We are excited to be recruiting a Registered Services Manager into our Senior Operations Team to lead in enabling 1625ip to successfully deliver new Ofsted regulations on supported accommodation for care-experienced young people. This is a new post offering an exciting opportunity to shape and improve services, and place 1625ip in a strong, compliant state of readiness for Ofsted regulation and inspection, as this post-holder will be responsible for ensuring compliance and upholding quality standards across all 1625ip registered settings. Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59 on Monday 17 March 2025 We are striving to better represent the young people we support and therefore are particularly keen to increase applications from Black/Black British, Muslim, and male candidates as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We also encourage applications from people with relevant lived experience. If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible. Who are we? We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives. What you will be doing: You effectively engage with Ofsted to build relationships, ensure compliance, including timely and accurate notifications. You are super-organised and efficient, taking accountability for your work, and with great attention to detail and an ability to effectively audit, analyse, and identify improvements. You work effectively in partnership with multiple, cross-sector agencies, including local authorities, regulatory bodies, building strong relationships and communicating well. You guide and support service leads and teams across Ofsted-relevant services to ensure sufficient understanding, confidence, and compliance; including engaging with young people to listen, learn and improve; this entails regular visits to, working from Ofsted relevant sites. You are practised at leading projects, sustainable change, and service improvements. Ofsted have a requirement that a Registered Service Manager must have experience of having worked for at least two years, within the five-year period before the day on which they apply to register, in a position relevant to the residential support of children or adults. You will be in Senior Operations Team and your line manager will be our Programme Manager (Accommodation). At 1625ip we are led by our Competency Development Framework. This connects our values to our behaviours in everything we do and gives us the tools to develop. The framework ensures our recruitment is better informed, applications and interviews are behaviourally based, and job profiles are developed on the ‘how’ of a job. If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert. Contract details: Hours per week: 25 hours per week Contract type: Permanent Pay: £38, 626 - £41, 511 (£25,493.16 - £27,397.26 pro rata based on 0.66 FTE) The location: You will be based in Kingsley Hall, close to Bristol’s main train and bus stations as well as the vibrant city centre. There is also flexibility and support to manage working from home. Driving Requirement: In this role you will be required to provide a car for work purposes. You must have a valid UK MOT, UK driving licence, and insurance, which covers your vehicle for business use. A few benefits at 1625ip: A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays (pro rata) Employee Health Cash Plan with HSF A supportive and approachable team with an emphasis on colleague wellbeing "1625 Independent People is an amazing organisation and I feel very lucky to work here", Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2024. “I couldn’t be happier with the opportunities and support I have received in my career progression that has led me to my dream job” See what other colleagues have said about their career development with us, here. 1625ip is a Disability Confident Employer. Important dates: Application deadline closes: 23:59 on Monday 17 March 2025 If you have not heard from us by the end of the day on Wednesday 19 March 2025, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Interviews are on Thursday 27 March 2025, in Yate Application information: Ready to see yourself in this rewarding role? We can’t wait to hear from you. Please click here to access the job pack. This includes the criteria that will be assessed at application and interview. If you are having problems with downloading the Job Pack, please try opening it in a different browser. Please click here to download the application form. You will be asked to answer 5 questions at the end of the Word application form. These are required to ensure your application can be shortlisted. Please note the online e-application form cannot be saved so we recommend you prepare your Word application form before you start filling in the e-form. Please get in touch with us if a hard copy of the application form would be preferred. We will organise a time for you to collect it from and return it to Kingsley Hall (our main office in Old Market). An online application will then be created for you. Contact us To have an informal chat about the role, please contact Christopher Marshall: [email protected] If you have any queries, please email [email protected] For support with your application should you need it, Future Bright - WECA provide free coaching. Equitable opportunities for everyone We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers and encourage applications. As an organisation who safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. Successful candidates will need to provide our organisation with sufficient documentation to prove ID. We comply fully with the DBS code of practice and undertake to treat all applications for positions fairly. For successful candidates with a criminal record, a risk assessment process will take place with the recruiting manager. We also pride ourselves on being an equitable opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We have committed to being a Disability Confident Employer, and have made the Menopause Workplace, Mental Health at Work, and Bristol Equality Charter pledges. Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.