Quality and Sufficiency Manager

Lead transformation. Shape services. Improve lives.

Are you a strategic leader with a passion for driving high-quality services for children and young people? Do you want to play a pivotal role in shaping provision, influencing system-wide change, and ensuring every child has access to the support they need to thrive?

We are seeking an exceptional Quality and Sufficiency Manager to lead innovation, improvement and impact across Children’s Commissioning. This is a senior and influential role with real scope to shape the future of services and deliver meaningful outcomes at scale.

About the Role

This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of quality, sufficiency and service improvement across a services for children and young people.

You will:

• Lead quality and improvement at scale – driving a culture of continuous self-evaluation, learning and excellence across services. Lead a team of officers to drive and deliver quality improvement

• Shape and influence the local market – work with local providers to ensure children and young people have access to the right services, at the right time

• Use insight to drive decision-making – overseeing performance, intelligence and data analysis to inform quality improvement, development and decision making.

• Lead and inspire a high-performing team – Lead a team of officers to drive and deliver quality improvement

• Drive system-wide improvement – developing policies, procedures and frameworks that embed best practice and deliver measurable change

• Champion safeguarding and quality – ensuring robust practice and systems are in place to protect and support children and young people

• Work collaboratively across the system – building strong partnerships locally, regionally and nationally to strengthen services and share best practice

• Influence key decisions – representing the service at panels and boards to ensure resources are directed where they will have the greatest impact

This role sits at the centre of transformation — combining strategy, leadership, and delivery to ensure services are effective, sustainable, and focused on outcomes.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a confident, values-driven leader who is:

• Passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people

• An experienced leader of teams and change, with the ability to drive improvement across complex systems

• Highly analytical and strategic, able to interpret complex data and turn insight into action

• Skilled in building partnerships and influencing stakeholders across organisational boundaries

• Experienced in quality assurance, service development, and inspection frameworks

• A strong communicator, able to engage, inspire and challenge to achieve better outcomes

You will bring a strong understanding of children’s services, including quality standards, safeguarding, policy, and the wider local government landscape.

Why Join Us?

This is a rare opportunity to take on a brand new role where you can:

• Shape the future of services for children and young people

• Lead meaningful, system-wide quality improvement

• Work in a progressive, ambitious organisation committed to innovation and improvement

• Influence decision-making at a strategic level

• Be part of a culture that values collaboration, courage and creativity

Ready to lead change?

If you’re ready to step into a role where you can truly make a difference — shaping services, influencing systems, and improving lives — we want to hear from you.

Apply now and help us deliver better outcomes for children and young people.