About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
If you are interested and would like an informal discussion, please contact Priti Gaberria via email:
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance and Contracts Manager to join the Children’s team within the Commissioning & Programmes service. In this role, you will be responsible for leading on the monitoring and quality assuring of placements for children and young people in Haringey, ensuring that the provision is of high quality, safe, and capable of meeting the needs of our children.
Working for Haringey
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
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About You
The ideal candidate will have:
Understanding and experience of developing quality assurance models and strategy in the context of public sector commissioning.
Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience leading quality assurance activities, ideally within children’s services or a related field.
A strong understanding of relevant legalisation and policies impacting children’s services, and the quality standards expected for these services.
About the Team
As a Quality Assurance and Contracts Manager, you will be reporting to the Head of Children’s Commissioning within the Commissioning and Programmes team. This is a new team within the directorate, and it has been established to ensure that our commissioning and programme activity encompasses:
Strategic thinking: The service values those who are able to think strategically and provide management with innovative ideas and input for the ongoing improvement of the service.
Collaborative working: The service operates with a “One Children’s Commissioning” approach, working together with external partners to achieve our objectives.
Performance management: We place a strong emphasis on performance management, ensuring the delivery of high-quality commissioned contracts and services that are evidence-based and offer best value.
Cultural change: We are driving cultural change and new ways of working to ensure that the service aligns with corporate and service priorities, plans and objectives
