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Deputy Service Director

We are looking for a Deputy Services Director to support a cluster of Area Managers across England and Wales.

This role is home based, with regular travel across the regions.

Position: 5494 Deputy Service Director

Location: Home Based

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week (Flexibility is possible, but likely to be required to meet core hours across Monday to Friday)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £62,522.13 per annum

Closing Date: First stage interviews will take place, via Zoom, in the week beginning 30th of April.

The Role

This role is home-based, regular travel and some unsocial hours will be necessary.  As a Deputy Service Director, you will:

• Support the Services Director to manage services across England and Wales
• Represent the charity externally, promoting a positive image of the organisation
• Identify and promote opportunities to grow and develop the services in order to improve reach and impact
• Monitor, develop and advance the approach to excellence, ensuring teams work to the highest quality standards
• Take the lead in developing the skills and expertise of the Operations Managers and further advancing excellent standard of casework
• Lead on income generation in allocated areas
• Promote advocacy for service users, ensuring that they are involved in the development of services and their needs are heard and understood

About You

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• An excellent understanding of the impact of crime and the experience of the criminal justice system on victims and witnesses
• A proven track record of successfully delivering services with significant contract values
• Exceptional leadership skills, ensuring individuals and teams feel nurtured and supported in order to achieve high levels of performance, commitment and collaboration
• Demonstrable experience operating effectively within a complex organisation at both operational and strategic level
• Previous experience of developing and maintaining successful partnerships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• A genuine openness to feedback and willingness to proactively learn from others

In Return…

Work for an organisation who believes in attracting and retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards and benefits package including:

• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday
• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity and paternity payments
• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment and leisure discounts
• Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary deducted finance
• Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support
• Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career development and progression

About the Organisation

This independent charity provides a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. Working towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System, everyone at the charity is driven by the Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events.

The organisation is committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Applicants are welcome from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if they are representative of the communities it serves in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of the commitment to the Race at Work Charter applicants are particularly welcome from BAME communities

You may have experience in areas such as Service Director, Director of Service, Deputy Service Director, Deputy Director of Service, Head of Service, Deputy Head of Service, Service, Criminal Justice, Victim Support, Community.

Please note this role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of our client.

In this role you will lead and empower the Executive Team and organisation to deliver high quality services to ensure that patient voices are heard. Working with the Board of Trustees you will develop the organisation’s long term strategy and ensure good governance. You will be the public face in building relationships with strategic partners and stakeholders to deliver impact and improvement and will represent the organisation at strategic meetings to hold services to account.

The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Monday 29th April 2024. 

The selection process will include:

• Interviews including a presentation element which will be held face to face on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th May 2024.
• Online sessions where the candidate will meet with stakeholders, the Board of Trustees and the Executive Team later in the week commencing Monday 13th May 2024.

If this sounds like the job for you, please follow the link to our website to access our application form and further details!

We are looking for Health Engagement Managert (North of England)

Job Title: Health Engagement Manager (North of England) 
Hours: 35 hours per week 
Salary: £43,209 per annum 
Location: Home-based, with regular travel required across the region and to our head office in London  
  

What we do: We help young people through cancer  

How we work: We’re Determined, United, Spirited and Kind  

About this role: 
 

• Someone with excellent influencing and relationship skills, you will be able to work with a range of key stakeholders, including NHS organisations, clinical teams, and charities. 
• Someone with a proven track record of forming, developing, and evaluating new partnerships to drive change and deliver strategic outcomes. 
• Someone with an expert understanding in measuring service outcomes, you will be responsible for providing the evidence of quality, impact and cost effectiveness for services funded and provided by Teenage Cancer Trust within your regions.
• Someone who can work strategically to create robust service delivery plans that will improve outcomes and reduce inequity for young people with cancer. 

How to apply: 

You’ll need to register on our portal, complete a short application and answer four questions about your skills and experience in relation to the role. 

First round interviews: 7-8 May 2024 

Second round interviews: 13-14 May 2024 

Compliance statements:  

At Teenage Cancer Trust one of our key focuses is around equity and making sure our services are accessible and inclusive to all young people with cancer, with no-one left behind. We have the same goal for people working with us. We want you to be yourself here and thrive doing so. In line with our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion commitments, we would love to see applications from LGBTQ+ people, people of colour/those from ethnically diverse communities, people living with disabilities and people of faith. 

At Teenage Cancer Trust we take our commitment to safeguarding seriously and work to protect and promote the rights of the young people who we support. Our safeguarding responsibilities extend to the children and adults who work to support the charity, who we also have a duty of care to protect. Safeguarding is at the forefront of each activity we carry out. In line with our approach, this role is subject to a DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service).   

For information on how we collect, store and process personal data please refer to our privacy policy on our website.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. If there is any assistance or adjustments, we can make to support you to make your application, please contact HR.