Team Manager - Contracts, Quality & Improvement

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is Grade J 51356 (Level one) rising to 54495 (Level 4)

Location:Loxley House

Weve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity youve 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 Were 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. Youll 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 youre driven by improving outcomes for children confident in navigating complex provider landscapes and skilled in fostering partnerships that deliver lasting change wed love to hear from you.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Knowledge and experience of working within the legislative framework for childrens 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 informationfor applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease 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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