Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is Grade J £51,356 (Level one) rising to £54,495 (Level 4)
Location: Loxley House
We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .
About You
Are you committed to making a real difference in the lives of children and young people? We're seeking a passionate and strategic leader — ideally with senior-level experience in a children in care provider — to join our Contracts and Quality Improvement team, where your work will directly influence the quality and impact of services delivered to vulnerable children across Nottingham. Your insight into the realities of delivering residential care, fostering, or supported accommodation will help shape a provider market that is safe, effective, and truly centred on the needs and voices of children and families.
This role is central to shaping a responsive and high-performing external provider market. You'll lead on building and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with service providers, ensuring that commissioned services are safe, effective, and truly centred around the needs and voices of children and families. Your negotiation skills will be key in securing tailored, value-for-money packages that reflect individual care needs and aspirations.
If you're driven by improving outcomes for children, confident in navigating complex provider landscapes, and skilled in fostering partnerships that deliver lasting change, we'd love to hear from you.
The Ideal Candidate Will Have
* Knowledge and experience of working within the legislative framework for children's social care.
* Experience and knowledge of contract management, quality improvement, market management, negotiation and provider performance.
* Experience of establishing and maintaining strong and effective partnerships and working relationships
* Ability to think with a "can do" attitude, inspiring change, thinking analytically and solution focussed mindset
* A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
You can find the job description for this post
here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the
additional information
for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Claire Wells - Service Manager on
Closing Date: 29th September 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: To be confirmed
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About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
* 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
* Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
* Smart Working – to support your work life balance
* Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.