Assistant Director - Council

Role: Assistant Director REF 1588739
Contract Length: Until end of December 2025
Location: Hybrid/Northampton – 3 days per week in office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Negotiable

Spinwell is recruiting for an Assistant Director for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

To report directly to the Corporate Director Adults (DASS) for West Northamptonshire. A core member of the Strategic Leadership Team for Adult Services responsible for the strategic planning, engagement, operational & statutory delivery of key services and accountability for the financial & budgetary management & control of the 100 million budget for Adult Social Care.

To develop and deliver high quality services for local people in partnership with all key stakeholders ensuring that best possible outcomes for people who use services, and their families are delivered. As strategic service lead the role bears accountability for ensuring services, practice & standards meet statutory requirements and that all professionals work together to deliver Making Safeguarding Personal to promote and secure the safety of local residents.

The role requires leadership of key strategic programmes across the services with key partners to deliver the vision & outcomes required whilst anticipating and planning for demand in the short, medium and long term.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
  • Interpersonal:
  • Sufficient to impart understanding and gain acceptance of new concepts and proposals and to be a credible representative at a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary forum at a range of strategic and operational levels.
  • Written:
  • The preparation of complex reports, guidance, presentations and correspondence to stakeholders.
• Able to engage a diverse range of people who use services partner organisations and staff to promote good relations and equality.
• Excellent problem solving skills and experience of handling conflict and managing sensitive issues to achieve positive outcomes.
• Ability to forge, maintain and develop positive working relationships with current and new Stakeholders.
• Ability to assess & mitigate risk whilst effectively developing and managing services / strategic priorities.
• Ability to shape services by creatively thinking and being innovative to address priorities and meet customer needs.
• Ability to establish and develop monitoring systems for the continuous development of people and services, establishing effective team working for the delivering of high quality and commercially viable services. To performance managed effectively.
• Ability to give clear direction and role model Directorate & Council values.
• Ability to demonstrate awareness / understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs.
• Ability and willingness to travel both inside and outside of the Borough as required.
• The ability and willingness to participate in an out of hour’s rota.
• High level written and oral communication skills.
• Detailed & extensive understanding of the legislative frameworks and statutory requirements relating to adult social care services.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of financial & budgetary management & control requirements for Adult Social Care and its fit with the overall Corporate budgetary position.
• Detailed understanding of the scope of the Care Act and the remit and requirements of the Care Quality Commission.
• A good understanding of the operational, commercial and social community aspects of a similar, diverse and complex environment across adult social care.
• Understanding of best practice models across social care with an ability to successfully generate new and innovative business case to implement transformation and manage change effectively.
• Understand the importance of and commitment to incorporating the public, private and voluntary sectors in service delivery.
• Understanding of the commercial market for adult social care and an ability to successfully generate new business opportunities to maximise income and resources.

  Strategic Management

• Experience at third tier or above and service delivery within the public or health sector

  Or

• Demonstrate similar complex organisational experience at a high level e.g., Assistant Director level.
• Understanding of how to engage and develop best practice approaches.
• Budget Management
• Experience of managing a large and complex budget and driving the responsibility throughout the management structure with accountability for budgets.
• Complex and Political Environments
• A solid understanding of the relevant legal, commercial, political, operational and social community aspects of a similar diverse and complex environment
• Experience of working with an accountable organisation with complex stakeholder and supplier relationship.

If you are an Assistant Director, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

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