland.

The GPhC is governed by a Council who set the direction of the organisation in line with its corporate objectives and strategic vision; responsible for making sure GPhC fulfils its statutory duties in an efficient and cost-effective manner and that systems are in place to effectively monitor performance.

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Chief Executive

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:27:53 +0100

Permanent

Employer: South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Location : Essex
Salary: Competitive Salary
Closing Date: 31/05/2013

Ambitious for our future, we are looking for a talented Chief Executive to work with our dynamic

Executive Team and in close partnership with the Board and Council of Governors to lead us in the next phase of our development. We aspire to deliver even better services for even more people, so we need a creative and visionary leader who will inspire the trust and respect of our staff and who has proven skills in fostering and nurturing productive partnerships across organisations and within diverse communities.

South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT) is one of the most successful NHS Foundation Trusts in the country, providing integrated care including mental health, learning disability, social care and community health services to culturally and economically diverse communities of around 2.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. With an annual turnover of approximately £350m, we employ approximately 7,000 people and work with a wide range of partners to ‘provide services that are in tune with you’. We are a responsive, innovative and dynamic organisation delivering leading edge health services in a constantly changing environment.

To add value to our already high performing Executive Team you will bring substantial leadership experience from similarly complex environments where you have inspired first class, customer-facing services with proven effective health outcomes. To find out more and to apply, please visit

An informal stakeholder event will take place on Monday 1st July & interviews will take place on Tuesday 2nd July.

2 x Non Executive Directors at Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust�

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:44 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Location : Liverpool
Salary: �12,180 per annum (for 3 days per month)
Closing Date: 13/06/2013

Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides acute health care to a population of 330,000 people in North Merseyside and surrounding areas, and specialist services to a wider population of around 1.5 million in Merseyside, Cheshire, South Lancashire and North Wales. Employing 4800 people and with an annual turnover of approximately £275m, the Trust is a major teaching hospital of the University of Liverpool and has received signiﬁcant external recognition for quality of patient care and clinical excellence.

We are looking for two outstanding, highly motivated individuals to join our Board to drive forward the Trust's strategic development and performance, helping us achieve our aim of delivering high quality, safe patient care and - above all - placing patients at the heart of all we do. The ﬁrst Non-Executive Director should possess senior clinical experience either in an NHS or independent sector setting. The second Non-Executive Director should have signiﬁcant experience in business transformation or change management gained in either private or public sectors. For both roles we are seeking individuals with signiﬁcant board or senior management experience gained in organisations of similar size and complexity.

Both Non-Executive Directors will need to demonstrate:

a genuine interest in the local and national health agenda and commitment to NHS and public sector values
an ability to think strategically, challenge constructively and relate to individuals at all levels
political astuteness and a commitment to the local community

Candidates must reside in the North West of England and, ideally, reﬂect the diversity of our local population.

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Regional Manager

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:21:29 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : West Midlands
Day Rate: �competitive Daily rate

Due to an upcoming restructure this high profile Educational charity seek a Regional Manager to run their branches in The Midlands. Good Experience from within the “not for Profit” sector and strong supervisory ability is an essential pre requisite for this role. Excellent opportunity for an Interim or someone looking for something that could develop into permanent work.

Interim Joint Commissioner Adult MH Services

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:37:57 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East
Day Rate: �500-650pd
Starting Date: 27/05/2013
Contract: 6m

This is a joint appointment by the local CCG and Local Authority. Between them they are looking to appoint a commissioner with a mixed background across Adult Social Care and specifically Mental Health Services. Reporting directly to the Director of Adult Services within the LA and the Director of Commissioning at the CCG this post would suit an experienced interim manager who is adept at working across both health and SC.

The Joint Commissioner Adult Mental Health will lead commissioning in this area and address the needs of residents whilst further establishing collaborative working. The postholder will be responsible for commissioning mental health services for adults under and over 65 in accordance with the CCG operating plan priorities, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS) and the JHWS annual delivery plan for 2013/14, which is monitored by the Board. An experienced manager you will major role in assisting the development and implementation of an appropriate, safeguarding compliant commissioning framework to support the delivery of the commissioning agenda across health, housing and social care.

Interim Director of Children's Services

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:19:56 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South West
Day Rate: �700-900pd
Starting Date: 15/07/2013
Contract: 6m

Our client seeks an experienced Director of Children's Services whilst they undertake the recruitment for a substantive successor to the departing DCS. We are interested in speaking with candidates who have held the statutry post within local government in the recent past. We are able to consider candidates who have a professional background within either social care or education as long as they have previously held the statutory post.

Head of Service (Support, Challenge and Intervention)

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:08:44 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Luton Borough Council
Location : Luton
Salary: Up to �76k (plus Market Premium to be agreed)
Closing Date: 07/06/2013

Here at Luton we want to ensure that the future holds the best for every child and young person - and if you think you can help us deliver that we want to hear from you.

In many parts of the country, traditional school improvement services are being cut back to a minimum. However, we are dealing with change in a different way. Rather than reduce and retrench, we are developing the service we provide for schools and our aim is to be the provider of choice.

Luton is in the minority of local authorities in which Children's Services are judged by Ofsted to be performing excellently in the last APA; schools and other settings have made a very significant contribution in getting us to this position. Based on strong relationships, effective partnerships and joint endeavour, we firmly believe that the services that make up our Support, Challenge and Intervention offer have a unique and important part to play in driving up standards.

We are therefore looking for experienced candidates with a strong track record within school improvement at a senior level, (not necessarily in a local authority environment) with the ability to form strong relationships with schools and partners, as well as having an entrepreneurial and flexible approach to lead our traded services offering. It is a challenging time for the sector, and we are under no illusions, but it is also a time for seizing opportunities and innovative approaches.

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Director of Legal and Governance (Newham)

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:24:36 +0100

Permanent

Employer: London Borough of Newham
Location : Newham
Salary: Up to �120,000
Closing Date: 20/05/2013

Joined up – the future of legal and democratic services.

The London Boroughs of Newham and Havering are working together on an innovative and ambitious shared services model for support functions that will see a joint service for legal and governance in 2014. We are looking for equally innovative and ambitious individuals to fill two roles that will provide focused management and strategic leadership for to the new division.

These exciting roles represent unique opportunities to be in at the design stage of a new service and a new organisation.

Initially you will lead the division within the London Borough of Newham in preparation for becoming the Director of Services for both Boroughs in 2014. Your remit will include Monitoring Officer responsibility plus a strategic leadership role that will require engagement and customer focus capabilities as you play a key role in developing a new shared services organisation that is aligned to both councils and their respective customers.

Divisional Director, Service Delivery

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:36:48 +0100

Permanent

Employer: London Borough of Harrow
Location : Harrow
Salary: �78,000 - �91,962
Closing Date: 23/05/2013

A vibrant hive of cultural diversity and history, Harrow is a high performing Council constantly looking to improve. Our Environmental and Enterprise Directorate plays a very important role in the quality of life of our residents, both now and in the future. Harrow has an exciting growth agenda and our residents tell us that keeping the borough clean, green and safe is their top priority. These roles will ensure we continue to deliver an excellent operation, whilst working across the borough to ensure that growth is planned and delivered in a sustainable way. Our high streets are vibrant, we help people into employment and we have some exciting regeneration opportunities. In addition to a recycling level at 50%, our innovative partnership with the Police keeps crime low and has delivered many exciting initiatives. But we want to get even better.

Following a restructure we are looking to appoint a Divisional Director, Service Delivery as part of the senior management team to report into the Corporate Director of Environment and Enterprise.
This will be the ‘doing’ part of the directorate with responsibility for the joined up delivery of Case Management and Inspections, Waste Services, Street Services and Parking Services.

We are looking for people with passion and creativity and the drive to succeed to energise the workforce. Whilst you need to understand the local government context and bring senior experience from some of the services, we are more interested in your leadership approach and track record of managing change and creating successful relationships with partners and stakeholders.

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Divisional Director Business and Service Development

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:36:33 +0100

Permanent

Employer: London Borough of Harrow
Location : Harrow
Salary: �62,700 - �69,195
Closing Date: 23/05/2013

Following a restructure we are looking to appoint a Divisional Director, Business and Service Development as part of the senior management team to report into the Corporate Director of Environment and Enterprise.

‘Reviewing’ the contracted services and ensuring they are delivered to the standard expected by providing financial and service planning and development, technical support and community and customer engagement. This team has four elements; Business Development outside of the traditional council boundaries, Business Services, Community Engagement and Network Management.

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Divisional Director, Commissioning Services

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:36:17 +0100

Permanent

Employer: London Borough of Harrow
Location : Harrow
Salary: �62,700 - �69,195
Closing Date: 23/05/2013

Following a restructure we are looking to appoint a Divisional Director, Commissioning as part of the senior management team to report into the Corporate Director of Environment and Enterprise.

‘Planning’ and development of policy, commissioning and effective contract management aligned for effective delivery against corporate priorities. Monitoring, and reporting, on policy, legislation, procurement and contract outcomes. Management of the design of detailed projects for specialist partners and contractors particularly in highways maintenance.

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Director of Child and Adult Services

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:35:49 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Hartlepool Borough Council
Location : Hartlepool
Salary: �100,000 - �110,000 pa plus relocation expenses
Closing Date: 14/06/2013

With a track record of excellence, Hartlepool is an ambitious Council which aims to be even better. We may be one of the smallest unitary Councils in the country, but there is nothing modest about our ambitions. We are looking for a talented and ambitious individual to lead a vibrant and dedicated team to contribute to our vision.

The Council is constantly striving to make the town a better place for people to work and live. Local pride and community spirit, highly effective working relationships with our partners and our residents make this an exciting, challenging and dynamic opportunity to shape the future direction of services in Hartlepool by working with elected members and the senior management team to engage and inspire our workforce and community.

If you have substantial experience and success in managing at a senior level in the public sector and are able to demonstrate a commitment to the delivery of top quality public services, then we would like to hear from you.

You must be an innovative thinker, networker and focused on outcomes that make real difference and be capable of delivering priorities. You will provide a strategic focus on standards and possess the initiative to achieve and sustain excellence through innovation and tenacity. The council is committed to developing its Educational Services and experience and/or knowledge in this area would be advantageous. We want to use your significant aptitude for managing change, leading and inspiring others to build on previous successes and address remaining challenges, making a real difference within Hartlepool.

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Director of Children's Services

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:13:43 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Location : Rochdale
Salary: �91,464 to �120,051
Closing Date: 07/06/2013

Rochdale is changing – not only the borough, which is currently undergoing a huge physical transformation with £1 billion worth of regeneration taking place, but the council as well. We are ambitious, forward thinking, and determined to provide the best possible services for our communities.

There is no denying that we have had our issues – not least in children’s social care, where we have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the last 18 months. But we have already made huge strides in this area under the leadership of a very experienced interim DCS, and performance and morale is improving all the time. We feel optimistic about our prospects but removing the ‘notice to improve’ is not enough. We are aiming for excellence, and we want our new Director of Children’s Services to help us get there.

We are therefore looking for an inspirational and determined leader, with a track record of success at a senior level in children’s services, who wants to make their mark in Rochdale – and of course help change the lives of thousands of children and young people for the better.

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Operations Director: Children�s Safeguarding and Care

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:14 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Gloucestershire County Council
Location : Gloucestershire
Salary: up to �95,881 per annum
Closing Date: 24/05/2013

Can you deliver for our Children and Families?

Here at Gloucestershire, we are on a journey of change which is focusing on quality commissioning, excellent service delivery and effective partnership working and we are already seeing results. Joining our delivery leadership team, you’ll be instrumental in ensuring quality safeguarding and social care services for all of our children and families. Working closely with all social care professionals and partner organisations, you will continue to develop service improvement and respond to the council’s strategic commissioning agenda. You’ll also enjoy the opportunity to work across the council beyond children’s service and to have a wider influence and a real chance to develop.

We are offering the chance to join an improving and unique authority that offers scope, support and opportunity. In return, we ask you to bring leadership and communication skills plus the passion and experience to deliver innovative, partnership-focused services to take both of us to the next level.

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Directorate Manager, Great North Children's Hospital

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:21:21 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location : Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: Circa �65,000
Closing Date: 07/06/2013

The Children’s Services Directorate comprises all Children’s Services based in the Great North Children’s Hospital on the Royal Victoria Infirmary site and is one of 12 national tertiary centres, has an international expertise in immunology and oncology and is the lead centre for Paediatric Intensive Care in the in the Northern Region.

As one of the Trust’s Directorate Managers the postholder will be accountable for the efficient and effective use of resources in delivering high quality patient centred primary care and public health services on behalf of the Trust, and provide leadership to achieve agreed performance targets.

This is a key operational role managing a large hospital service and supporting the Clinical Director, Professor Andrew Cant who, in addition to his Trust responsibilities, has international and national commitments. The role will require you to be familiar with business planning cycle and process, and able to maintain a close control on performance issues such as activity rates, income, budget management, MRSA and staffing. It will suit a dynamic, motivated, quick thinking and ambitious individual who is able to handle pressure, prioritise and diffuse situations.

Clinical Director, Emergency Department

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:56:28 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Location : Birmingham
Salary: Competitive Salary
Closing Date: 20/05/2013

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust (SWBH) is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the United Kingdom and it has a reputation for excellent, friendly staff who provide high quality care across a multi-sited operation. The Trust employs around 7000 staff with circa 1000 beds and it serves a population of over 500,000 from its two main sites – City Hospital in Birmingham and Sandwell General in West Bromwich – and a range of other community-based locations. We have strong links with the community and excellent local partnerships, through which we are developing and delivering exciting new models of care.

SWBH is planning a new, single site, purpose build ‘PF2’ hospital. The new hospital will have one of the busiest emergency departments in the country. To deal with this a new computer system is being implemented as part of a major service redesign across both emergency departments and the assessment units. A number of other transformational projects are underway to further improve care. We are currently undertaking a significant investment in the Emergency Directorate to further develop the management of patients presenting with acute problems, with the creation of four new consultant posts across the two sites. Currently, City Hospital sees 108,000 patients and Sandwell Hospital sees 82,000 patients per annum. Both departments are Trauma Units with close links to their Major Trauma Centre. The Hyper Acute Stroke Unit is at Sandwell General Hospital and is supported by Emergency & Acute Medicine.

With the experience or potential to work at clinical director level you will provide excellent clinical leadership and consultant delivered care. With at least 5 years’ experience as a consultant in Emergency Medicine you will need to demonstrate success in delivering change management and a track record in leadership roles. You must have full GMC registration and licence to practice and be included on the specialist register in emergency medicine (or within six months at time of interview).

Final interviews and AAC will take place in June at a date to be confirmed.

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Chair, English Heritage

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:40:47 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Location : London
Salary: �40k per annum for up to two days per week
Closing Date: 10/06/2013

As the Government's statutory adviser on the historic environment, English Heritage helps people understand, value, care for, and enjoy England's heritage. It identifies, protects and champions England's most important heritage and supports owners, local authorities and voluntary organisations to look after it. English Heritage also conserves and provides access to the National Heritage Collection of over 400 historic sites which received 11 million visitors last year.

There has never been a more important time for English Heritage. The future challenges are significant and the organisation is focused on maintaining its reputation for expertise and advice, and on continuing to forge strong partnerships within the heritage sector and outside it. Over £50m of its annual budget is currently generated through commercial activities, but increasing the financial sustainability of the National Heritage Collection is a key priority. As Chair, you will work with English Heritage Commissioners and with Ministers to formulate strategy, and ensure rigorous governance frameworks are maintained. You will also provide highly effective strategic leadership to the organisation, working closely with the Chief Executive and playing a high-profile ambassadorial role with a range of interested parties, including the general public.

This appointment requires an outstanding individual with vision and stature. With a strong track record in business, you will bring senior executive board-level experience combined with sharp business acumen. You will have the personal authority required to handle media and a range of public platforms effectively. A broad understanding of the role that the heritage sector can play in stimulating economic growth and investment will be essential and you will drive forward English Heritage’s business model with energy and commitment.

Director of Public Programmes

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:31:55 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Royal Botanical Gardens Kew
Location : London
Salary: Attractive package commensurate with skills and experience
Closing Date: 28/05/2013

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is the world-leader in plant diversity science, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major visitor attraction that shows the importance of plants in all our lives. Kew’s mission is to inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life. Following the appointment of a new Director last year and a subsequent restructuring that aims to strengthen Kew’s visitor offer, we are seeking to appoint a Director of Public Programmes to lead the visitor attraction strategy.

Reporting to the Director and a member of the Executive Board, the Director of Public Programmes will lead a reshaped and wide ranging brief including events and festivals, marketing and communications, commercial activity, digital media, visitor services, outreach, volunteers, and community engagement and learning. At the heart of the role will be the need to raise Kew’s performance and position us as a world-leading visitor attraction that delivers an outstanding on-site experience.

You will bring ambition, commercial focus and the leadership and management experience to re-invigorate Kew’s public offering. With responsibility for a team of over 200, you will bring experience of leading major change to deliver improvements in organisational performance and income generation. This role will require energy, creativity and the desire to challenge the status quo. You will understand the need to balance public purposes with commercial growth.

Your leadership experience will most likely have been gained in the visitor attraction, culture or heritage sectors; whatever you background, you will share our passion and will be excited by the opportunity to apply your experience in a world-renowned organisation that plays an important role in educating, informing and inspiring the public about the importance of plants.

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Head of Communications

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:15:57 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Barnsley MBC
Location : Barnsley
Salary: c. �50,000
Closing Date: 13/06/2013

Barnsley MBC is an ambitious Council, driving for improvement. With strong political Leadership and a new Chief Executive, we are seeking dynamic leaders to build on our strengths and continue to shape a distinctive and exciting future for the organisation.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing: media relationships, effective communications strategies for internal and external use, innovative social media networks whilst supporting and contributing to brand development.

As Head of Communications you will have a vital role in securing positive community engagement and promotion of the Council’s vision whilst ensuring a business critical overview throughout. With previous experience in a similar role and having worked within a large organisation, you must demonstrate drive, ambition and ability to succeed in a challenging environment.

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Director of Finance and Deputy CEO

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:52:00 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location : Gloucestershire
Salary: Excellent Salary
Closing Date: 14/06/2013

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a £430 million organisation providing acute health services across Gloucestershire and specialist services for patients from surrounding counties. We are seeking an ambitious CCAB-qualified finance professional with significant board level NHS experience to join us in this key leadership role which transcends individual departmental responsibilities.

The vision of the Trust is to deliver ‘safe, effective and personalised care – every patient, every time, all of the time’ and as Director of Finance you will maintain our financial stability, delivering the opportunity for continued reinvestment in services that are aligned to the health needs of the communities we serve. As an example we are close to procuring a £25 million clinical information system which you will play a full part in delivering. Your remit also includes all aspects of financial strategy and planning, long term financial plans, information and estates and facilities. As Deputy Chief Executive you will additionally lead on key tasks, such as the Estates Strategy, which deliver the Trust’s mission and vision.

The role requires you to be at the forefront of cultural change that links the relationship between sound financial management and the development of services to the benefit of patients. As such you must be an accomplished communicator with a visible leadership style and an excellent command of all functions of the executive portfolio. The ability to challenge and support colleagues as appropriate will be paramount. As we consider our future strategic options, experience of mergers, acquisitions or service integration will be important.

As Deputy Chief Executive you will take responsibility for the day to day leadership of the Trust, ensuring the co-ordination, development and implementation of strategies which deliver our vision of ‘safe, effective and personalised care – every patient, every time, all of the time’.

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Interim Headtacher

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:30:52 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : East Midlands
Day Rate:

I am currently looking for an interim principal for a secondary school that has just received an unsatisfactory “inadequate” OfSTED report. I am looking for an amazing, highly experienced interim “trouble shooter” Principal who can go in and instantly gain the trust and confidence of the Governing Board, parents, staff and pupils.

The successful candidate needs to have the ability, skills and expertise to rectify the critical shortfalls and inadequacies identified in the OfSTED report and work speedily towards improving the school across all other areas. The applicant will need to be able to re model the school to one of a position of confidence and build a highly supportive and fully functioning Senior Leadership Team

Chief Executive

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:01:08 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
Location : Oxford
Salary: Up to �70,000
Closing Date: 21/06/2013

Formed in 1959, the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is one of the largest and most dynamic of the 47 independent local Wildlife Trusts covering the UK. This is a particularly exciting time to join the organisation. The Trust has grown in size and influence and now manages 79 nature reserves, totalling over 1,700 hectares. Managing its large estate involves not only biodiversity monitoring and practical conservation management, but also catering for the needs of visitors across a diverse range of sites. BBOWT also engages with local groups and businesses and actively seeks to involve rural and urban dwellers in taking action for wildlife in their locality. As a major landowner, the Trust encourages and supports other landowners to work towards recreating a Living Landscape for the benefit of people and wildlife.

As Chief Executive, you will provide the focus for leadership of BBOWT across the three counties, developing a five year strategic plan and guiding and advising Trustees on matters of planning, policy and strategy. Internally, you’ll lead, develop and support an established and capable Senior Management Team to achieve our ambitions. Externally, you’ll develop and enhance our relationships with a wide range of interested parties, including members, volunteers, donors and funders, national and local government and private landowners. Crucially, you’ll oversee all major fundraising and sponsorship initiatives, identifying and maximising the opportunities for BBOWT and acting as a persuasive and influential advocate. You’ll build on solid foundations to raise our profile further and ensure we continue to contribute to the future development of The Wildlife Trusts’ partnership.

We’re seeking an outstanding leader with a clear and confident communication style, excellent judgement and first-class interpersonal skills. You’ll inspire the confidence of others quickly, inside and outside the organisation. While a background in wildlife and conservation isn’t essential, you’ll have an enthusiasm for the wellbeing of the natural world and an appreciation of the business, political and environmental factors that have a bearing on nature conservation in the UK. This is a substantial leadership post requiring experience of scrutiny and challenge at Board level, as well as sound business acumen and a solid grounding in financial and strategic planning. A good understanding of communication and marketing is also essential. In return, this role offers an unrivalled opportunity to lead a high-performing organisation to the benefit of people and wildlife in the region.

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Head of Legal and Democratic Services (Havering)

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:57:21 +0100

Permanent

Employer: London Borough of Havering
Location : Havering
Salary: Up to �100,000
Closing Date: 20/05/2013

Joined up – the future of legal and democratic services.

These exciting roles represent unique opportunities to be in at the design stage of a new service and a new organisation.

You will lead the London Borough of Havering’s legal and democratic services function and you will be the Monitoring Officer for Havering. You will also be involved in the management and delivery of the joint services through the design, structure and effective transition stages.

This is an exciting time to be joining these services with the potential of extending the new organisation’s remit to other customers in the future. If you want to be a part of the next phase of shared services innovation, we’d like to talk to you.

ICT Systems Delivery Manager

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:03:48 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Leicestershire County Council
Location : Leicestershire
Salary: �48,390 - �53,403
Closing Date: 31/05/2013

Leicestershire County Council is at the heart of delivering technological innovation and cost effective ICT solutions. The council has recently moved to a new target operating model that separates Strategic from Operational ICT and is supported by a business partner model.

A unique opportunity has arisen within the Operational ICT function for an experienced ICT professional to head up our key Systems Delivery and Service Support functions. This new role will require leadership and strategic vision to capitalise on the synergies that exist across this broad service area which includes the service desk and application support, development and administration. You will need to have significant relevant experience of managing large ICT teams at a senior level and of solving complex technical, process and organisational issues.

This role will suit a candidate who has experience of driving out significant efficiencies from a large and complex team, whilst maintaining effective service delivery through innovation. In order to support the County Council in meeting its financial challenges you must be able to demonstrate effective service improvement through streamlining and automation of processes. You will also need to be a determined, driven and ambitious individual able to build strong teams and sustainable relationships across a wide range of partners and stakeholders. Working knowledge of operating within a shared service environment and experience of implementing and supporting an ERP system would be desirable.

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Head of ICT Operations

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:03:23 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Leicestershire County Council
Location : Leicestershire
Salary: Salary: to �62,907
Closing Date: 31/05/2013

Leicestershire County Council is at the heart of delivering technological innovation and cost effective ICT solutions. We are now looking to appoint a Head of ICT Operations who will have overall responsibility for driving and delivering transformation within the ICT Operations function. The post reports into the Assistant Director of Customer Service and Operations. This is a senior role within the organisation requiring a strong background in ICT and a deep knowledge of transformation together with well-honed leadership skills. This individual will have a significant role in ensuring that a high quality, flexible and responsive ICT service provision is delivered to the organisation. Consequently they will have regular interface with Chief Officers, senior management and members of the County Council.

The council has recently moved to a new target operating model that separates Strategic from Operational ICT and is supported by a business partner model. Notwithstanding the split between ICT Operations and Strategic this individual will need to have vision and also awareness of leading edge best practice and technology. The County Council along with all public sector organisations has a key priority of delivering huge savings and efficiencies whilst also enabling transformation. Therefore the ideal candidate will need to demonstrate evidence of being able to deliver "more for less" and of using innovative and creative solutions.

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Director of Library Services

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:56:44 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Liverpool John Moores University
Location : Liverpool
Salary:
Closing Date: 20/05/2013

In line with our vision of being recognised as a modern civic university delivering solutions to the challenges of the 21st century, Liverpool John Moores University is now seeking to appoint an inspirational individual to provide the leadership required to ensure that our Library Services reflect and support our ambitious strategic aims.

This is an important and demanding position requiring a talented individual with the experience and vision to champion the development of responsive library services that reflect the learning, teaching and research needs of the University. Substantial experience of library and resource management is essential, as is the ability to motivate staff to deliver exceptional customer services within a culture of continuous improvement. Representing the University at a senior level, the successful candidate will play a key leadership role in ensuring that library services support and advance scholarship, research and student engagement across the University.

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Interim A&E Manager

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:54:29 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : North of England
Day Rate: day rate neg

Our client a Foundation Trust in the North of England is looking for an Interim A&E Manager to deliver and implement improvements to existing processes and systems in the A&E department

This role is full time and to start immediately.

The ideal person needs to be a strong leader and assertive. Building good relationships with Dr’s, nurses and consultants.

You must be highly focused and organised.

Ideally you will have a clinical background. A nursing or medical qualification is desirable but not essential.

Director of Communications and Marketing

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:18:18 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Scope
Location : London
Salary: Circa �85,000
Closing Date: 17/06/2013

Scope exists to drive the changes that will make this country a better place for disabled people and their families. At a time of huge challenge, we’re creating a platform from which we can challenge attitudes, build support and inspire actions. Our marketing, communications and brand awareness are central to this. Over the last couple of years, we’ve raised our profile, built an inspiring new identity and earned a real reputation for innovation. But to make our new strategy a reality we need to make a step change in our visibility and profile.

We’re looking for an experienced marketing and communications professional to help take forward an ambitious, far-reaching communications strategy. You’ll take the lead for brand and marketing across Scope, strengthening our external presence and helping us become a household name. You’ll work closely with the Chief Executive and senior colleagues to ensure we achieve even more influence, leading on media relations as well as digital and stakeholder engagement. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, this is an important corporate role too, and you’ll be involved in a range of topical and sometimes controversial issues.

We need a highly effective strategic leader who is excited by Scope’s direction and by our potential as a positive force for social change. With outstanding credentials across communication and marketing, you’ll have a strong track record of increasing the visibility and profile of major national organisations. A background in the voluntary sector isn’t essential, but you’ll demonstrate an ability to quickly understand the issues of relevance to disabled people and to Scope so as to be confident and credible with our stakeholders. All the foundations are in place and this role now offers the opportunity to make a lasting contribution at the heart of our organisation.

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Director of Children's Services

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:30:22 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Spurgeons
Location : Rushden, Northants
Salary: Circa �70,000
Closing Date: 10/06/2013

Spurgeons journeys with vulnerable children and young people to create a lasting impact, spurring them on within their families and communities, by building self esteem, resilience and hope. We are working at the heart of communities, responding to the needs of children who have been ignored and broken. We believe every child needs a chance. Join us and child by child we will create a better future – together.

We are one of the UK’s most well-respected charities. Founded 140 years ago, we work tirelessly on behalf of tens of thousands of vulnerable children in the UK who need care and protection in order to live safe and happy lives, free from neglect, abuse and exploitation. We are committed to providing the support that will enable these children to enjoy their childhood and fulfil their true potential. As public services have changed over recent years, we have become increasingly involved in delivering services to children funded largely from local authority and Central Government sources. However, complex and competitive tendering processes, requirements for clear evidence and measurement of outcomes and reducing budgets have all contributed to an uncertain and unpredictable operating environment. We’ve responded to these changes with a positive and forward-looking attitude, and have continued to grow and build on our reputation in the sector.

As children and young people are at the heart of all we do, safeguarding is our absolute priority and we’ve invested heavily in our systems and practice over the last five years. We’re now seeing significant results and have been cited by Ofsted as an exemplar of best practice. As Director of Children’s Services, you’ll focus on delivering our public service contracts and will be responsible for leading and developing an expanding and innovative portfolio of services. This is also a significant corporate leadership appointment and as a member of our Strategic Leadership Team, you’ll be part of the team that defines our overall strategic direction.

We’re looking for someone who shares our values and, while denomination is less important, the appointee will be a committed Christian (this post is subject to an occupational requirement that the holder be a practising Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010). Ideally with a social work qualification, you’ll have an excellent track record of leading and delivering children’s services, a deep understanding of commissioning and a strong commitment to safeguarding. A trusted senior manager, you’ll have experience of delivering change and will be a confident and inspiring manager, with vision and an open and collaborative style. Credibility in the field will be essential. In return, the role offers an unprecedented opportunity to change the lives of thousands of children, young people and families and be part of a vibrant and growing organisation.

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Director of Finance and Corporate Services

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:29:28 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Spurgeons
Location : Rushden, Northants
Salary: Circa �70,000
Closing Date: 10/06/2013

As Director of Finance and Corporate Services, you’ll have an unprecedented opportunity to shape and monitor our financial strategy and ensure we are effectively positioned for continued growth. Our ability to manage risk and exercise sound financial judgement is of paramount importance in the current climate and, as a member of our Strategic Leadership Team, you’ll make a substantial contribution to our future direction. Through deep financial management expertise, excellent commercial thinking, and your leadership of an established team, you’ll influence the way we deliver services, ultimately changing the lives of thousands of young people, children and families.

We’re looking for someone who shares our values and, while denomination is less important, the appointee will be a committed Christian (this post is subject to an occupational requirement that the holder be a practising Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010). You’ll be a seasoned financial leader with an excellent track record in the development and implementation of financial and commercial strategy. With a reputation as a trusted senior manager, you’ll have delivered change before and will be a confident and inspiring leader, with an open and inclusive style. Whether your background is in the public or private sector, you’ll bring absolute integrity and will be an effective strategic thinker with sharp business acumen and the relationship and communication skills needed to secure credibility with a range of stakeholders.

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Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:54:14 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Ministry of Justice
Location : Birmingham
Salary: �104,800 pro rata for ten days a month per annum
Closing Date: 23/05/2013

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Deputy Director, Operations

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:48:56 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Security Industry Authority
Location : London
Salary: c�70,000
Closing Date: 13/05/2013

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is responsible for regulating the UK private security industry. Particular focus is at present on regulation and licensing within the industry coupled with robust compliance. To support the implementation of a major change and implementation programme within the SIA, we have reviewed our senior management structure and are seeking to fill a number of business critical new roles.

The Deputy Director, Operations is a member of the management team with responsibility and accountability for the leadership and management of the operational service delivery strategy. In this substantial role, you will balance the demands and needs of customers, partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure the SIA delivers a service that is both efficient and effective. Reporting to the Director of Operations, you'll work across the SIA and beyond, with licensed businesses and Approved Contractor Scheme companies, industry bodies and representatives, suppliers and information partners, including the Criminal Records Bureau, UK Border Agency and HM Revenue and Customs.

This is an influential role working across aspects of customer contact, customer compliance and licence processing to ensure operational effectiveness. You'll have strong leadership and management skills combined with experience of developing and operating customer contact operations that are ‘business to business' focused, and of optimising end-to-end processes to enhance their effectiveness. Experience of managing complex operational delivery in a relevant setting will be essential. The way we make licensing decisions has a significant impact on our reputation and you will have a proven ability to manage risk through effective use of intelligence and wider information sources.

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Senior Manager Operations

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:48:26 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Security Industry Authority
Location : London
Salary: c�50,000
Closing Date: 13/05/2013

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is responsible for regulating the UK private security industry. Particular focus is at present on regulation, licensing and robust compliance within the industry. To support the implementation of a major change programme within the SIA, we have reviewed our senior management structure and are seeking to fill a number of business critical new roles.

This Senior Operations position will be a permanent position and part of the management team with responsibility and accountability for operational service delivery. You will balance the demands and needs of customers, partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure the SIA delivers a service that is both efficient and effective. Reporting to the Director of Operations, you'll work across the SIA and beyond, with licensed businesses and Approved Contractor companies, industry bodies and representatives, suppliers and information partners, including the Criminal Records Bureau, UK Border Agency and HM Revenue and Customs.

This is an influential role working across all aspects of customer contact, customer compliance and licence processing to ensure operational effectiveness. You'll have strong leadership and management skills combined with experience of developing and operating customer contact operations that are ‘business to business' focused, and of optimising end-to-end processes to enhance their effectiveness. Experience of managing complex operational delivery in a relevant setting will be essential.

Experience of complex customer Service and contact centres is essential and some knowledge from within a regulated industry would be advantageous.

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Her Majesty�s Chief Inspector of Probation

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:35:45 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Ministry of Justice
Location : London or Manchester
Salary: �115,000 per annum
Closing Date: 03/06/2013

Thank you for your interest in becoming Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation.

Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation is a statutory appointment (Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000) reporting directly to Ministers, but operating independently of Government and the services under its scrutiny. Appointment is by open competition and is made by the Justice Secretary. Prior to any appointment the successful candidate will appear before a Parliamentary Select Committee pre-appointment hearing.

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Strategic Director (Community)

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:17:18 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Stevenage Borough Council
Location : Stevenage
Salary: �73,584 to �85,521
Closing Date: 12/05/2013

As a member of Stevenage Borough Council's Senior Management Team the Strategic Director (Communities) plays a key role in the leadership of the organisation. The senior officer team work closely with the Leader of the Council and the Executive to set a cohesive direction for the Council and to lead the delivery of real outcomes for the town.

There are a number of features of the town and the way the council operates that make this role challenging, rewarding and above all full of opportunities to make a real difference to the community and at the same time to use and continually develop your range of skills and experience.

In terms of population served Stevenage Borough Council is a small council but, as the majority of services are delivered by our own workforce, it is a relatively large organisation for a District Council and has a key role to play as both an employer and service provider in the community.

As a co-operative council we aim to build on our strong reputation for understanding and working with our communities and you will be expected to work very closely with our customers and key partners. This means that as a director you will need to be able to work both strategically and operationally and critically to have the key skill of being able to translate strategy into meaningful action.

With responsibilities that cover the whole portfolios of four Executive Member's, and that impact across all of the council, you will need to be politically astute and be able to communicate effectively with, understand and proactively support the needs of elected members.

The Community directorate is the largest within the council and you will lead 350 staff; half of the council's workforce. In addition, as the director responsible for Human Resources and Organisational Development you will need to influence decision making as an advocate of the staff body as a whole, requiring an acute understanding of how to manage people coupled with the emotional intelligence required to get the best from a committed workforce across the organisation.

In response to the challenging financial context of local government, and starting from a position of a balanced budget, we have begun a transformation project with the aim of creating a sustainable organisation that can continue to deliver against our corporate priorities in a future with less government support. You will play a key role in shaping and supporting this work which is already seeing an increased investment in staff development in order to equip them for an outlook where they will be required to be more agile in response to changing service demand. This will be coupled with investment in IT resources at the same time as a drive for more efficient and effective process, lean systems and more fluid decision making.

Housing forms a large part of the responsibilities of the directorate with 8300 council tenants and over a 1000 leaseholders plus ambitious plans to develop the Council's housing assets through leveraging every opportunity to deliver new social housing in the town both directly and in partnership. You will need to have or quickly gain credibility and understanding of this particular facet of the role in order to succeed.

The whole senior management team at Stevenage Borough Council works closely together in an environment where you can expect to give and receive support and challenge, where good ideas and innovative thinking are positively encouraged and where things are very seldom dull. As a council we like to be known for taking on new challenges, for punching above our weight and for not being afraid to go the extra mile for our community.

The role of the Strategic Director (Communities) has a diverse remit covering the strategic leadership of a wide range of both operational and corporate services. Whilst the exact makeup of responsibilities is subject to change depending on business need and relative capacity within the Strategic Management Team it is currently responsible for the following Service Delivery Units (SDU'S):

Leisure, Health & Children's Services

Leisure & Culture
Children's Centres
Play Centres
Safeguarding
Strategic Health
Environmental Health & Licensing
Community Transport

Human Resources & Organisational Development

Strategic HR and Organisational Development
Employee Relations
Learning and Development
Employee Resourcing & Transactional Services
Corporate Health & Safety

Housing, Community & Communications

Corporate Communications
Corporate Policy and Strategy
Partnerships
Community Development
Engagement, consultation & customer focus
Housing enablement & regeneration
Homelessness & Housing Advice
Community Safety

Housing Management

Tenancy & Lettings Management
Housing Income Management
Supported Housing
Anti-Social Behaviour & Family Intervention
Leasehold Services

Housing Property Services

Property Repairs and Maintenance
Housing Asset Management
Housing capital works & investment
Disabled Adaptations

Interim Manager � Adoption

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:25:35 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East
Day Rate: �375 - �425
Starting Date: 15/05/2013

Oversee day-to-day operational management of service

Including the recruitment of staff into the current team vacancies

And help increase the number of approved adopters

This is an interim role whilst the permanent recruitment proceeds.

Chief Executive

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:06:00 +0100

Permanent

Employer: DVLA
Location : Swansea
Salary: 110,000
Closing Date: 28/05/2013

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT) responsible for the licensing and registration of drivers and vehicles. It maintains over 44 million driver records and almost 37 million vehicle records.

Since 2002 DVLA has been leading the way in government digital services. Last year, 42% of its 16 million driver transactions and 54% of its vehicle record transactions were carried out on-line Now, building on that success it needs to make a further step change in its digital performance – to develop and improve its services for customers.

As Chief Executive you will be responsible for leading this transformation programme as well as developing staff and managers so that they are fully equipped to meet this challenge. You will develop and inspire a culture that ensures DVLA is a responsive, agile and empowered organisation ready to anticipate and meet future demands.

You will be responsible for the overall performance of the DVLA which is one of the largest government transactional businesses in the country. You will need strong operational experience, and will be able to demonstrate how you have delivered high performance levels and a strong customer ethos in your previous roles. Strong leadership skills are a pre-requisite for this role as you will inspire and motivate a workforce of over 5,000 to continue to deliver excellent performance during a period of major change. As a senior leader within the DfT you will also need to build strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, including Ministers.

This is a unique challenge for an outstanding leader with a strong track record of successful delivery in roles of similar scale and complexity.

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Managing Director, Social Work Practice

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:36:05 +0100

Permanent

Employer: North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus
Location : North East Lincolnshire
Salary: �75,000 � �80,000

Here at North East Lincolnshire we are determined to do things differently in order to improve the way we support our most vulnerable adults. Since 2011, adult social work in the borough has been operating as one of seven national Social Work Practice pilots. Our next step is to establish a social enterprise model which, subject to cabinet approval, will be up and running from September 2013. This will enable us to become more flexible as an organisation, working closely with our communities to improve outcomes and develop our functions.

We are now looking for a Managing Director to lead this new organisation of 140 people, reporting to a Chair and Board. It is a great opportunity to be part of something truly ground-breaking. Indeed, we feel this is the way ahead for social work, and we are therefore looking for candidates who are able to think differently and really understand how to work creatively with staff and service users to deliver the best results. You will be a qualified social worker, with management experience in the voluntary sector or local government, and above all a passion for innovation, engagement and partnership working.

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Director of Strategy

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:34:48 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Location : Kent
Salary:
Closing Date: 24/05/2013

KMPT is a large, complex partnership trust of 3,900 health and social care staff and over 100 sites which supports 1.6 million people of all ages in Kent and Medway. We provide a wide range of mental health and other specialist services through an integrated delivery model which allows us to be more innovative for our service users and their carers. In a time of unprecedented change in healthcare and alert to the challenges of current economic conditions, KMPT is determined to continue as a leader in mental health provision, delivering excellent care whilst also remaining responsive to the needs of its patients, their families, commissioners and partners.

KMPT is now seeking a talented Director to support the organisation through the next phase of its development. Developing, leading and promoting KMPT’s transformational change programme “Building Excellence”, this new Board level Director will be critical in helping the organisation seize commercial opportunities to develop services for those who need them.

A senior manager from either the private or public sectors, you will have a successful track record in commercial development, leading on major bids, business planning and marketing in a complex organisation. You will recognise the transformation agenda within public services and have proven skills in delivering complex change programmes. With a passion for excellence, you will be able to build effective, sustainable relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This is a demanding role, requiring excellent interpersonal skills, good analytical skills and the ability to establish credibility by delivering.

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Interim Head of IT

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:33:58 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East
Day Rate: C�450-�500 p/day
Contract: 9-12 months

Working for this public sector organisation your role will be to manage the organisations IT systems and functions.

You will also be working on a number of high profile projects which will include:

Scoping the future demands on the department
Departmental re-structure
Review of procurement arrangements for existing contracts
Exploring shared service opportunities

This role represents a real opportunity to shape the future and contribute meaningfully to delivery of the IT service.

Interim Principal advisor for Inclusion

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:06:33 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East
Day Rate:

We are looking for a Principal Advisor for Inclusion in a London Council. You will be required to lead a diverse team as well as providing strategic leadership of educational inclusion.

You will need to rigorously monitor the performance of schools, produce reports for a range of stakeholders and act as a Link Officer to designated schools.

It is essential that you have a proven track record of successful strategic and operational leadership involving a wide range of stakeholders in leading and managing sustainable educational change as well as a proven ability to plan strategically, lead innovation and partnership working to close educational attainment gaps and secure inclusive practises.

You must be a qualified teacher and have evidence of recent and relevant school improvement accreditation and / or continuous professional development.

Appointments and Development Advisor

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:12:41 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Church of England
Location : Lambeth Palace, London
Salary: �40,000 to �44,000
Closing Date: 31/05/2013

With 44 Dioceses and parishes covering the country, the Church of England is a significant and complex organisation, delivering its mission through dedicated teams of clergy, lay people and a network of volunteers. The Church plays an active role in national life, bringing an important Christian dimension to the nation as well as strengthening community life. The National Church Institutions (NCIs) support and promote the aims of the Church.

This is a critical role within a small team overseeing the appointment and development of senior leaders within the Church, as well as those in the talent pool. You will manage a range of projects and learning initiatives to ensure colleagues are prepared for and provided with the support to enable them to lead and deliver their ministry effectively. You will proactively contribute to the ongoing formulation and delivery of our people development strategy and carry it through with confidence and enthusiasm, ensuring that this is delivered to the highest possible professional standards.

For this role, we are looking for an outstanding communicator, with recent operational/advisory experience in the recruitment, assessment and development of high performing individuals, gained in an organisation of some scale. Ideally CIPD qualified, you will have first class interpersonal and strategic thinking skills, together with the ability to work and influence at all levels of the organisation.

The National Church Institutions (NCIs) actively support and promote diversity across the Church of England. Applications from a minority ethnic background are particularly welcome.

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Interim Service Manager � Assessment and Care Management

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:01:39 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East
Day Rate:

The person will have to manage an older adults and physical disabilities social care team, directly supervising Operational Managers and Lead Practitioners. They will also take a strategic lead in a key area of shifting from residential to extra care housing as well as progressing other areas of work. We want a qualified social worker, with robust experience of operating at Service Manager level, who can confidently ensure that complex cases are effectively managed and progressed as well as covering other workstreams.

Global Communications Director

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:44:19 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Marine Stewardship Council
Location : London
Salary: Attractive Salary
Closing Date: 31/05/2013

Global Communications Director, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

London, UK – Attractive Salary

With one of the most successful ecolabels in use today, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has established itself on the world stage, and in little more than 10 years has achieved a truly global presence, affecting positive, ecological change in oceans and providing certified sustainable seafood in more than 80 countries, across all five continents.

Employing more than 100 staff across 15 offices around the world, MSC are seeking an experienced Communications Director to lead and set the strategic direction for all aspects of the organisation’s communications activities, with the aim of promoting, enhancing, and protecting MSC’s reputation internationally.

The Communications Director will promote the MSC programme and its benefits directly to a variety of key audiences, as well as leveraged marketing relationships with our commercial, fishery, NGO and other partners. Co-ordinating teams around the globe, you will have extensive experience of working in a similarly complex international environment, and will have developed and delivered high-quality, innovative communications across the full range of channels.

With senior level experience from the private or public sectors, you will be an excellent leader; able to combine vision, creativity and innovation with exceptional communication and organisational skills, energy and team spirit. With a track record of experience in consumer product marketing, brand development, eco-labelling, and/or related marketing; you must have the ability to represent the MSC at the highest levels in an international arena. This exciting role offers a tremendous opportunity for the right individual in protecting the world’s oceans for current and future generations.

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Director of Information Technology Services

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:26:22 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Liverpool John Moores University
Location : Liverpool
Salary:
Closing Date: 20/05/2013

In line with our vision of being recognised as a modern civic university delivering solutions to the challenges of the 21st century, Liverpool John Moores University is now seeking to appoint an inspirational individual to provide the leadership required to ensure that our IT Services reflect and support our ambitious strategic aims.

This role requires an exceptional individual with the strategic, operational and technical leadership skills to manage, develop and enhance the University’s IT services which underpin administrative, teaching and learning, research and innovation activities across the institution. In addition to substantial experience of developing and delivering successful IT developments on time and on budget, the successful candidate must have the vision to embrace current and future technologies to meet the University’s strategic objectives and the specific needs of staff, students and other key stakeholders. This is challenging leadership role for a proactive and innovative individual who will represent the University at a senior level.

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FT Programme Director

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:13:16 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Location : London
Salary: 2 year fixed term contract 8D to �74,084
Closing Date: 17/05/2013

Whittington Health is ambitious and innovative, delivering acute and community services for adults and children, primarily to the residents of Islington and Haringey and also to other London boroughs. With a turnover of £277m and a staff of 4,000, our local community is integral to who we are and how we operate as an organisation; promoting health and well-being. We will build on the openness and transparency we have with GPs, community and council partners to deliver world class health care.

To help us to achieve our ambitions for our patients and our local population, Whittington Health is applying for Foundation Trust status. Due to the successful promotion of the current postholder, we now wish to appoint an FT programme director, reporting to the Chief Finance Officer.

This will be a key role in the organisation, working alongside the Chief Finance Officer, the Trust Board and other executive directors, and requires extensive experience and knowledge of the foundation trust application process.

The post-holder will be responsible for leading the ongoing development and refreshment of the five year integrated business plan and long term financial model. They will act as the liaison officer to the Trust Development Authority in relation to the FT application and other requirements. They will work closely with the corporate secretary who leads the delivery of the FT governance requirements for the Trust.

The post-holder must have experience of managing a complex programme, developing supporting systems and processes for reporting, as well as effectively managing delivery against tight timelines. They will have the ability to develop strong partnerships and collaborative working at the highest level, engaging effectively with CCGs, the Trust development Authority. Internally they will work effectively with Clinical Directors and Operational Managers and other key stakeholder groups.

Candidates must have excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to think laterally and innovatively. They will have a positive ‘can do’ approach and a strong track record of significant delivery.

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Assistant Director, Sales and Marketing

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:26:30 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation
Location : Leicester
Salary: to �74,910
Closing Date: 17/05/2013

ESPO (the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation) is one of the UK's largest public sector professional buying organisations, delivering costs savings to customers by offering more choice, higher quality and best value. ESPO serves the Education Sector (Schools, Academies, Colleges and Universities), Local Authorities, Central Government Agencies and Ministries, the NHS and Emergency Services, and the Third Sector including charities and voluntary organisations.

Since inception we have experienced significant growth and the total value of our procurement activity in 2011/12 exceeded £1billion. We operate from a state-of-the-art 120,000 sq ft distribution facility in Leicestershire where more than 350 staff are dedicated to providing customers with a rapid and efficient service.

As part of the next phase of our development, we are seeking an Assistant Director for Sales and Marketing to join our senior management team. You will be responsible for developing our customer offer, including our brand and service proposition, promoting the organisation with customers and partners, managing our internal and external communications and PR, and of course leading a busy sales team. The success of our sales and marketing function is crucial to ESPO's long terms business plans and objectives, and we are looking for candidates with strong commercial sales and marketing experience, ideally within a fast moving and target driven environment. Whilst we do not require candidates to have public sector experience, an understanding of, and empathy with, the aims and ethos of ESPO is important.

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Assistant Director, Procurement and Compliance

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:25:47 +0100

Permanent

Employer: Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation
Location : Leicester
Salary: to �74,910
Closing Date: 17/05/2013

We are currently seeking an Assistant Director to lead our Procurement and Compliance service, working with suppliers and customers to provide a high quality procurement service, with a particular focus on developing ‘best in class' practices and procedures. This role is fundamental to our future success, and hence we are looking for candidates with a strategic approach, excellent senior management experience within a large and complex organisation, and the ability to develop a vision for the service and ensure that it becomes a reality. The successful postholder will manage around 80 people. Candidates will need to be CIPS qualified and will be expected to have a thorough understanding of public sector procurement, gained from experience of working within the sector.

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Interim Headteacher

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:40:17 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East
Day Rate: 500 per day
Starting Date: 02/09/2013

Interim head teacher for secondary school for a London borough. The role is to work with the deputy head in bringing the school from Good to outstanding with particular focus on raising the standards in maths.

Interim school principal

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:10:48 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South
Day Rate:

We are looking for an Interim School Principal for a special residential school to provide day to day professional, caring and visionary leadership for the school academic and residential departments. The experienced manager will have to lead the school on a day to day basis through the improvement programme the school has put in place and help drive up the standards of teaching and learning. As the School Principal you must work collaboratively with the Clinical Services Manager to ensure that health provision is properly aligned with other school services. You will also be responsible for promoting the welfare of children.

Interim General Manager - Cancer & OPD Services

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:34:43 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London
Day Rate: �500 - �600/day
Contract: 6 months

My client is urgently looking for a General Manager for Cancer and OPD Services who will be responsible for the delivery and management of Cancer Services within SCD and also guide cancer services across the Trust and lead OPD appointments and call centre Services. The post holder will be responsible for efficient and effective service delivery, staff management, clinical governance, financial control and the delivery of cost improvement across these areas.

Recent substantial General Management experience in an acute hospital is essential.

Interim Head of Social Work Policy

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:48:33 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East
Day Rate:

We are currently looking for a Head of Social Work Policy on a fixed term contract who will provide strategic and professional leadership in respect of the national children’s social work agenda ensuring all relevant policies, procedures and practices appropriately reflect its function of safeguarding and promoting children’s welfareYou will provide high-level advice and support to the corporate management team and key stakeholders. You will also be asked to provide leadership to ensure that staff are enabled to have a clear understanding of their responsibilities and how these contribute to wider family justice systems improvements. You will also need to ensure that policy development and outcomes are fit for purpose, free from discrimination, and adhere to equal opportunity legislation, and consider the organization’s policies.You must be registered with HCPC, have a Degree and Professional Social Work Qualifications as well as having experience of working at a senior level in managing a Childrens social care or policy service.

Interim Service Director Adult Social Care

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:20:18 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South West
Day Rate: �600-700pd
Starting Date: 10/06/2013
Contract: 6m

Our client, a Local Authority, is looking for an experienced senior interim manager to lead all day to day operations across their Adult Social Care services. The requirement has come about because of the resignation of the current post holder and will be for an initial 6m period whilst they consider what the make up of the substantive post will be in the future. They are exploring how they work with the CCG as well as wider joint working with health partners. We can only consider candidates who are, or have been, qualified social workers and who have delivered a similar role at this level previously i.e. directly reporting to the Director of Adult Services.

Head of Safeguarding and Looked After Children Quality Assurance

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:31:27 +0100

Permanent

Employer: London Borough of Croydon
Location : Croydon
Salary: �56,361 - �64,017
Closing Date: 17/05/2013

Croydon children’s social care service is on a journey of transformation. We are creating a new model of social work and social work management that will make children’s lives better.

In this model:

The focus is on making a real difference to the safeguarding and well-being of children – achieving real, tangible outcomes and benefits.
We see social workers as the agents of change in families’ lives, who by their direct help can make children’s lives better.
We keep caseloads at a level where social workers can build relationships with families and do direct work.
We will be training our social workers in systemic family therapy so they have the tools to make change happen.
Through our new “Consultant Practitioner” roles in the social work units we will bring intensive support and reflective clinical supervision to social workers.
We will be reducing the amount of time social workers spend on administrative activity by introducing “Unit Co-ordinators” to the social work units.
We are introducing a salary framework that makes continuing practice in the front-line a real option.
We are establishing new relationships with a range of evidence-based services.

The Head of Safeguarding and Looked After Children Quality Assurance is a key role in our transformation journey with responsibility for driving an outcomes culture and approach to quality assurance methodology across all social care activity: child protection, looked after children and children in need. In this approach the aim is to find out the difference our practice is making to the lives of children and families, capturing their experiences of service impact and quality.

We are looking for an experienced qualified social worker to provide strong leadership and clear vision; to ensure the effective operation of the Safeguarding Board; to lead practice and service developments based on the learning from the quality assurance activity; and to work with a wide range of local partners. You will thrive on change, bring a creative approach and have a clear commitment to achieving continuous improvement for children and families.

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Interim General Manager - Surgery

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:10:12 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London
Day Rate: �550-�650/day
Contract: 6 months

My client is looking for a General Manager for Surgical Services who will be responsible for the delivery and management of all surgical services within the Trust. The post holder will be responsible for efficient and effective service delivery, staff management, clinical governance, financial control and the delivery of cost improvement across these areas. You are expected to contribute fully to the management team across the Surgery Cancer & Diagnostics Division.

The role will start ASAP.

Interim Divisional Director - Surgery

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:05:27 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London
Day Rate: �650 - �800/day
Starting Date: 29/04/2013
Contract: 4 months

This division focuses on the high risk, intervention services that take place in the hospital, plus acute and acute and community sexual health services and cancer services. The division manages the following services: anaesthesia, ITU, theatres, surgical specialties, gynaecology and fertility, obstetrics and maternity and HIV and sexual health.

Previous senior operations management experience of acute services is essential.

Interim Assistant Director of Operations

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:02:06 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : Central
Day Rate: �550 - �650 per day
Contract: 3 - 6 months

My client is looking for an experienced senior operations manager to work closely with the Associate Medical Director to provide high-level operational and strategic business planning and leadership to ensure that the service area achieves its performance objectives.

The interim will be responsible for supporting the development of new services, the improvement of current services and service re-design. This will include the need to influence and negotiate in a multi-agency environment within the health and social care economy.

The interim will liaise with Associate Medical Director colleagues, chair and lead the established service governance groups and will need to report to the Safety and Quality Operational Committee (SQOC).

Strong operations experience gained at an NHS provider is essential for this role.

Interim Manager - Head of Support Planning and Review

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:52:38 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London
Day Rate: �550-650pd
Starting Date: 22/04/2013
Contract: 6m

Our client, one of the London Boroughs, is looking for an interim manager to cover this post whilst they go out to search for a new substantive post holder. We are most interested in experienced interim managers who have worked at tier 2 before i.e. directly reporting to the DASS. The main thrust of the role:

· Managing 6 managers and 87 members of staff

· Managing a budget of £41M and responsible for overall budget of £88M.

· Deputise for the Director of Adult Social Services

· Lead on Health Integration Programme

· Provide Regular updates and work closely with elected Members

· Be responsible for the delivery of quality services to Adults in the Borough

· Chair the Senior management Group meeting and manage decision making process

· Provide leadership and direction to ASC

· To achieve departmental and corporate performance targets

· Provide clear vision and direction for ASC in the Borough

· Develop and sustain positive partnership with all stakeholders

· Chair the Partnership Boards for OP and LD

· Integrate MH Adults and provide OSS for Adults MH

· Ensure quality services delivered within resources and manage budget efficiently.

· Develop a competent and dynamic workforce to meet the changing demands and respond to pressures.

· Take part in the development of strategies and operational plans.

Head of Service

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:28:03 +0000

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East
Day Rate: �450- �500
Starting Date: 01/05/2013
Contract: 6-9 months

Managing a team of 7 reports Reporting into AD Providing performance analysis and advice to drive service improvement. Ensuring the timely and accurate collection, collation, clearance and submission of statistical returns and reporting by the PASS as required by Government departments and a range of external agencies This role need a balance of skills – the ability to collect and manipulate data and translate the results into meaningful information for the Service Managers.

Must have experience of working with children's services within a local authority

Recruitment Review Project Manager

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:19:40 +0000

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London
Day Rate: c�350pd
Contract: 6 months

The Judicial Appointments Commission is an independent commission that selects candidates for judicial office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales.

The Commission was set up in order to maintain and strengthen judicial independence by taking responsibility for selecting candidates for judicial office out of the hands of the Lord Chancellor and making the appointments process clearer and more accountable.

The Commission is looking to undertake a review of the appointments process, including attraction, selection and assessment of candidates. The key aims of the project are:

• Increase certainty in the quality of selections

• Reduce cost

• Improve candidate experience

• Reduce length of the appointments process

• Improve diversity

You will work closely with the Commission’s Project Manager, advising on all elements of the process. You will need to have extensive recruitment experience having worked previously on high volume campaigns for multiple vacancies.

Interim Financial Accountant

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:31:47 +0000

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London
Day Rate: c�400 p/day
Contract: 3 - 4 months

Working for this Local Authority you will be supporting the closing of accounts, the production of the statutory statements and the external audit process. You must be a qualified accountant with significant experience of financial accounting in a Local Government context.

Interim AD of Governance and Performance

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:57:01 +0000

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London/South East
Day Rate: �550 - �650/day
Contract: 3 months

Reporting to the Director of Nursing, the AD of Governance and Performance will be accountable for determining the strategic direction and successful delivery of the Trust’s integrated governance [and performance management programmes] to expected standards. You will be accountable for managing the CQC’s regulatory requirements to consistently high standards and responsible for implementing the clinical strategy, clinical governance and clinical audit programmes.

Suitable candidates will have worked up to AD level in nursing and be a registered nurse, either from a mental health/acute/community background.

Start date: February 2013

Senior Consultant, Interim Leadership

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:55:35 +0000

Permanent

Employer: GatenbySanderson
Location : London/Leeds/Birmingham
Salary: Generous + Benefits

We are market leaders in executive search and interim provision in the broader Public and Not for Profit sectors in the UK. After an incredibly successful year in 2012, we are now recruiting for new talent to take advantage of improving market conditions and previously untapped growth areas. The strength of our brand and the quality of our consultants are key reasons for our success and make this the very best opportunity for experienced recruiters who have at least some knowledge or an interest in recruiting in these fields.

In return, you will be joining an organisation that offers endless support, career development and superb earning potential. Most importantly, you will work in an environment that respects the right work life balance and provides genuine long term growth potential.

Interim Logistics Director

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:44:12 +0000

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London
Day Rate:
Starting Date: 07/01/2013

This NHS organisation is looking for an interim Logistics Director reporting to the Chief Executive with responsibility for Transport and Warehousing operation. This will include key projects focussed on improved Session Logistics and the implementation of a transport management system.

Please give me a call on 07867 455 223 if you are a Director level logistics professional ideally from the pharmaceuticals or food sector with experience of operating a transport management system, supply chain management and regulated (especially cold) supply chains.

Closing date: 09:30 20 December 2012

Interim Urgent Care Pathway Project Manager

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:37:27 +0000

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : North East England
Day Rate: c. �450 per day
Starting Date: 07/01/2013
Contract: 6 months

My client, an Acute NHS trust requires an Urgent Care Pathway Project Manager, who has experience of project management as well as day to day operational acute hospital management to lead a project entitled the Urgent Care Pathway Review as part of a series of Transformation Projects across the organisation. The suitable candidates will have experience and knowledge of acute care patient pathways.

The contract is for 6 months starting in January 2013

Closing date: 14 December 2012

Interim Fostering & Adoption Team Manager

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:27:47 +0000

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : London
Day Rate: c. �300 per day

Fostering and Adoption Team Manager for a London Borough. The succesful candidate would need to be a fostering specialist or at least have significant fostering experience either as a social worker or as a team manager as well as good statuatory front line safequarding children experience.

Interim Quality Assurance Team Manager

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:22:33 +0000

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East England
Day Rate: c. �350 per day

I am looking for an Interim Service Manager for quality assurance to lead and develop the authority's strategic approach to safeguarding, co-coordinating this approach through partners and LSCB.

The candidate will have to manage the budget for those services directly or through commissioned providers, and contribute to the budget setting and the coming in on target.

Senior Project Consultant/ Project Consultant

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:48:33 +0000

Permanent

Employer: GatenbySanderson
Location : Leeds
Salary:

Our Project Consultants and Senior Project Consultants have a key role to play at GS. They help Partners and Senior Consultants manage assignments, which includes a range of duties including writing and producing websites, organising advertising schedules, interviewing candidates, sifting applications, attending client meetings, and project managing larger (sometimes multiple) assignments. We are therefore looking for candidates with a good understanding of the recruitment process, strong analytical and organisational ability, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The jobs are based in Leeds but may involve working in our Birmingham or London offices.

Research Consultant

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:47:49 +0000

Permanent

Employer: GatenbySanderson
Location : Leeds/National
Salary:

Leeds based roles working across all of our sectors and practice areas. Research is the life blood of GatenbySanderson and we are only as good as the candidates we find and the intelligence we can bring to our clients and complex search assignments. We recruit candidates from all sectors and are innovative in the use of technology and social media in terms of candidate contact and attraction. However, this technology only supports intellectually informed conversations with candidates at the highest level.

We are looking for research consultants, working out of our Leeds office (though we will consider alternative locations for the right candidate) who will add value in a team based environment and respond poitively to interesting and challenging assignments.

Senior Research Consultants

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:13:12 +0000

Permanent

Employer: GatenbySanderson
Location : National
Salary:

Private or Public Sector Experience

Nationally based roles working across all of our sectors and practice areas. Research is the life blood of GatenbySanderson and we are only as good as the candidates we find and the intelligence we can bring to our clients and complex search assignments. We recruit candidates from all sectors and are innovative in the use of technology and social media in terms of candidate contact and attraction. However, this technology only supports intellectually informed conversations with candidates at the highest level.

We are looking for experienced research consultants who can work in our offices or from home and will add value in a team based environments and respond to interesting and challenging assignments.

Partner / Senior Consultants - Education Practice

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:54:26 +0000

Permanent

Employer: GatenbySanderson
Location : National
Salary:

A role based out of our London, Leeds or Birmingham offices. Our Education Practice is growing rapidly, building on our work across the Department for Education and its agencies, where we are one of only three retained suppliers. Education is one of our newer Practice areas, but we are already having a strong impact across the sector with many new clients in universities, colleges and large schools groups. As Government policy impacts and students' expectations shift, there is great potential for GatenbySanderson to support the need for new executive and non-executive level capacity and skills in educational organisations. We expect to grow our market share significantly in 2013, building on our proven business model and networks across education.

Working with Elliott Rae, you could be based out of our London, Birmingham or Leeds offices and will enjoy the challenge and opportunity presented by growing a rapidly developing business area in a firm who knows how to support you.

Partner/Senior Consultants - Health Practice

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:52:58 +0000

Permanent

Employer: GatenbySanderson
Location : National
Salary:

A role based out of our London, Leeds or Birmingham offices working with Robin Staveley and Mel Shearer who have built our Health Practice from a start up to one of the three leaders in the market. Health sector reform and development is a huge priority for the current Government and with an ageing population is likely to be a national priority for many years to come. Supporting clients with our innovative approach and cross sector search abilities, this opportunity arises for an ambitious and capable individual who wants to build profile and experience in a rapidly developing and dynamic team.

As much of our recruitment is for non executive directors, we are as likely to be searching in the private sector as the public and voluntary sectors, making this an interesting and diverse practice to work in. We are fortunate to have highly skilled and experienced colleagues within the team who are superbly well networked. For anyone considering in the healthcare sector looking for a challenging and rewarding career change, as well as for those within healthcare recruitment market, this practice offers a real opportunity. We are a growing team, developing strong and lasting relationships with our clients, and we are ambitious.

Interim Director of Operations - Surgery (18 week pathways)

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:38:07 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : North England
Day Rate: �650 per day
Contract: 3-6 months

We are looking for an Interim Director of Operations in Surgery for a 3 – 6 months period. You need extensive knowledge and experience of 18-week pathway and improving performance in that area. The role is based with an aspirant FT in the North.

Interim Head of Contracting

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:19:56 +0100

Interim

Employer: Confidential
Location : South East England
Day Rate:
Starting Date: 17/09/2012
Contract: 3-6 months

We are looking for an interim Head of Contracting for a mental health trust. This person will lead the Trust for Income Contract Negotiations, Drafting, Administration and Planning.
Your main focus will be to secure the planned annual income levels through contract agreements with Commissioners and other organisations, whilst developing the contractual models to take account of the development of Payment by Results.