Children's Rights Manager

Are you passionate about ensuring children and young people’s voices are heard? Do you want to lead and develop advocacy and independent visitor services that uphold the rights of children and young people up to 25 years old? We are seeking a motivated and experienced Children’s Rights Manager to oversee and enhance our advocacy across Sandwell, Walsall & Wolverhampton (Black Country). You will champion children’s rights, ensuring that our service meets national standards and delivers the best outcomes for children in care or facing challenges. If you are committed to empowering young people and have experience in advocacy, safeguarding, and service management, we want to hear from you!

About Coram: Coram is committed to improving the lives of children and young people. We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime. Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

About Coram Voice: Coram Voice is a leading national children’s charity committed to championing the rights of children and young people. Since 1975, we’ve worked to ensure that children in care, care leavers, and others who rely on state support are heard, valued, and empowered. Our vision is a society where children and young people are treated with dignity and respect, free from inequality and discrimination. We strive to ensure their voices are at the heart of decisions that impact their lives.

About the role: We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join Coram Voice as our new Children’s Rights Manager in the West Midlands. In this pivotal role, you will lead a dedicated team of advocates and deliver direct, ongoing advocacy and independent visitor services to children and young people across a range of settings.

What you will receive: Coram Voice rewards and recognises the valuable contributions our staff make to the organisation and offers an attractive benefits package to do so. Coram Voice benefits package includes a competitive salary, a matched pension scheme up to 5% of salary, generous leave entitlements of up to 28 days’ annual leave plus an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year and a suite of family-friendly policies, which promote employee wellbeing.

We are seeking candidates who are committed to our objectives for children and young people and equally committed to the organisation and the development of our services.

Recruitment process: Our Service Managers will undertake shortlisting. Successful candidates will be invited for interview. The interview process comprises a written exercise and a panel interview. Successful candidates will have a further one-to-one interview in accordance with Warner recommendations. Internal candidates will need to notify HR of their interest in the post and they will provide further information on the internal application process.

Returning your application: We cannot accept general CVs. When completing your application form, you need to address each point of the person specification and demonstrate how you meet it. Applications must be fully completed. If you are a current Coram Voice employee you may submit a supporting statement only addressing the person specification requirements for the post.

Closing Date: Monday 8th June 2026 at noon. Interview Date: Week commencing 15th June.

General consideration for applications: DBS checks: all posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring check. Training: All successful candidates are required to complete our compulsory training programme which includes training in Advocacy (Being a Voice), Safeguarding and Diversity. Conflict of interest: the independence of the service is important to Coram Voice. Prospective applicants need to raise any other potential conflicts of interest when initially contacting Coram Voice about this post.

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram. If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.