Head of Performance & Business Improvement

Job Description

Salary range: CSR B (£98,051- £104,131 p.a.)
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Croydon

Croydon is a big, diverse and exciting place to be. Following back-to-back good Ofsted ILACS, we are hungry to be better.

The Head of Service for Performance and Business Improvement is a pivotal role in the ongoing improvement of Croydon’s Children’s service, including social care, education, SEND, youth justice, early intervention, and prevention.

Through the oversight of our Helping Families Thrive programme, this role is key in supporting and championing our council wide improvement plans, making those things we do every day even better for our children and families across our brilliant borough.

The role is essential in developing and maintaining our focus on innovation and advancement across all the national children’s system reforms, providing strategic support towards the end-to-end redesign, and structural and cultural integration of the directorate.

The role requires a skilled leader and influencer, who is bold and determined to strive for and drive improvement in outcomes for all children.

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Apply early - This vacancy may close without notice if a sufficient number of applications are received. Early application is therefore encouraged.

About us

Croydon Council’s priorities

The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services

• Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable
• Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon’s diverse communities and businesses
• Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors
• Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice
• Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities

Key business plan outcomes:

• Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning
• Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential
• Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home
• People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer
• Croydon Council’s new ways of working

Equal Opportunities Statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.