National Director of Children’s Services Wales.

National Director of Children’s Services Wales.

Salary: c£88,000 per annum.

Contract: Permanent.

Location: Wales with travel required.

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers’ discounts.

About Us

Wherever you work in the Action for Children, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 671,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

Driven by love we take action for children.

A bit about the role

Reporting to the Managing Director of Children's Services, you will provide clear and visible leadership with a direct responsibility for Action for Children’s service portfolio across Wales.

Working across the full landscape of children's services in Wales will require you to have an understanding of the full range of statutory children’s services.

You will use your understanding of the policy landscape of the Welsh Government and strong business acumen to lead and grow a viable portfolio of services across Wales.

Our homes and services should be a place of comfort and our teams safe for all children. This requires cultural competency in our workforce and a clear plan to ensure that the diversity within our teams reflects that of the children and young people we support. This will be a key focus.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

• Using energetic leadership to create engaging relationships in and outside of Action for Children.
• Creating an environment that supports and engages children, young people, and families.
• Connecting policy to today’s opportunities, anticipating future opportunities based on policy and the voice of children and young people.

Let's talk about

• Experience of leading a multi-disciplinary workforce achieving excellent evidence-based outcomes for children, young people, and families is necessary.
• You will be able to demonstrate credibility in a senior leadership position working collaboratively to lead and embed a performance culture which delivers high quality outcomes.
• You will be experienced in identifying new business streams and successfully converting these into opportunities.
• You will be able to evidence the forging and building of relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, to support service and business growth and promote the best interests of children.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Closing Date : Monday 9th June 2025.

1st stage interviews will be week commencing 16th June 2025 by MS Teams.

2nd stage interviews will be held face to face in Cardiff on Thursday 10th July 2025.

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