Director of Business Operations

4 weeks ago


Richmond, Greater London, United Kingdom richmondandwandsworth.gov - jobboard Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Director of Business Operations within the Adult Social Care and Public Health Directorate at Richmond and Wandsworth Better Service Partnership.

The Director of Business Operations covers a wide range of functions including business support to the Social Care and Public Health teams, as well as the directorate's Senior Management Team. In this role, you will lead key areas of work within the directorate including Health & Safety, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests, Member Enquiries, and Executive, Admin and Recruitment support.

The role has six direct reports and an overall responsibility for Business Support services covering 47 staff.

As Director of Business Operations, you will:
  • have strong experience of providing business support within a social care department
  • be an experienced manager with a leadership style that inspires and motivates people, with experience of developing and managing staff to provide an outstanding business support service
  • have a vision for how business support services can be provided in future, making best use of digital technology.

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. This campaign is anonymised.

All internal applicants for this secondment must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.

Location: Richmond, Greater London, United Kingdom



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