Head of Strategy, Intelligence and Planning
In Plymouth Children’s Services we have a high-profile programme of improvement and transformation in place across our services to improve outcomes for children and young people. Our ten priorities are set out in our three-year strategic plan, Achieving Excellence. This includes working closely with partners to ensure children and families receive the right help at the right time in the right place, focused work to achieve consistently good quality practice and improve sufficiency for children in care and SEND.
We are looking for a predominantly office-based skilled and experienced senior children’s services manager to establish and lead a new business critical service to provide the business planning and infrastructure requirements of our One Children’s Service.
This role will report directly to the Director of Children’s Services working closely with our two Service Directors (Education and Social Care). You will lead the strategy, performance, planning and intelligence functions for Children’s Services ensuring effective longer term strategic planning for the service. You will lead on data management, systems development, performance and sufficiency, including SEND, children’s placements, pupil-based planning and sufficiency, to deliver the provision of business-critical information and intelligence which improves the outcomes for children, young people and their families. You will have excell...