Interim Careers Service Lead 📍 Birmingham (Hybrid Working) 💰 £500-£600 per day 📅 3-6 month contract The Opportunity My client is seeking an experienced Interim Careers & Participation Service Lead to provide strategic leadership across its post-16, careers, and participation services within Children and Families. This is a high-impact role responsible for ensuring the Council meets its statutory duties, improves outcomes for young people, and drives forward service transformation, particularly in reducing NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) levels and enhancing participation across the city. Key Responsibilities Provide strategic oversight of Careers & Participation services, ensuring delivery of statutory responsibilities and alignment with council priorities. Lead the development and implementation of a Post-16 Strategy, maximising participation and improving outcomes for young people. Drive service redesign, transformation, and continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to improve delivery, efficiency, and impact. Lead initiatives to reduce NEET levels, ensuring effective tracking, targeted interventions, and strong partnership working. Build and maintain effective partnerships with schools, colleges, training providers, and community organisations to support participation and progression. Provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams, fostering a high-performance and ...