Competitive salary.

By harnessing your energy, we can put a spring into thousands of steps.

That's ambition at work.

This is it. The next stage in our ambitious change programme. A programme that will make Haringey a better place to live, learn work, have fun and grow up. Getting us where we need to be is going to demand the most talented and fl exible leaders at all levels.

People with drive, ambition and a firm belief that the finishing line matters. With this kind of team and new DCS soon to be appointed –plus some exciting improvement plans – we can make transformation happen.

And it's well underway. Our exciting transformation programme, Haringey 54,000, is already improving children's lives. Working closely with our strategic partner, iMPOWER, means we're on course for change, while our leadership programme means there's professional support all round.

Assistant Director – Safeguarding and Social Care £90k - £105k

Working closely with local partners, you'll be the powerhouse leading and managing our high quality children's safeguarding and social care service. Your challenge? To ensure that we have all the right strategic and operational strategies in place to give children and young people the positive future they deserve, no matter what.

Assistant Director – Quality Assurance, Early Help and Prevention

£90k - £105k - Securing better outcomes for children is what drives you. To make it happen here, you'll develop and implement a truly effective early help, intervention and prevention strategy. One that will see you working collaboratively to deliver a 'joined up', family-focused early help and intervention approach.

Directing and shaping strategic and operational arrangements within this new framework, you'll lead from the front on a wide range of partnership issues.

Head of Service – First Response and Early Help £60k - £70k

A rapid response to referrals can make all the difference. That's why it's so important that we find a skilled professional to manage and lead this key element of Children's Services. With your substantial experience in the fi eld, you'll ensure that our approach to safeguarding meets statutory requirements and is fi t to operate on the front line. You'll relish the exciting challenge of contributing to our Early Help offer, so that every child has access to preventative services.

Head of Service – Safeguarding and Support £60k - £70k

The success of our Children in Need and Safeguarding services – and the wellbeing of thousands of children – will be in your hands.

So it's vital that you have the confi dence and expertise to inspire your team to perform at their best. Under your leadership, these services will be child-focused and shaped by the Munro report – and therefore aligned with our wider strategy. Creative, innovative, challenging – but also highly supportive: that's the environment you can expect. Join us on this exciting journey and you'll receive strong leadership, which you'll pass on to your staff.

To find out more about these roles and apply, visit www.haringeyambition.com. For a confidential discussion, please contact our retained consultants at Penna, Maggie Hennessy on 07877 004648 or Julie Towers on 07764 791736 or come along to our open evening on: 26th March 2014 between 5.30-7.30pm.

Attendance at the Open Evening is by invitation and to register your interest in attending this event, email: haringeyambitionatwork@penna.com or call 0845 366 5562. For details of other vacancies at Haringey, go to www.haringey.gov.uk/jobs

Closing date: 18 April 2014.