Director of Governance, Performance & Assurance

Director of Governance, Performance & Assurance
Executive Level 2 - £95,000-£113,625
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Flexible, home based with travel to CQC offices as and when required
Closing date: 12th March 2024 at 11.59pm
This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
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Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?
When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us, make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.
The Benefits
- 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking
Why this could be a great role for you
This is the perfect opportunity for a high calibre service delivery professional with a great leadership style to develop their career with an organisation of national importance.
This is a mission-critical role in which you will have the chance to shape the strategic direction of our organisation and play a vital role in leading our critical corporate functions.
You will discover a proactive, engaged environment where every member of the team pulls in the same direction in order to make a positive difference to the care sector, and you will be enabled to further develop and enhance our culture, bringing about exceptional change.
So, if you’re ready to make an impact whilst advancing your portfolio of experience, we would love to hear from you.
What you will bring
To be considered as the Director of Governance, Performance & Assurance, you will need:
- Senior leadership experience, including the ability to work with stakeholders at board level
- Experience of leading service delivery and seeking improvements in a large-scale, complex and fast-paced environment
- Experience of risk management and internal control frameworks
- A strong understanding of assurance, accountability and transparency
- An excellent understanding of Governance and performance
- Great communication skills
- Great collaboration and team-focused skills
What you’ll be doing
As the Director of Governance, Performance & Assurance, you will be a strategic partner in driving organisational success.
Reporting directly to the Deputy Chief Executive, you will provide strategic leadership for critical corporate functions, including governance, corporate performance, risk management and organisational assurance. Your aim here will be to help us deliver on strategic objectives.
You will provide expert guidance and support to directorates, the Executive team and the Board, driving positive change through evidence-based insights, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Additionally, you will develop simple but effective governance frameworks that facilitate decision-making processes and committee operations, empowering colleagues whilst responding to shifting priorities.
Next steps
**Please do not apply via this website. For further information about the position, to receive a candidate pack and for details of how to apply, please select the button shown.
CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
For this role, we are particularly encouraging people from ethnically diverse communities and people with a disability to apply, who are currently under-represented at this level in the organisation.