Governance Manager

Job Introduction

Governance Manager

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity as a permanent position within the Performance, Governance and Systems Service of Children’s Services. 

Governance Manager lead on and manages all aspects of governance in our Children’s Service, with a specific focus on Children’s Social Care ensuring that the services are supported and administered appropriately and that statutory and good practice guidance in relation to governance and improvement is complied with. The successful candidate will create the right environment and culture for effective service delivery, actively promote partnership working and build on engagement of corporate and external partners. 

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated individual who understand and is committed to working with others to get better services for children, lives and breathes our values and has a passion for quality. You will enjoy working at a fast pace, love change and work well under pressure. In addition, you have experience of inspections, improvement, transformation, and local government and really get the issues facing Children’s Services 

If you are interested in this role or are simply curious about finding out more about helping us support our 80,000 children and young people in BCP get in touch with Stefanie Gehrig Clark, Head of Performance, Governance and Systems on 01202 093506 or email stefanie.gehrigclark@bcpcouncil.gov.uk

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people.  Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline.  We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services.  By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils. 

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward.  If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.

DBS

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.