• Public Sector Headhunters
  • Negotiable
  • East Midlands
  • Permanent
  • Full-time

Our client is an East Midlands Local Authority who are seeking to appoint a Director to oversee their Social Care division. The new role has been created following significant changes in the department and to ensure it is fit for purpose in the future.

The ideal candidate will have a strong public sector background and substantial experience across one or more relevant services such as Mental Health, Safeguarding, Care Homes and Disabilities. The role will entail the development and delivery of objectives aligned to the overall service plan as well as a major focus on high performance. Strong project management skills will be a must given the change programme that is also going to play a key part of this role.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading successful services within a local authority, as well as managing people. A strategic thinker with a sound commercial awareness, the right calibre candidate would also ideally hold a professional qualification in social work or a relevant professional qualification.

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