Assistant Director – Social Care and Complex Commissioning & Sufficiency, NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL

Assistant Director – Social Care and Complex Commissioning & Sufficiency (Children’s Services)

Salary: £77,732 – £86,720 per annum. Permanent, Full Time. Location: Norwich (hybrid: onsite 2‑3 days per week, travel across Norfolk).

About The Role

You will:

• Lead strategic commissioning across Children’s Social Care.
• Drive improvements in placement sufficiency, quality and value for money.
• Oversee provider performance and safeguarding across the market.
• Represent Norfolk within the Commission East Regional Care Collaborative.
• Work in partnership across health, education and social care to deliver integrated solutions.
• Contribute to senior leadership across Children’s Services and deputise for the Director when required.

About You

• Significant senior experience in children’s social care commissioning.
• Strong understanding of sufficiency, market management and service transformation.
• Experience working across complex partnerships and systems.
• Excellent leadership, communication and influencing skills.

Why Join Us

You’ll be part of a recently rated ‘Outstanding’ Children’s Service, with the opportunity to shape strategic commissioning locally and regionally, improving outcomes for children and families across Norfolk.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Health and wellbeing services including fast‑track physiotherapy and a free counselling service.
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi‑time, part‑time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
• ‘Norfolk Rewards’ employee discount programme.
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers.
• Relocation expenses (where applicable).
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work.
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
• Tax‑efficient ways of contributing to further pension.
• Access to a tax‑efficient car lease scheme for greener travel (subject to eligibility).
• Payment if you refer someone you know to a hard‑to‑fill job.

Application Closing Dates

Redeployment closing date: 23:55, Monday 6 July 2026.All other applicants closing date: 23:55, Monday 13 July 2026.

Interview Dates

Interviews will be held on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 July 2026.

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