Description Job title: Operational Director of Childrens Services Salary: £68,800 per annum (£52,064 pro-rata) Location: Remote – With travel across Wales Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time – 28 hours per week (4 days per week) Benefits: 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years. Find out more about Action for Children here: Action for Children and on X, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better. About the role Are you a strong communicator and creative thinker with a flair for innovation who is focused and passionate about changing the lives of children and their families? We have a unique opportunity for an Operational Director of Children's Services to provide leadership and management across Wales. This is an exciting and rewarding role with the opportunity to make a huge personal impact. Reporting to the National Director of Wales, you'll lead, develop and manage a dedicated team of managers who deliver a range of children's services across a specified area. Wales has ambitious plans to grow residential, fostering, criminal exploitation and mental health services whilst ensuring our existing service footprint remains strong and sustainable. This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational leader who wants to make a difference to the lives of children and young people as part of a passionate and ambitious Wales team. How you’ll create brighter futures Acting a Responsible Individual for regulated Childrens Services and undertake a fit and proper person test with CIW. Providing leadership and overall management for a range of Children's services (including Childrens Residential Homes), while working collaboratively with peers and stakeholders to make most of our resources Having responsibility for direct reports who'll be a range of committed staff with varying levels of expertise and managing their performance Monitoring contract management operations and ensuring effective governance by creating performance reports and supplying the information to relevant committees Guiding our sustainability and growth plans to make sure we are meeting or exceeding targets Oversee local tenders and grants and subsequent implementation and delivery plans Applying the highest standards of safeguarding across your patch and reporting on developments Operating within the local political context, adhering to legislative and regulatory requirements and build collaborative working relationships with local and national bodies, local government and their officials Let’s talk about you A relevant professional qualification in Education, Health or Social Care A management qualification or working towards S/NVQ level 5 in management or DMS leading to MBA Strong people leadership including (though not limited to) Culture, Health and Safety, Financial, Performance and Retention Experience of Safeguarding and delivering or managing children's services Detailed knowledge of the Social Services (Wales) Act 2014 and RISCA (Wales) Act 2016, including other relevant legislation and how this applies to us Commercial awareness and the ability to identify new sources of revenue and business opportunities The availability to travel to various locations in Wales when required, though we are flexible, and this can be discussed further at interview. Good to know We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role For more information about our Operational Director of Childrens Services role, please review our full job description by clicking here. If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Scott Jones at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 11659 and we'll be happy to give you any support you require. 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. Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles. Useful Documents: Action for Children employee benefits AfC Commitment Statement Teitl swydd: Cyfarwyddwr Gweithredol Gwasanaethau Plant Cyflog: £68,800 y flwyddyn (£52,064 pro-rata) Lleoliad: Gweithio o bell - A theithio ledled Cymru Contract/Oriau: Parhaol, Rhan amser – 28 awr yr wythnos (4 diwrnod yr wythnos) Buddion: 29 diwrnod o wyliau blynyddol ynghyd â gwyliau banc ac opsiynau i brynu neu werthu absenoldeb Pecynnau mamolaeth, mabwysiadu a thadolaeth hyblyg. Pensiwn gyda hyd at 7% o gyfraniad y cyflogwr, sy’n cynnwys yswiriant bwyd Porth disgownt staff a chymhwysedd Cerdyn Golau Glas gyda disgowntiau gan 15,000 o werthwyr cenedlaethol Rydym yn gyflogwr achrededig Cyflog Byw Go Iawn Rydym yn un o'r elusennau plant mwyaf yn y DU ac rydym wedi bod yn gwneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau plant bregus y DU ers dros 150 o flynyddoedd. Dysgwch fwy am Weithredu dros Blant yma: Gweithredu dros Blant ac ar X, LinkedIn, Facebook neu YouTube i ddod i'n hadnabod ni’n well. Ynglŷn â'r rôl Ydych chi’n gyfathrebwr cryf ac yn feddyliwr creadigol gyda dawn am arloesi sy’n canolbwyntiedig ac yn angerddol am newid bywydau plant a’u teuluoedd? Mae gennym gyfle unigryw i Gyfarwyddwr Gweithredol Gwasanaethau Plant ddarparu arweinyddiaeth a rheolaeth ledled Cymru. Mae hon yn rôl gyffrous a gwobrwyol gyda’r cyfle i wneud argraff bersonol enfawr. Gan adrodd i Gyfarwyddwr Cenedlaethol Cymru, byddwch yn arwain, datblygu a rheoli tîm ymroddedig o reolwyr sy'n darparu ystod o wasanaethau plant ar draws ardal benodol. Mae gan Gymru gynlluniau uchelgeisiol i dyfu gwasanaethau preswyl, maethu, camfanteisio troseddol ac iechyd meddwl gan sicrhau bod ein hôl troed gwasanaeth presennol yn parhau i fod yn gryf ac yn gynaliadwy. Mae hwn yn gyfle cyffrous i arweinydd ysbrydoledig sydd eisiau gwneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau plant a phobl ifanc fel rhan o dîm Cymru angerddol ac uchelgeisiol. Sut byddwch yn helpu i greu dyfodol mwy disglair Gweithredu fel Unigolyn Cyfrifol ar gyfer Gwasanaethau Plant rheoleiddiedig a chynnal prawf person addas a phriodol gyda AGC. Darparu arweinyddiaeth a rheolaeth gyffredinol ar gyfer ystod o wasanaethau Plant (gan gynnwys Cartrefi Preswyl Plant), gan gydweithio â chyfoedion a rhanddeiliaid i wneud y gorau o'n hadnoddau Bod yn gyfrifol am adroddiadau uniongyrchol a fydd yn amrywiaeth o staff ymroddedig â gwahanol lefelau o arbenigedd a rheoli eu perfformiad Monitro gweithrediadau rheoli contractau a sicrhau llywodraethu effeithiol drwy greu adroddiadau perfformiad a darparu'r wybodaeth i bwyllgorau perthnasol Arwain ein cynlluniau cynaliadwyedd a thwf i wneud yn siŵr ein bod yn cyrraedd neu'n rhagori ar dargedau Goruchwylio tendrau a grantiau lleol a chynlluniau gweithredu a chyflawni dilynol Gweithredu'r safonau diogelu uchaf ar draws eich ardal ac adrodd ar ddatblygiadau Gweithredu o fewn y cyd-destun gwleidyddol lleol, gan lynu wrth ofynion deddfwriaethol a rheoleiddiol a meithrin perthnasoedd gwaith cydweithredol â chyrff lleol a chenedlaethol, llywodraeth leol a'u swyddogion Gadewch i ni siarad amdanoch chi Cymhwyster proffesiynol perthnasol mewn Addysg, Iechyd neu Ofal Cymdeithasol Cymhwyster rheoli neu'n gweithio tuag at lefel 5 S/NVQ mewn rheolaeth neu DMS yn arwain at MBA Arweinyddiaeth gref o ran pobl gan gynnwys (er nad yw'n gyfyngedig i) Diwylliant, Iechyd a Diogelwch, Cyllid, Perfformiad a Chadw Staff Profiad o Ddiogelu a darparu neu reoli gwasanaethau plant Gwybodaeth fanwl am Ddeddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol (Cymru) 2014 a Deddf RISCA (Cymru) 2016, gan gynnwys deddfwriaeth berthnasol arall a sut mae hyn yn berthnasol i ni Ymwybyddiaeth fasnachol a'r gallu i nodi ffynonellau refeniw a chyfleoedd busnes newydd Yr argaeledd i deithio i wahanol leoliadau yng Nghymru pan fo angen, er ein bod yn hyblyg, a gellir trafod hyn ymhellach yn y cyfweliad. Da i wybod Sylwer na allwn gynnig nawdd ar gyfer y rôl hon. I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am ein rôl Cyfarwyddwr Gweithredol Gwasanaethau Plant, darllenwch ein disgrifiad swydd llawn drwy glicio yma. Os oes angen cymorth arnoch chi â'ch cais am unrhyw reswm, cysylltwch â Scott Jones yn recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk gan ddyfynnu’r cyfeirnod 11659 a byddwn yn falch o roi unrhyw gymorth sydd ei angen arnoch chi. Amrywiaeth, cydraddoldeb a chynhwysiant Yn Gweithredu dros Blant, rydym yn ymroddedig i feithrin gweithle amrywiol, cynhwysol a dilys. Rydym yn annog ceisiadau’n frwd gan ymgeiswyr Du, Asiaidd ac o Ethnigrwydd Lleiafrifol, ac ymgeiswyr anabl, am nad ydynt wedi eu cynrychioli’n ddigonol yn Gweithredu dros Blant. Rydym am gymryd camau pwrpasol a bwriadol i sicrhau cyfleoedd cyfartal i bob grŵp mewn cymdeithas ac i Gweithredu dros Blant. Mae staff gwrywaidd yn cael eu tangynrychioli o fewn ein rolau Gwasanaeth Plant. Hoffem annog mwy o ymgeiswyr gwrywaidd ar gyfer ein rolau Gwasanaeth Plant. Dogfennau Defnyddiol: Buddion Gweithwyr Gweithredu dros Blant Datganiad Ymrwymiad GdB