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Assistant Director, Commissioning Up to £95,000 per annum

Assistant Director, Commissioning Up to £95,000 per annum

ACHIEVE LASTING IMPACT

At Royal Greenwich, the children of the Borough are our absolute priority. Succeed in this role and you will have had a significant and sustained impact on their education, social care, health and wellbeing.

Reporting to the Director of Children's Services, you will lead and influence the strategic direction of services to children across the Royal Borough and its partners. You will ensure we use our data and intelligence in the most effective way possible, so that it improves practice, drives commissioning excellence and achieves improved outcomes for children and their families.

Bright, passionate and articulate, you will inspire staff and partners to embrace and drive service improvement. You'll have experience of leading the commissioning of large and complex services in the public sector. You'll also bring a track record of turning ideas into strategy and strategy into reality, quickly. Most of all you will show us you can make a difference.

For further information or to apply please contact our retained consultants Mark Bearn or Jayne Macleod of Hays Executive. Alternatively please visit www.hays.co.uk/jobs/royalgreenwich

T 0207 259 8743 E mark.bearn@hays.com

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