Assistant Director - Children's Services

If you are an inspirational and aspirational leader in Children's Services with a drive to deliver on The Promise to Scotland's children, young people and their families then this opportunity may be for you.

The successful person will be responsible for a varied portfolio of work in Children's Services operations across Glasgow / West of Scotland. The role requires the resilience and professional assurance to be able to work remotely and act as the senior relationship manager for the locality seeking opportunities to build new relationships and deepen existing ones with local authorities and other commissioning bodies to meet our ambition for growth.

This is a key and influential role, working as part of the Scotland Children's Services senior management team. Please see the generic Assistant Director Children's Services job description, person profile and additional information including essential criteria for this role.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.


About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.


Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.