Planning & Assurance Support Officer Grade C: £32,471 (National Framework) or £38,143 (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £581 per annum for those working from home. For part time roles – please note this will be pro rata. Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week or Part-time29.6 hours per week. Job-share will be considered. Talk to us about compressed hours. Contract Type: Fixed Term, Secondment opportunity until 27 February 2026. Location: Home or office based, flexible location. Hybrid working (working 2 days a week from home). Closing Date: Sunday 9 February 2025 at 11.59pm Potential Interview Date: (via Teams) weeks commencing 17 and 24 February 2025 This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England? When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000 people at the CQC, we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on. Why this could be a great role for you… This role plays a pivotal part in helping our Engagement directorate to do their best work. It is an opportunity to manage a small team with the core aim of keeping the smooth running of the directorate on track and helping us to move forward. There is also scope to reshape the team’s relationship to Engagement following a recently completed change programme. What you will bring… You will bring skills and experience to support our Engagement directorate with monitoring and reporting of performance management against our business plan. You’ll be working closely with colleagues from several different teams to support finance, business administration, governance, procurement and risk management. For a detailed job description, please click the ' Apply online ' button. What we can offer you Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through our benefits scheme 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars Discounted gym vouchers Cycle to work scheme Internal reward scheme where you could earn yourself a voucher or two Equipment for homeworking We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network. We want to support you to succeed and be your very best with opportunities for training and development; along with the support of experienced managers and mentors. Please note some roles may be subject to a satisfactory DBS check For further information about this role please contact Hiring Manager – Chris Day, Director of Engagement.