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Financial Reporting Manager \n The Opportunity \n This is not a replacement hire. It's a newly created position that reflects the continued growth and evolution of a well-established, complex organisation. \n As the finance function continues to expand its capability and strengthen its controls environment, there is a need for an ambitious, technically strong finance professional to join the team as Financial Reporting Manager \n Working closely with an experienced Financial Controller, this role offers significant exposure across financial reporting, audit, controls, technical accounting and stakeholder engagement. More importantly, it provides a genuine platform for progression, offering the breadth of experience and responsibility needed to develop into a future Financial Controller position. \n For someone looking to accelerate their career within a supportive but high-performing environment, this is an opportunity to build the skills, credibility and commercial understanding required for the next step in their leadership journey. \n \n The Role \n As the Financial Reporting Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting across the business. \n Acting as the operational lead across month-end close, balance sheet governance, audit delivery and financial controls, you will work closely with the Financial Controller to maintain a robust reporting framework while driving continuous improvement across processes and controls. \n The role offers broad exposure across both technical and operational finance, providing an excellent opportunity to deepen your expertise while gaining valuable leadership experience. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the day-to-day month-end close process, ensuring reporting deadlines are achieved\n, • Review journals, accruals and key accounting calculations prepared by the wider finance team\n, • Prepare monthly reporting packs and provide insightful variance analysis\n, • Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring quality, accuracy and appropriate supporting documentation\n, • Monitor aged balance sheet items and areas of financial risk, escalating where appropriate\n, • Coordinate internal and external audit activity, managing requests, evidence and audit actions\n, • Perform first-line financial control reviews and support enhancements to the controls framework\n, • Research and assess the impact of new accounting standards and technical developments\n, • Support year-end close activities and statutory reporting requirements\n, • Prepare technical accounting papers, audit schedules and financial disclosures\n, • Contribute to process improvement initiatives across reporting, governance and capital expenditure accounting\n, • Partner with stakeholders across finance and the wider business to support informed decision-making\n\n \n About You \n You will be a technically capable accountant who enjoys operating within a controlled and regulated environment. Equally comfortable working in the detail and seeing the bigger picture, you'll be looking for a role that offers both challenge and clear development opportunities. \n \n Requirements \n\n • ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified\n, • Minimum three years' post-qualified experience within a financial reporting, financial control or technical accounting environment\n, • Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of financial controls\n, • Proven experience managing month-end close processes and balance sheet governance\n, • Experience supporting both internal and external audits\n, • Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail\n, • Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to challenging deadlines\n, • Confident communicator with the ability to build effective relationships across a range of stakeholders\n\n \n Why Apply? \n This role offers far more than day-to-day financial control responsibilities. It provides the opportunity to work alongside an experienced finance leadership team, gain exposure to complex technical and reporting matters, and develop the breadth of experience required to step into a Financial Controller role in the future. \n For ambitious finance professionals looking to take a significant step forward in their career, this represents a genuine pathway towards finance leadership.

Join us at a pivotal moment, where strategic procurement, vendor oversight, and long-term value delivery come together. \n \n This role offers an exciting opportunity to play a key part in ensuring LGPS Central Ltd procures goods and services and manages its critical suppliers and service providers effectively. Working alongside and supporting the Procurement and Vendor Oversight Manager, the postholder will gain hands-on experience in procuring a varied portfolio of goods and services, contract management and third-party vendor oversight within one of the UK’s leading LGPS pooling organisations. \n \n The role will suit someone who is organised, proactive, and keen to develop their expertise in procurement activities, contract management and vendor oversight. With exposure across the organisation including Investments, Finance, Legal and other services, this role provides the chance to build a strong understanding of public sector pensions pooling and the frameworks that underpin good governance and supplier relationships. \n \n What you'll be doing: \n Procurement \n\n • Procurement strategy development and execution of procurement activities, including drafting of tender documentation, tender evaluation, and onboarding processes, in line with Procurement Act 2023 and internal procurement policy.\n, • Assist with drafting and maintaining procurement documentation, including Invitation to Tender (ITTs), evaluation templates, and contract registers.\n, • Liaise with internal teams to gather requirements and ensure procurement activities are delivered on time and compliant with legislation and policy.\n, • Embed procurement best practice, through advice, providing guidance and training.\n, • Deputise for the Procurement and Vendor Oversight Manager as required.\n\n Vendor Oversight & Contract Management \n\n • Support the monitoring and oversight of suppliers and service providers.\n, • Assist in maintaining governance, risk and compliance system in relation to third party vendor oversight.\n, • Assist functions in the management of supplier risk and supplier management.\n, • Lead user of tender and contract management system, providing training and support to other users.\n, • Provide support to functions to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) are monitored and managed appropriately.\n, • Support periodic vendor reviews and reporting to internal governance forums.\n, • Support contract leads in undertaking supplier reviews and completing oversight activities.\n\n Compliance & Governance \n\n • Ensure procurement and vendor oversight activities are aligned with FCA, LGPS pooling requirements, and internal policies.\n, • Contribute to audits, compliance checks, and regulatory reporting as required.\n, • Promote strong governance, risk management, and transparency in procurement and vendor oversight processes.\n\n Relationship Management \n\n • Build collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Investments, and Legal.\n, • Support effective communication with suppliers, ensuring professional engagement and resolution of issues.\n, • Promote best practice in supplier management and procurement processes.\n\n \n About Us \n LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. \n \n LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are: \n\n • Cheshire Pension Fund\n, • Derbyshire Pension Fund\n, • Leicestershire Pension Fund\n, • Nottinghamshire Pension Fund\n, • Shropshire Pension Fund\n, • Staffordshire Pension Fund\n, • West Midlands Pension Fund\n, • Worcestershire Pension Fund\n, • Gloucestershire Pension Fund\n, • Hampshire Pension Fund\n, • Suffolk County Council\n, • Wiltshire Pension Fund\n, • Norfolk Pension Fund\n, • Oxfordshire Pension Fund\n\n \n The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. \n LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. \n Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds \n \n Requirements \n Procurement Knowledge: \n\n • Familiarity with public sector procurement processes, regulations (PCR 2015 and Procurement Act 2023), and best practice in tendering and supplier selection.\n\n Vendor Oversight Skills: \n\n • Experience supporting contract management, supplier due diligence and oversight activities.\n\n Organisation & Attention to Detail: \n\n • Ability to maintain accurate records, track deliverables, and monitor supplier performance.\n\n Stakeholder Engagement: \n\n • Strong interpersonal skills to support collaboration across teams and with external providers.\n\n Analytical & Reporting Skills: \n\n • Comfortable collating, analysing and presenting data associated with procurement activity and supplier performance.\n\n Teamwork and Communication: \n\n • Ability to work as part of team, promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration.\n, • Effective communicator, with the ability to communicate technical information at all levels, including to senior stakeholders.\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • CIPS Level 3 (Advanced Certificate) or working towards (desirable).\n, • Experience in procurement, vendor management, or contract management.\n, • Experience ideally within the public sector (desirable).\n, • Degree-level education (desirable but not essential with relevant experience).\n\n \n What do we offer? \n We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: \n\n • Competitive salary\n, • An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme\n, • 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays\n, • 2 days paid volunteering days\n, • An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays\n, • Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities\n, • Welfare and Family friendly policies\n, • Enhanced pay for new parents\n, • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme 247 Health & Wellbeing Support\n, • Vitality Private Medical Insurance\n, • Hybrid Working\n, • Company Service Awards\n, • Cycle to Work Scheme\n, • Company Electric Vehicle Scheme\n, • Nominees of the Family Friendly Employer of the Year 2022 Personnel Today Awards 2022\n, • Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023\n, • Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023\n, • Winner of LAPF Investment Innovation\n, • Winner of Pool of the Year 2025\n

Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment — where operational excellence powers long-term investment impact. \n \n The PMO Analyst will support the Programme Management Team in coordinating and delivering LGPS Central’s key change programmes and projects. \n \n This role provides vital structure and consistency across all programme activities, helping to ensure that governance, planning, and reporting are delivered to a high standard. The postholder will maintain key documentation such as project plans, RAID logs, and action trackers, and work collaboratively with project managers and stakeholders across the business to support the successful delivery of strategic change. \n \n This is a great opportunity for someone with project coordination or PMO experience to develop their skills within a professional, purpose-led, and growing organisation. \n \n What you'll be doing: \n\n • Support the Programme Management Team in coordinating and delivering multiple workstreams and projects.\n, • Maintain accurate and up-to-date project plans, schedules, and milestone trackers.\n, • Manage and update RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies) and ensure appropriate escalation and follow-up.\n, • Prepare and maintain key documentation, dashboards, and reports for programme and governance meetings.\n, • Coordinate programme meetings – scheduling, taking minutes, tracking actions, and ensuring timely follow-through.\n, • Help monitor and track project progress against timelines, budgets, and dependencies.\n, • Support consistency in PMO processes, tools, templates, and documentation standards.\n, • Work collaboratively with colleagues across LGPSC to enable effective change delivery and governance.\n, • Support the continuous improvement of the PMO function and assist in embedding best practice project management across the organisation.\n\n \n About Us \n \n LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. \n \n LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are: \n\n • Cheshire Pension Fund\n, • Derbyshire Pension Fund\n, • Leicestershire Pension Fund\n, • Nottinghamshire Pension Fund\n, • Shropshire Pension Fund\n, • Staffordshire Pension Fund\n, • West Midlands Pension Fund\n, • Worcestershire Pension Fund\n, • Gloucestershire Pension Fund\n, • Hampshire Pension Fund\n, • Suffolk County Council\n, • Wiltshire Pension Fund\n, • Norfolk Pension Fund\n, • Oxfordshire Pension Fund\n\n \n The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. \n LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. \n \n Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds \n \n Requirements \n\n • Experience working in a PMO, project coordination, or project support role, ideally within a professional, financial services, or regulated environment.\n, • Strong organisational and administrative skills, with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.\n, • Good understanding of project management principles, including governance, RAID management, and reporting cycles.\n, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging stakeholders at all levels.\n, • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and experienced in project tracking tools (e.g. Planner, Smartsheet, or MS Project).\n, • Strong time management skills, able to prioritise multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.\n, • A proactive, team-oriented mindset with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.\n, • Experience supporting transformation or change programmes in financial services, pensions, or asset management.\n, • Familiarity with project methodologies such as PRINCE2, APM, or Agile.\n, • Experience preparing management information, dashboards, or programme-level reports.\n, • Understanding of benefits tracking and post-project review processes\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • Degree level or equivalent experience.\n, • PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent project management qualification desirable.\n\n \n What do we offer? \n We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: \n\n • Competitive salary\n, • An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme\n, • 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays\n, • 2 days paid volunteering days\n, • An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays\n, • Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities\n, • Welfare and Family-friendly policies\n, • Enhanced pay for new parents\n, • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme - 24-7 Health & Wellbeing Support\n, • Vitality Private Medical Insurance\n, • Hybrid Working\n, • Company Service Awards\n, • Cycle to Work Scheme\n, • Company Electric Vehicle Scheme\n, • Nominees of the Family Friendly Employer of the Year 2022 - Personnel Today Awards 2022\n, • Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year - FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023\n, • Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023\n, • Winner of LAPF Investment Innovation\n, • Winner of Pool of the Year 2025\n

Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment, where investment meets long term impact. \n \n Based in Wolverhampton, the successful candidate will work closely with the Governance Manager, Company Secretary and Chief Legal, Compliance and Risk Officer (CLCRO) to ensure the effective management of the firm’s governance framework. \n \n What you'll be doing: \n As a Governance Officer you will: \n\n • Administrative oversight and co-ordination of all of the firm’s Tier One, Tier Two and Tier Three governance bodies, including:\n, • Drafting and coordinating agendas;\n, • Drafting minutes;\n, • Co-ordinating and quality control around packs of papers;\n, • Circulating papers and engaging with recipients;\n, • Supporting stakeholder engagement.\n, • Prompting and enforcing deadlines / ensuring effective scheduling.\n, • Support the Governance Manager in the administrative oversight and co-ordination for ‘Tier One’ governance bodies (currently including the LGPSC Board and its sub-committees and the firm’s subsidiary company boards), the Executive Committee and the company’s annual shareholder meetings.\n, • Ensure consistency and high standards of governance retained throughout the organisation.\n, • Timeously assisting with corporate filings with Companies House for the firm and its subsidiaries, including annual confirmation statements.\n, • Supporting the oversight and reporting around the integrity and efficiency of governance processes.\n, • Assisting with the management of key suppliers in support of the governance framework.\n, • Managing the ‘effectiveness’ reviews of the Tier One, Tier Two and Tier Three bodies.\n, • Oversight of the Company Structure Charts, ensuring these are maintained and updated appropriately (including the Governance Structure Chart).\n, • Assisting with the annual review of the Company’s Committee Terms of Reference (Tier 1, 2 and 3).\n\n \n About Us \n LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. \n \n LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are: \n\n • Cheshire Pension Fund\n, • Derbyshire Pension Fund\n, • Leicestershire Pension Fund\n, • Nottinghamshire Pension Fund\n, • Shropshire Pension Fund\n, • Staffordshire Pension Fund\n, • West Midlands Pension Fund\n, • Worcestershire Pension Fund\n, • Gloucestershire Pension Fund\n, • Hampshire Pension Fund\n, • Sulfolk County Council\n, • Wiltshire Pension Fund\n, • Norfolk Pension Fund\n, • Oxfordshire Pension Fund\n\n \n The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. \n LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. \n Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds \n \n Requirements \n\n • A track-record of governance experience in the financial services or corporate sectors.\n, • An awareness of best practice governance principles and practice and experience in reinforcing those.\n, • The ability to operate to high standards of professional integrity.\n, • Excellent inter-personal and relationship management skills.\n, • Highly organised and able to meet deadlines in a professional and timely manner.\n, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.\n, • Must be fully conversant in Microsoft Office applications including PowerPoint and use of databases such as Excel, Word, Sharepoint, and have the ability to learn new software quickly (including board management tools).\n, • Desire to provide services within a culture of customer focus, continuous improvement and service excellence.\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • NVQ Level 4 or other qualification in Business Administration, Governance, Company Secretarial and/or equivalent in- job experience operating in a governance type administrative role.\n\n \n What do we offer? \n We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: \n\n • Competitive salary\n, • An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme\n, • 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays\n, • 2 days paid volunteering days\n, • An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays\n, • Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities\n, • Welfare and Family friendly policies\n, • Enhanced pay for new parents\n, • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme 247 Health & Wellbeing Support\n, • Vitality Private Medical Insurance\n, • Hybrid Working\n, • Company Service Awards\n, • Cycle to work scheme\n, • Company Electric Vehicle Scheme\n, • Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023\n, • Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023\n, • Winner of LAPF Investment Innovation\n, • Winner of Pool of the Year 2025\n

Home Manager | Luxury Elderly Nursing, Dementia & Residential Care Home \n Wolverhampton, West Midlands \n \n Salary: £75,000 per annum + Up to 20% Annual Bonus + Excellent Benefits \n \n Are you an experienced Home Manager looking to inherit a high-performing care home rather than a turnaround? \n Do you thrive on developing people, maintaining exceptional quality standards and driving commercial success? \n Would you like to join one of the UK's most respected elderly care providers, offering genuine career progression and an unrivalled operational support network? \n \n Then this could be the opportunity for you! \n We are delighted to be partnering with a well-established national elderly care provider to appoint a Home Manager for one of their flagship luxury care homes in the West Midlands. \n \n This is a genuine succession opportunity following the internal promotion of the existing Home Manager, demonstrating the provider's commitment to recognising and developing exceptional leaders from within. \n \n Unlike many Home Manager opportunities currently available, this is not a turnaround position. The successful candidate will inherit a stable, commercially successful and highly regarded service with an experienced leadership team already in place. \n \n Our client has an outstanding reputation for delivering premium Residential, Nursing and Dementia Care and continues to invest heavily in both its homes and its people. With an extensive national portfolio and a strong operational infrastructure, Home Managers are empowered with the resources and support required to deliver outstanding care. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Provide operational leadership to a luxury elderly care home of approximately 108 beds.\n, • Lead, motivate and develop an established multidisciplinary management team.\n, • Maintain excellent CQC compliance and governance standards.\n, • Drive occupancy, resident satisfaction and commercial performance.\n, • Build positive relationships with residents, relatives, commissioners and healthcare professionals.\n, • Promote a positive, resident-focused culture throughout the home.\n, • Work collaboratively with Regional Directors and specialist support functions to continue driving excellence.\n\n \n The Ideal Candidate \n\n • Proven experience as a successful Home Manager within elderly care.\n, • Experience managing medium to large care homes (65+ beds preferred).\n, • Strong understanding of CQC regulations and governance.\n, • Demonstrable success improving or maintaining occupancy and financial performance.\n, • Excellent leadership, coaching and people development skills.\n, • Commercially astute with strong operational management experience.\n, • Passionate about delivering outstanding resident-centred care.\n, • RGN/RMN qualification is advantageous but not essential.\n\n \n Applications from experienced Interim Home Managers looking to return to permanent employment will also be considered where they can demonstrate measurable operational success. \n \n The Home \n\n • Luxury purpose-built elderly care home.\n, • Approximately 108 registered beds.\n, • Residential, Nursing & Dementia Care.\n, • Strong occupancy and financial performance.\n, • Established leadership and clinical teams.\n, • Excellent reputation for quality care.\n, • High proportion of privately funded residents.\n, • Genuine succession opportunity with no turnaround required.\n\n \n The Provider \n Our client is one of the UK's leading elderly care organisations, operating a substantial portfolio of premium care homes across the country. \n \n They are recognised for investing in their Home Managers through: \n\n • Dedicated Regional Director support.\n, • Operational Support Managers.\n, • Clinical Governance & Quality Teams.\n, • HR, Recruitment and Finance specialists.\n, • Extensive Learning & Development programmes.\n, • Clear internal progression pathways.\n, • A collaborative leadership culture where Home Managers are fully supported.\n\n \n This commitment to supporting operational leaders has resulted in excellent staff retention and regular internal promotions throughout the business. \n \n Location \n \n The home is conveniently commutable from Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Walsall, Cannock, Telford, Dudley, Sutton Coldfield, West Bromwich and the wider West Midlands area. \n \n Summary \n Compass Associates are partnering with a leading elderly care provider to recruit an experienced Home Manager for one of their highest-performing luxury care homes in the West Midlands. \n \n Offering a salary of £75,000 per annum, an annual bonus of up to 20%, excellent benefits and genuine long-term career progression, this represents an outstanding opportunity for an experienced leader looking to join a supportive organisation where they can focus on maintaining excellence rather than rebuilding performance. \n \n Recommendations \n Compass Associates Ltd is acting as the recruitment partner for this permanent vacancy. We offer £500 in vouchers or a charity donation of your choice for each successful referral. \n \n Contact Details \n If you would like to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please contact Jon Mondey directly on 02393 874322 or 07784481714. Alternatively, email an updated CV to jmondey@compassltd.co.uk.

Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment, where investment meets long-term impact. \n \n The Head of Commercial and Strategic Partnerships will lead the company’s commercial strategy across supplier relationships, strategic partnerships and wider third party engagement. The role will ensure we secure high quality services and partnerships that meet operational, regulatory and value for money expectations, while supporting our longer-term strategic ambitions. \n \n The postholder will build strong relationships across the organisation to understand business needs early, shape commercial options and support delivery. They will lead on assessing and managing strategic partnerships that strengthen capability, improve outcomes for Partner Funds and support the organisation’s future operating model. They will work closely with the Procurement Manager to ensure that procurement, contract management and third-party risk activity are joined up, well controlled and aligned to LGPS Central’s objectives. \n \n This role will set the standard for how we manage our commercial relationships across the Company. It will shape a culture of commercial awareness, transparency and accountability, ensuring our approach remains robust, forward looking, focused on value for money and aligned to the expectations of Partner Funds, regulators, government and other key stakeholders. \n \n What you’ll be doing: \n Commercial strategy and partnership leadership \n\n • Lead the commercial and strategic partnership strategy, aligned to business priorities.\n, • Identify and develop partnership models that strengthen capability and improve outcomes.\n, • Set governance for commercial decisions, including options appraisal, due diligence and decision records. \n\n Strategic partnerships and external engagement \n\n • Own key strategic relationships and ensure clear objectives, deliverables and success measures.\n, • Negotiate partnership terms, including governance, performance expectations and exit provisions.\n, • Monitor partnership health, risks and dependencies and drive continuous improvement. \n\n Contracting and commercial management \n\n • Oversee contract lifecycle activity including drafting, negotiation, renewals and change control.\n, • Maintain visibility of key dates, obligations and commercial risks.\n, • Support early resolution of commercial issues and disputes.\n\n Supplier and partnership performance management \n\n • Set standards for service management including KPIs, SLAs, reviews and improvement plans.\n, • Ensure contract owners manage performance consistently and address issues early.\n, • Maintain accurate performance and commercial governance records.\n\n Vendor oversight, operational resilience and risk \n\n • Ensure vendor oversight meets regulatory expectations and supports operational resilience.\n, • Oversee due diligence, ongoing monitoring and risk actions for key suppliers and partners.\n, • Work with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance and Technology on third party controls and reporting.\n\n Leadership and team development \n\n • Build strong relationships across the organisation and act as a trusted adviser on commercial decisions\n, • Encourage continuous improvement and drive consistent ways of working across commercial activity\n, • Promote a culture of transparency, accountability and proactive risk management\n\n \n About Us \n LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. \n LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are: \n\n • Cheshire Pension Fund\n, • Derbyshire Pension Fund\n, • Leicestershire Pension Fund\n, • Nottinghamshire Pension Fund\n, • Shropshire Pension Fund\n, • Staffordshire Pension Fund\n, • West Midlands Pension Fund\n, • Worcestershire Pension Fund\n, • Gloucestershire Pension Fund\n, • Hampshire Pension Fund\n, • Suffolk County Council\n, • Wiltshire Pension Fund\n, • Norfolk Pension Fund\n, • Oxfordshire Pension Fund\n\n The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. \n LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. \n Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds \n \n Requirements \n\n • Commercial and partnership leadership: Experience leading commercial strategy, contract negotiations and relationship management in a complex organisation.\n, • Vendor oversight and governance: Strong background in supplier due diligence, ongoing monitoring, operational resilience checks and managing third party risk in a regulated environment.\n, • Contracting and negotiation skills: Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial terms, managing contract lifecycles, renewals and commercial change.\n, • Stakeholder engagement: Strong interpersonal skills to engage senior leaders, project teams and external suppliers and partners. Able to influence and guide colleagues through commercial decision making.\n, • Analytical and reporting skills: Comfortable collating, analysing and presenting information on commercial activity, supplier and partner performance, risk findings and cost analysis for committees and senior stakeholders.\n, • Organisation and attention to detail: Ability to maintain accurate records, track obligations, monitor performance and manage multiple priorities in parallel.\n, • Communication: Clear communicator able to explain commercial, procurement and vendor requirements to both technical and non-technical colleagues, including senior stakeholders and committees.\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • A professional qualification is desirable in Procurement, Finance or another relevant field.\n, • Degree-level education (desirable but not essential with relevant experience).\n, • Must be able to meet the requirements of an FCA Certified role.\n\n \n What do we offer? \n We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: \n\n • Competitive salary\n, • An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme\n, • 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays\n, • 2 days paid volunteering days\n, • An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays\n, • Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities\n, • Welfare and Family-friendly policies\n, • Enhanced pay for new parents\n, • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme - 24-7 Health & Wellbeing Support\n, • Vitality Private Medical Insurance\n, • Hybrid Working\n, • Company Service Awards\n, • Cycle to Work Scheme\n, • Company Electric Vehicle Scheme\n, • Nominees of the Family Friendly Employer of the Year 2022 - Personnel Today Awards 2022\n, • Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year - FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023\n, • Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023\n, • Winner of LAPF Investment Innovation\n, • Winner of Pool of the Year 2025\n

Join LGPS Central at an important moment, where strong organisation, trusted support and clear coordination help the business move forward with confidence. \n \n This role is based in Wolverhampton and will provide high-level, confidential and proactive support to the relevant Chief Officer or Chief Officers. The role will help ensure priorities are well coordinated, decisions are supported, actions are followed through and colleagues, stakeholders and visitors experience a professional, organised and welcoming environment. \n \n The postholder will work closely with Chief Officers, Heads of Function, the Chief of Staff, Governance and colleagues across the business. This is a varied role that goes beyond diary management. It is about helping senior leaders stay focused, helping functional priorities move smoothly, improving information flow and making sure the practical day-to-day experience works well for everyone. \n \n This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who enjoys being close to the centre of the business, likes making things work better, and takes pride in creating calm, structure and momentum in a busy environment. \n \n What you’ll be doing: \n \n Chief Officer Support \n\n • Provide proactive, confidential and high-quality support to the relevant Chief Officer or Chief Officers.\n, • Act as a professional first point of contact, managing communications with discretion and judgement.\n, • Manage complex diaries, briefing materials, travel and accommodation, ensuring senior leaders are well prepared and supported.\n, • Use sound judgement and initiative to take ownership of tasks, resolve issues and escalate where needed.\n\n \n Business Manager Communications and Organisational Support \n\n • Work closely with the Chief of Staff to stay aligned with executive priorities, key messages and leadership direction.\n, • Help cascade strategic priorities into functional areas in a clear and practical way.\n, • Support communication flow between Chief Officers, Heads of Function and wider teams.\n, • Support organisational and cross-functional programmes where appropriate.\n\n \n Functional Coordination and Priorities \n\n • Support the wider function by helping coordinate priorities, track key actions and follow up commitments.\n, • Work with Heads of Function to improve visibility of deadlines, dependencies and key priorities.\n, • Help ensure information, decisions and actions are shared clearly and at the right time.\n, • Work in an agile way, adapting quickly to changing priorities and supporting fast-paced decision-making.\n\n \n Meetings, Governance and Information Management \n\n • Support meeting management by coordinating agendas, papers, logistics, actions and follow-up where required.\n, • Work closely with the Governance function to ensure there is a clear split of responsibilities for formal governance meetings.\n, • Support Chief Officers with meeting preparation, coordination of inputs and follow-up on actions assigned to them.\n, • Use AI and digital tools appropriately to support meeting preparation, information summarisation and action tracking.\n, • Maintain secure and intuitive digital filing and information management systems.\n\n \n Workplace Coordination \n\n • Support day-to-day workplace coordination, including shared spaces, office essentials and visitor areas.\n, • Liaise with suppliers, facilities contacts and internal teams to resolve practical workplace issues.\n, • Provide cover and support across the Business Manager group where required.\n, • Carry out other duties within the scope and spirit of the role, aligned to evolving business needs.\n\n \n About us \n LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. \n LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are: \n\n • Cheshire Pension Fund\n, • Derbyshire Pension Fund\n, • Leicestershire Pension Fund\n, • Nottinghamshire Pension Fund\n, • Shropshire Pension Fund\n, • Staffordshire Pension Fund\n, • West Midlands Pension Fund\n, • Worcestershire Pension Fund\n, • Gloucestershire Pension Fund\n, • Hampshire Pension Fund\n, • Suffolk County Council\n, • Wiltshire Pension Fund\n, • Norfolk Pension Fund\n, • Oxfordshire Pension Fund\n\n \n The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. \n \n LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. \n \n Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds \n \n Requirements \n\n • Experience providing high-level executive or senior leadership support in a complex and fast-paced environment.\n, • Confidence working with senior leaders, boards and external stakeholders.\n, • Strong judgement, discretion and ability to handle confidential information appropriately.\n, • Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands.\n, • Ability to support senior leaders beyond diary management, including priority coordination, action tracking and information flow.\n, • Strong written and verbal communication skills.\n, • Ability to summarise information clearly and produce accurate meeting outputs.\n, • Strong digital capability, including Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, SharePoint and collaboration tools.\n, • Experience using AI and digital tools to improve productivity, including meeting capture, action tracking and information summarisation.\n, • Good understanding of when formal governance outputs should sit with the Governance function.\n, • High attention to detail, with the ability to focus on what matters most.\n, • Proactive, practical and able to take ownership without close supervision.\n, • Comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines.\n, • Flexible and adaptable, able to move between executive support, functional coordination and workplace coordination.\n, • Awareness of information governance, confidentiality and data protection best practice.\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • Educated to GCSE level or equivalent.\n, • Business Administration qualification or equivalent experience in an executive support role.\n\n \n What do we offer? \n We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: \n\n • Competitive salary\n, • An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme\n, • 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays\n, • 2 days paid volunteering days\n, • An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays\n, • Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities\n, • Welfare and Family-friendly policies\n, • Enhanced pay for new parents\n, • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme - 24-7 Health & Wellbeing Support\n, • Vitality Private Medical Insurance\n, • Hybrid Working\n, • Company Service Awards\n, • Cycle to Work Scheme\n, • Company Electric Vehicle Scheme\n, • Nominees of the Family Friendly Employer of the Year 2022 - Personnel Today Awards 2022\n, • Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year - FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023\n, • Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023\n, • Winner of LAPF Investment Innovation\n, • Winner of Pool of the Year 2025\n

Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment, where investment meets long-term impact. \n \n The Reward & Performance Partner will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering LGPS Central’s reward and performance agenda. The role will lead high-impact work across base pay, variable pay, benefits, pensions, benchmarking, job architecture, reward governance, and the development of a clear, consistent performance approach that strengthens accountability, performance culture and organisational outcomes. \n \n The role will help shape a reward and performance framework that is fair, transparent, market-informed and designed to support a high-performing, inclusive culture. The postholder will bring strong technical expertise, sharp analytical thinking, and credible stakeholder influence, working in close partnership with the Chief Transformation Officer, Head of People and the wider team, to drive well-evidenced decisions, stronger performance outcomes and meaningful people impact. \n \n This is a unique opportunity to shape reward and performance practices that support the People Strategy, embed V2MOM performance objectives, reflect regulatory expectations, strengthen organisational resilience, and serve the long-term interests of LGPS Central and its Partner Funds. \n \n What you’ll be doing: \n Reward Strategy and Framework Development \n\n • Deliver LGPS Central’s total reward review in line with the People Strategy and agreed reward principles\n, • Lead activity across base pay, variable pay, benefits, pensions and total reward\n, • Help shape a fair, transparent and market-informed reward framework\n, • Ensure reward recommendations support performance, inclusion and a positive employee experience\n, • Support reward practices that recognise performance, contribution and impact\n\n Benchmarking, Pay Analysis and Job Architecture \n\n • Lead the annual benchmarking cycle, working with external advisers where needed\n, • Deliver pay benchmarking, comp-ratio analysis, market insight and reward modelling\n, • Support the design and development of job architecture and clear job levelling\n, • Turn analysis into clear, evidence-based recommendations\n\n Performance approach, objectives and culture \n\n • Own and evolve LGPS Central’s performance approach, ensuring it is simple, consistent, outcome-focused and aligned to the People Strategy.\n, • Lead the development and embedding of a stronger performance culture, with clear expectations, meaningful performance conversations and evidence-based outcomes.\n, • Support leaders to set, cascade and calibrate V2MOM performance objectives so individual and team objectives are aligned to corporate priorities, business outcomes and cultural expectations.\n, • Use performance insight, calibration outputs and colleague data to identify trends, strengthen accountability and improve the quality and consistency of performance outcomes.\n\n Variable pay and performance-linked reward \n\n • Lead the delivery and modelling of variable pay and incentive frameworks, drawing on external expertise where needed.\n, • Ensure performance metrics are integrated into incentive design, aligned to V2MOM objectives, the corporate scorecard, business priorities and risk expectations.\n, • Own the connection between performance outcomes and pay decisions, ensuring reward outcomes are fair, consistent, evidence-based and clearly governed.\n, • Ensure variable pay approaches support sustainable performance, strong governance, appropriate risk outcomes and a positive colleague experience.\n, • Promote credible performance-linked reward through clear principles, robust calibration and transparent decision-making.\n\n Governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement \n\n • Prepare high-quality committee papers, analysis, and recommendations for PCRC, RemCo, NomCo and other governance forums.\n, • Engage the Senior Leadership Group, Executive Committee, the Chief People & Transformation Officer and other senior stakeholders.\n, • Manage relationships with external reward advisers and other third-party partners.\n, • Present reward data, options, and recommendations clearly, with appropriate context and risk insight.\n, • Build trusted relationships across the business to strengthen understanding, confidence and engagement in reward and performance practices.\n\n Data, systems, and process improvement \n\n • Own reward data, modelling and analysis, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and strong governance.\n, • Identify opportunities to improve reward processes, reporting, data quality, and system use.\n, • Develop efficient, reliable pay modelling tools and analytical approaches.\n, • Ensure reward activity is delivered in a controlled, well-documented and auditable way.\n\n Compliance, regulation, and risk management \n\n • Ensure reward structures and recommendations reflect FCA requirements and broader governance expectations.\n, • Support reward activity in line with LGPS Central’s risk culture, risk appetite, and internal policies.\n, • Identify and escalate reward-related risks, issues, and as appropriate.\n, • Build a strong understanding of the LGPS landscape, implicationsPartner Fund expectations and the wider impact of reward decisions\n\n \n About Us \n LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. \n LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are: \n\n • Cheshire Pension Fund\n, • Derbyshire Pension Fund\n, • Leicestershire Pension Fund\n, • Nottinghamshire Pension Fund\n, • Shropshire Pension Fund\n, • Staffordshire Pension Fund\n, • West Midlands Pension Fund\n, • Worcestershire Pension Fund\n, • Gloucestershire Pension Fund\n, • Hampshire Pension Fund\n, • Suffolk County Council\n, • Wiltshire Pension Fund\n, • Norfolk Pension Fund\n, • Oxfordshire Pension Fund\n\n \n The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. \n \n LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. \n \n Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds \n \n Requirements \n\n • Significant reward experience in financial services, asset management, or a similarly regulated environment.\n, • Strong technical reward expertise, analytical depth and a good understanding of performance frameworks, objective setting and performance calibration.\n, • Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and committees with confidence and credibility.\n, • Excellent judgement, attention to detail and the ability to balance rigour with pragmatism.\n, • Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, boards, and external partners.\n, • Commercially aware, with the ability to align people and reward priorities to organisational goals and financial context.\n, • High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and gravitas.\n, • Strong analytical skills, including the ability to use performance, pay and workforce insight to support robust, evidence-based decisions.\n, • Highly effective partnering skills, with the ability to build trust, create momentum and work across the organisation.\n, • A growth mindset, with the ability to learn quickly, drive continuous improvement and bring fresh thinking across reward and performance.\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • Degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline.\n, • Reward, HR, finance, pensions or related professional qualification would be advantageous.\n\n \n What do we offer? \n We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: \n\n • Competitive salary\n, • An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme\n, • 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays\n, • 2 days paid volunteering days\n, • An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays\n, • Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities\n, • Welfare and Family-friendly policies\n, • Enhanced pay for new parents\n, • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme - 24-7 Health & Wellbeing Support\n, • Vitality Private Medical Insurance\n, • Hybrid Working\n, • Company Service Awards\n, • Cycle to Work Scheme\n, • Company Electric Vehicle Scheme\n, • Nominees of the Family Friendly Employer of the Year 2022 - Personnel Today Awards 2022\n, • Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year - FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023\n, • Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023\n, • Winner of LAPF Investment Innovation\n, • Winner of Pool of the Year 2025\n

Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment, where investment oversight, long-term stewardship and real-world impact come together. \n \n This role is based in Wolverhampton and will play a key part in providing internal oversight of LGPS Central’s pooled investment funds and internally managed investments across all asset classes. The role will help ensure our investment portfolios are well governed, appropriately challenged and aligned with our objectives, investment beliefs, risk appetite and Partner Fund expectations. \n \n The postholder will work closely with the Head of Centre of Excellence, CIO, Investment Teams and wider stakeholders to assess fund performance, investment risk, portfolio construction, manager quality and alignment with agreed mandates. This will include qualitative and quantitative oversight across areas such as listed equities, fixed income, property, private credit, private equity, infrastructure and other emerging asset classes. \n \n As a senior member of the investment function, the postholder will provide clear, evidence-based insight to support strong decision-making. They may also be required to present at Investment Committee, ORCA and other governance forums, helping LGPS Central maintain a transparent, robust and proactive approach to investment oversight. \n \n This role is a certified role under the Senior Manager’s Certification Regime and will be subject to assessments in Fitness and Propriety and any other regulatory requirements. \n \n What you’ll be doing: \n Investment Oversight and Risk Management \n\n • Lead holistic qualitative risk assessments of internal funds, covering both investment and non-investment risks.\n, • Review fund performance, manager quality and alignment with LGPS Central’s fund objectives.\n, • Assess whether portfolios are being managed in line with agreed mandates, investment beliefs, risk parameters and governance expectations.\n, • Develop and monitor risk metrics, identifying emerging risks across asset classes.\n, • Provide clear views on whether oversight and actions taken by Investment Teams are adequate, reasonable and proactive.\n, • Oversee investments across a broad range of asset classes, including listed equities, fixed income, property, private credit, private equity, infrastructure and other emerging assets.\n, • Contribute to long-term investment thinking, particularly where risk-adjusted returns, liquidity and Partner Fund outcomes need to be carefully balanced.\n\n \n Portfolio Construction and Asset Allocation \n\n • Help shape and challenge asset allocation frameworks, considering risk, return, liquidity and market conditions.\n, • Contribute to tactical asset allocation analysis, modelling and investment thinking.\n, • Provide insight into portfolio construction and help ensure portfolios remain aligned to LGPS Central’s long-term objectives.\n, • Support the CIO and Head of Centre of Excellence with financial and performance oversight of LGPS Central’s investment portfolios.\n\n \n Governance, Risk and Compliance \n\n • Support a clear, auditable and repeatable approach to investment oversight.\n, • Ensure oversight activity is aligned with LGPS Central’s governance framework, Investment Delegation Policy and internal standards.\n, • Present oversight findings and risk assessments to Investment Committee and other governance forums when required.\n, • Support the development of a strong first line control environment within the Investment function.\n, • Integrate responsible investment and ESG considerations into oversight activity, where relevant.\n\n \n Stakeholder Engagement \n\n • Build strong and credible relationships with Investment Teams, Portfolio Managers, Partner Fund Client Directors, senior leaders and wider colleagues.\n, • Work collaboratively across teams to provide practical, constructive and well-evidenced oversight.\n, • Present complex investment information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.\n, • Act as a trusted source of insight, challenge and support across the business.\n\n \n About us \n LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. \n LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are: \n\n • Cheshire Pension Fund\n, • Derbyshire Pension Fund\n, • Leicestershire Pension Fund\n, • Nottinghamshire Pension Fund\n, • Shropshire Pension Fund\n, • Staffordshire Pension Fund\n, • West Midlands Pension Fund\n, • Worcestershire Pension Fund\n, • Gloucestershire Pension Fund\n, • Hampshire Pension Fund\n, • Suffolk County Council\n, • Wiltshire Pension Fund\n, • Norfolk Pension Fund\n, • Oxfordshire Pension Fund\n\n \n The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. \n \n LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. \n \n Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds \n \n Requirements \n\n • Proven experience in investment oversight, manager selection, risk management, asset allocation or portfolio analysis.\n, • Experience gained within a pension fund, asset manager, investment consultant or similar institutional investor environment.\n, • Strong understanding of financial markets and a broad range of asset classes.\n, • Experience assessing investment performance, portfolio construction, risk and manager quality.\n, • Good understanding of strategic and tactical asset allocation methodologies.\n, • Ability to analyse complex investment portfolios and provide practical, evidence-based insight.\n, • Strong understanding of investment and non-investment risk management frameworks.\n, • Experience working with internal and external stakeholders, including senior management, investment teams, service providers or regulatory bodies.\n, • Strong analytical skills, with excellent attention to detail.\n, • Ability to anticipate issues, challenge constructively and propose practical solutions.\n, • Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly.\n, • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, investment analysis tools and financial modelling.\n, • Ability to work collaboratively across teams and manage multiple priorities.\n, • High degree of professional ethics, integrity and judgement.\n, • Good understanding of ESG factors and how they can affect investment performance, risk and opportunity.\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • Bachelor’s degree required.\n, • CFA or equivalent qualification preferred.\n, • IMC preferred.\n, • Has, or can meet, all requirements of being an FCA approved person.\n\n \n What do we offer? \n We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: \n\n • Competitive salary\n, • An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme\n, • 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays\n, • 2 days paid volunteering days\n, • An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays\n, • Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities\n, • Welfare and Family-friendly policies\n, • Enhanced pay for new parents\n, • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme - 24-7 Health & Wellbeing Support\n, • Vitality Private Medical Insurance\n, • Hybrid Working\n, • Company Service Awards\n, • Cycle to Work Scheme\n, • Company Electric Vehicle Scheme\n, • Nominees of the Family Friendly Employer of the Year 2022 - Personnel Today Awards 2022\n, • Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year - FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023\n, • Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023\n, • Winner of LAPF Investment Innovation\n, • Winner of Pool of the Year 2025\n

Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment, where investment meets long-term impact. \n \n The Learning and Talent Manager will move learning from programme-led activity to a strategic enabler of organisational capability, culture and future skills, helping colleagues make an impact, unlock potential and build confidence for future success. \n \n The role will connect learning, skills and talent into an engaging colleague experience, strengthening learning journeys, internal mobility, succession and skills-based development. \n \n What you’ll be doing: \n Learning strategy, skills and capability development \n\n • Drive the learning, skills and capability agenda, translating the People Strategy into development that builds confidence, impact and future-ready capability.\n, • Partner with the Senior Leadership Team and people managers to identify current and future skills requirements, priority gaps and capability needs.\n, • Support a skills-based organisation through skills taxonomies, pathways, academies and development plans linked to performance, career growth and potential.\n, • Align learning and skills development with the culture programme, reinforcing the behaviours, mindsets and capabilities needed in a high-performing, values-led organisation.\n\n Learning journeys, content curation and learning culture \n\n • Create learning journeys for new starters, managers, future leaders and technical specialists.\n, • Integrate learning activities, resources and programmes into a coherent, inclusive offer aligned to business priorities.\n, • Curate practical content and promote continuous, collaborative learning in the flow of work.\n\n Learning platform ownership and digital enablement \n\n • Own and evolve the learning platform as an intuitive gateway to development and opportunity.\n, • Manage platform content, pathways, campaigns and engagement across mandatory, regulatory, technical, leadership and professional development.\n, • Use AI, automation and learning technology to improve adoption and personalised, accessible learning journeys.\n\n Talent management, succession and internal mobility \n\n • Shape talent approaches that create clearer pathways for growth, progression, promotion and future contribution.\n, • Coordinate succession planning and leadership pipeline activity for business-critical roles.\n, • Build internal mobility pathways through promotions, secondments, internal moves, stretch assignments, projects and mentoring.\n\n Leadership, people management and regulatory capability \n\n • Design practical leadership, people manager and future leader interventions that build confidence, accountability and the behaviours needed in a regulated organisation.\n, • Coordinate programme design, suppliers, communications, tracking and evaluation.\n, • Support the CPO to develop board skills and training programmes that strengthen governance capability and regulatory understanding.\n, • Support regulatory readiness, conduct, risk ownership, operational resilience and a values-led culture.\n\n Data, insight and continuous improvement \n\n • Develop learning and talent MI, dashboards and reporting to support evidence-based decisions.\n, • Use data, colleague feedback and manager insight to shape learning, development and talent outcomes.\n, • Evaluate impact on performance, retention, engagement, mobility and organisational capability.\n\n Project and stakeholder management \n\n • Lead or support People projects across skills, capability, learning, talent, succession, mobility and learning technology.\n, • Build strong relationships with leaders, managers, colleagues, providers and platform partners.\n, • Work with the People team to ensure skills, capability and pathways inform performance, progression and reward structures.\n, • Work across the People team to join up learning, talent, performance, reward, recruitment and employee experience activity\n\n \n About Us \n LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. \n LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are: \n\n • Cheshire Pension Fund\n, • Derbyshire Pension Fund\n, • Leicestershire Pension Fund\n, • Nottinghamshire Pension Fund\n, • Shropshire Pension Fund\n, • Staffordshire Pension Fund\n, • West Midlands Pension Fund\n, • Worcestershire Pension Fund\n, • Gloucestershire Pension Fund\n, • Hampshire Pension Fund\n, • Suffolk County Council\n, • Wiltshire Pension Fund\n, • Norfolk Pension Fund\n, • Oxfordshire Pension Fund\n\n \n The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. \n \n LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. \n \n Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds \n \n Requirements \n\n • Experience in Learning and Development, Talent, Organisational Development or a similar role, with energy to shape a modern learning and talent agenda.\n, • Strong understanding of modern learning practice, including learning journeys, digital learning, content curation, platforms and learning in the flow of work.\n, • Experience developing learning strategies, capability frameworks, skills taxonomies or skills-based development.\n, • Strong understanding of talent management, succession planning, promotions, internal mobility, mentoring and development planning.\n, • Digitally confident, using AI, automation, dashboards and data insight to design solutions, evaluate impact and improve outcomes.\n, • Strong project, communication and stakeholder skills, with the ability to deliver at pace and work effectively in a regulated environment.\n, • Experience supporting leadership development, people manager capability and future leader programmes.\n, • Inclusive, colleague-centred and forward-thinking, with curiosity and drive to help people unlock potential and make an impact.\n\n \n Qualifications: \n\n • Degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline.\n, • CIPD qualification or equivalent experience; relevant learning, talent, coaching, organisational development, learning technology, skills mapping or capability framework design experience would be helpful.\n\n \n What do we offer? \n We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: \n\n • Competitive salary\n, • An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme\n, • 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays\n, • 2 days paid volunteering days\n, • An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays\n, • Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities\n, • Welfare and Family-friendly policies\n, • Enhanced pay for new parents\n, • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme - 24-7 Health & Wellbeing Support\n, • Vitality Private Medical Insurance\n, • Hybrid Working\n, • Company Service Awards\n, • Cycle to Work Scheme\n, • Company Electric Vehicle Scheme\n, • Nominees of the Family Friendly Employer of the Year 2022 - Personnel Today Awards 2022\n, • Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year - FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023\n, • Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023\n, • Winner of LAPF Investment Innovation\n, • Winner of Pool of the Year 2025\n

RNLD / RMN | £45,000-£50,000 | No On-Call | West Midlands | Monday-Friday Make sure to read the full description below, and please apply immediately if you are confident you meet all the requirements. Are you an experienced RNLD or RMN with a background in learning disabilities, mental health, challenging behaviours and complex care ? We're recruiting for a Learning Disabilities Clinical Lead to join an established community care provider supporting adults and children with learning disabilities, mental health needs, brain injuries and challenging behaviours across the West Midlands. This is a senior clinical position combining clinical leadership, assessments, care planning, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), risk management, staff training, competency assessment and clinical governance . A major focus will be ARC (Assessment, Risk Management and Crisis Intervention) , supporting frontline teams to deliver safe, therapeutic and least-restrictive care. Package & Benefits £45,000-£50,000 salary No on-call requirement 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday working pattern Community-based role across Wolverhampton, Staffordshire and the wider West Midlands Adult and children's complex care Ongoing training and professional development Opportunity to develop as an ARC Trainer Senior clinical leadership position Long-term career progression The Role As the Learning Disabilities Clinical Lead , you'll provide clinical leadership across specialist community care packages, working closely with care teams, families, commissioners and multidisciplinary professionals. Responsibilities will include: Completing comprehensive clinical assessments Developing and reviewing care plans and risk assessments Providing clinical leadership across complex community care packages Delivering and quality assuring ARC training Developing PBS and behavioural support strategies Assessing behavioural triggers, risks and changing needs Promoting least-restrictive and trauma-informed care Delivering staff training and competency assessments Coaching and mentoring frontline care teams Supporting safeguarding, incident investigations and clinical governance Working with families, commissioners and multidisciplinary teams Supporting new package mobilisation and service development Contributing to clinical tenders, recruitment and workforce development Maintaining compliance with CQC, NMC and safeguarding standards The role includes responsibility for embedding ARC principles into care planning, risk assessments, PBS plans and crisis-intervention strategies . About You To be considered for this Learning Disabilities Clinical Lead position, you'll need: Registered RNLD or RMN with active NMC registration Experience supporting adults and/or children with learning disabilities, mental health needs, challenging behaviours or complex needs Strong clinical assessment, care planning and risk assessment experience Knowledge and experience of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Experience with de-escalation, behavioural management and crisis intervention Experience delivering training and assessing staff competencies Strong understanding of safeguarding, risk management and least-restrictive practice Strong clinical leadership and autonomous decision-making skills Experience working with families and multidisciplinary professionals Full UK driving licence and access to transport Experience delivering or implementing ARC or an equivalent crisis-intervention framework within complex care is required. Existing ARC Trainer status is advantageous, with the specification also allowing candidates willing to complete ARC Trainer certification within an agreed timeframe. Take the Next Step This is an excellent opportunity for an RNLD, RMN, Learning Disabilities Nurse, Mental Health Nurse, Nurse Case Manager, Clinical Lead or experienced Learning Disabilities Clinical Lead looking to progress within specialist community complex care. You'll have the opportunity to influence clinical standards, develop frontline teams and contribute to the continued growth of specialist services across the West Midlands. xrnqpay Apply today or contact Ehsan at Leaders in Care on for a confidential discussion, quoting Reference: LICEA.

Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment, where investment meets long-term impact. The Reward & Performance Partner will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering LGPS Central’s reward and performance agenda. The role will lead high-impact work across base pay, variable pay, benefits, pensions, benchmarking, job architecture, reward governance, and the development of a clear, consistent performance approach that strengthens accountability, performance culture and organisational outcomes. The role will help shape a reward and performance framework that is fair, transparent, market-informed and designed to support a high-performing, inclusive culture. The postholder will bring strong technical expertise, sharp analytical thinking, and credible stakeholder influence, working in close partnership with the Chief Transformation Officer, Head of People and the wider team, to drive well-evidenced decisions, stronger performance outcomes and meaningful people impact. This is a unique opportunity to shape reward and performance practices that support the People Strategy, embed V2MOM performance objectives, reflect regulatory expectations, strengthen organisational resilience, and serve the long-term interests of LGPS Central and its Partner Funds. What you’ll be doing:Reward Strategy and Framework DevelopmentDeliver LGPS Central’s total reward review in line with the People Strategy and agreed reward principlesLead activity across base pay, variable pay, benefits, pensions and total rewardHelp shape a fair, transparent and market-informed reward frameworkEnsure reward recommendations support performance, inclusion and a positive employee experienceSupport reward practices that recognise performance, contribution and impactBenchmarking, Pay Analysis and Job ArchitectureLead the annual benchmarking cycle, working with external advisers where neededDeliver pay benchmarking, comp-ratio analysis, market insight and reward modellingSupport the design and development of job architecture and clear job levellingTurn analysis into clear, evidence-based recommendationsPerformance approach, objectives and cultureOwn and evolve LGPS Central’s performance approach, ensuring it is simple, consistent, outcome-focused and aligned to the People Strategy.Lead the development and embedding of a stronger performance culture, with clear expectations, meaningful performance conversations and evidence-based outcomes.Support leaders to set, cascade and calibrate V2MOM performance objectives so individual and team objectives are aligned to corporate priorities, business outcomes and cultural expectations.Use performance insight, calibration outputs and colleague data to identify trends, strengthen accountability and improve the quality and consistency of performance outcomes.Variable pay and performance-linked rewardLead the delivery and modelling of variable pay and incentive frameworks, drawing on external expertise where needed.Ensure performance metrics are integrated into incentive design, aligned to V2MOM objectives, the corporate scorecard, business priorities and risk expectations.Own the connection between performance outcomes and pay decisions, ensuring reward outcomes are fair, consistent, evidence-based and clearly governed.Ensure variable pay approaches support sustainable performance, strong governance, appropriate risk outcomes and a positive colleague experience.Promote credible performance-linked reward through clear principles, robust calibration and transparent decision-making.Governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagementPrepare high-quality committee papers, analysis, and recommendations for PCRC, RemCo, NomCo and other governance forums.Engage the Senior Leadership Group, Executive Committee, the Chief People & Transformation Officer and other senior stakeholders.Manage relationships with external reward advisers and other third-party partners.Present reward data, options, and recommendations clearly, with appropriate context and risk insight.Build trusted relationships across the business to strengthen understanding, confidence and engagement in reward and performance practices.Data, systems, and process improvementOwn reward data, modelling and analysis, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and strong governance.Identify opportunities to improve reward processes, reporting, data quality, and system use.Develop efficient, reliable pay modelling tools and analytical approaches.Ensure reward activity is delivered in a controlled, well-documented and auditable way. Compliance, regulation, and risk managementEnsure reward structures and recommendations reflect FCA requirements and broader governance expectations.Support reward activity in line with LGPS Central’s risk culture, risk appetite, and internal policies.Identify and escalate reward-related risks, issues, and as appropriate.Build a strong understanding of the LGPS landscape, implicationsPartner Fund expectations and the wider impact of reward decisions About UsLGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK.LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are:Cheshire Pension FundDerbyshire Pension FundLeicestershire Pension FundNottinghamshire Pension FundShropshire Pension FundStaffordshire Pension FundWest Midlands Pension FundWorcestershire Pension FundGloucestershire Pension FundHampshire Pension FundSuffolk County CouncilWiltshire Pension FundNorfolk Pension FundOxfordshire Pension Fund The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds RequirementsSignificant reward experience in financial services, asset management, or a similarly regulated environment.Strong technical reward expertise, analytical depth and a good understanding of performance frameworks, objective setting and performance calibration.Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and committees with confidence and credibility.Excellent judgement, attention to detail and the ability to balance rigour with pragmatism.Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, boards, and external partners.Commercially aware, with the ability to align people and reward priorities to organisational goals and financial context.High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and gravitas.Strong analytical skills, including the ability to use performance, pay and workforce insight to support robust, evidence-based decisions.Highly effective partnering skills, with the ability to build trust, create momentum and work across the organisation.A growth mindset, with the ability to learn quickly, drive continuous improvement and bring fresh thinking across reward and performance. 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You will work alongside an existing Group Manager to manage the overall service, having responsibility for the Ophthalmology Directorate.As well as close working with the existing Group Manager, Matron and Clinical Director to oversee the whole Directorate, you will work alongside the Matron and each of the service clinical leads to manage, develop and improve the services within your portfolio.This post offers a mix of elective and emergency care and is ideal for someone who wishes to be challenged, deliver improvement and progress their career.The right person will have experience in or a demonstrable passion for delivery and management of surgical services and have a track record of performance, transformation and clinical pathway improvement delivery.Main duties of the jobProvide business and operational management support to the Group Manager.In conjunction with the Group Manager, develop business plans for the directorateIdentify opportunities for new markets and schemes to generate additional incomeDevelop appropriate strategies for inclusion in the business plan to take full advantage of these opportunitiesIn conjunction with the Group Manager, be responsible for the formulation and implementation of the long-term strategic plans for the directorateWork closely with the Group Manager to ensure that performance monitoring within the monitoring within the directorate is robust and that contractual targets and standards are achievedWork with the corporate accountant to provide appropriate financial and activity information to the directorate, and support the Group Manager in managing the delegated budgetsWorking closely with the Group Manager, ensure that quality standards, both agreed with commissioners and dictated by national policy, are achievedEstablish local quality standards to improve patient care and directorate efficiencyIdentify and implement centralised functions across the directorate to generate cost and service efficienciesAbout usThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust are delighted that we have been rated as a"Good"organisation by CQC and just like you, we are ambitious about what we do. We are continually striving to improve patients' experience and outcomes.Bring your dedication and determination here, and you will benefit from the support of an experienced and enthusiastic multi-professional team committed to the delivery of brilliant patient care.The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services. We have been nationally recognised for providing excellence in healthcare; we are home to the busiest and most technologically advanced Cardiac Centre in the West Midlands. We have a strong research focus; the Trust hosts the Clinical Research Network West Midlands (CRN WM), which is part of the National Institute for Health Research, the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS. This alliance makes sure that clinical research occupies the place it deserves and is a driver to improve patient care.DetailsDate posted13 August 2026Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8aSalary 57,528 to 64,750 a year per annum ContractPermanentWorking pattern Full-time Reference number225-DIV1-7964589-AJob locationsNew Cross HospitalWhitburn CloseWolverhamptonWV10 0QPUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesDevelop a directorate strategy to enhance quality standards in line with Trust objectivesEnsure that quality initiatives are co-ordinated, implemented, and reviewedDeal with operational issues arising from governance reviews, and ensure action plans are implementedIdentify opportunities for change that will improve and assist the development of clinical practice, leading to improvements in quality or efficiencyControl and Information SystemsManage a delegated budget to ensure and income and expenditure balance, as directed by the Group ManagerIndependently produce monthly reports through interpretation and analysis of complex data from a variety of sources to the Directorate Management team with regard to income and expenditure, activity against plan, profiled trajectories, providing explanation as to variances, where necessaryDevelop and produce the monthly performance report, key performance indicators, and other ad hoc reports, as requiredOversee and support integrated clinical work streams in the delivery of key targets in progress towards unified pathways and other identified objectivesCommunicationsEstablish effective two-way communications, incorporating all staff within the directorate and the Trust. This may involve complex, sensitive information which involves reconciling conflicting viewsEnsure appropriate communication processes are in place to cascade information within the directorate. Take corrective action as necessaryAssist in promoting the achievements and activities of the directorate internally and externally, and prepare marketing and public relations information, as requiredEnsure Team Briefing is operating effectively within the directorate. Take corrective action, as necessaryPromote the achievements and activities of the directorate internally and externally, and liaise with the communications departmentDirect Management and MonitoringOversee the management of the directorate team, including regular reviews of establishment, skills mix, and levels of delegated authorityAgree performance objectives for staff, and monitor progressBe conversant with employment practices and policies, and be responsible for the recruitment of staff within the directorateDevelop and support training and education programmes to facilitate speciality developmentOversee the investigation of complains within the directorate, and ensure appropriate action is takenContribute to the development of the business plan for the directorate in line with the Trusts objectives fir the plan periodLead on the centralised operational delivery of all local and national enhanced services and any other schemes or projects, as appropriateSupport the Group Manager in the preparation of business cases to support business/ contract opportunities and investment proposalsEnsure activity and quality targets are metIdentify and undertake risk assessments to the contract or business success of the directorate, and produce contingency plans and options appraisals, as required. Implement agreed plans, as necessaryParticipate in workforce planning within the business planning processEnsure a dull performance appraisal programme is implemented within the Directorate and that all employees have a personal development planWork within the framework of the Trust Human Resources strategy, policies and procedures, and facilitate compliance within the directorateWork within the framework of the Trust Human Resources strategy, policies and procedures to assist in the recruitment of staff within the directorateReview systems and patient processes within the directorate, to ensure the continual improvement of services and flow of patients, particularly to ensure streamlined pathways, producing recommendations and action plansOperational responsibility for the implementation of projects, as agreed with the Group Manager Job description Job responsibilitiesDevelop a directorate strategy to enhance quality standards in line with Trust objectivesEnsure that quality initiatives are co-ordinated, implemented, and reviewedDeal with operational issues arising from governance reviews, and ensure action plans are implementedIdentify opportunities for change that will improve and assist the development of clinical practice, leading to improvements in quality or efficiencyControl and Information SystemsManage a delegated budget to ensure and income and expenditure balance, as directed by the Group ManagerIndependently produce monthly reports through interpretation and analysis of complex data from a variety of sources to the Directorate Management team with regard to income and expenditure, activity against plan, profiled trajectories, providing explanation as to variances, where necessaryDevelop and produce the monthly performance report, key performance indicators, and other ad hoc reports, as requiredOversee and support integrated clinical work streams in the delivery of key targets in progress towards unified pathways and other identified objectivesCommunicationsEstablish effective two-way communications, incorporating all staff within the directorate and the Trust. This may involve complex, sensitive information which involves reconciling conflicting viewsEnsure appropriate communication processes are in place to cascade information within the directorate. Take corrective action as necessaryAssist in promoting the achievements and activities of the directorate internally and externally, and prepare marketing and public relations information, as requiredEnsure Team Briefing is operating effectively within the directorate. Take corrective action, as necessaryPromote the achievements and activities of the directorate internally and externally, and liaise with the communications departmentDirect Management and MonitoringOversee the management of the directorate team, including regular reviews of establishment, skills mix, and levels of delegated authorityAgree performance objectives for staff, and monitor progressBe conversant with employment practices and policies, and be responsible for the recruitment of staff within the directorateDevelop and support training and education programmes to facilitate speciality developmentOversee the investigation of complains within the directorate, and ensure appropriate action is takenContribute to the development of the business plan for the directorate in line with the Trusts objectives fir the plan periodLead on the centralised operational delivery of all local and national enhanced services and any other schemes or projects, as appropriateSupport the Group Manager in the preparation of business cases to support business/ contract opportunities and investment proposalsEnsure activity and quality targets are metIdentify and undertake risk assessments to the contract or business success of the directorate, and produce contingency plans and options appraisals, as required. Implement agreed plans, as necessaryParticipate in workforce planning within the business planning processEnsure a dull performance appraisal programme is implemented within the Directorate and that all employees have a personal development planWork within the framework of the Trust Human Resources strategy, policies and procedures, and facilitate compliance within the directorateWork within the framework of the Trust Human Resources strategy, policies and procedures to assist in the recruitment of staff within the directorateReview systems and patient processes within the directorate, to ensure the continual improvement of services and flow of patients, particularly to ensure streamlined pathways, producing recommendations and action plansOperational responsibility for the implementation of projects, as agreed with the Group ManagerPerson Specification Experience EssentialMaster Degree level qualification or equivalent Skills EssentialOperational Management ExperienceKnowledge and experience of budget management and the financial flow in NHS and impact on service planningExperience of leading redesign or change management initiativesKnowledge of the clinical governance agenda and role of the Care Quality CommissionAbility to communicate complex and sensitive or contentious information to a range of staff using various media, utilising negotiating and influencing skill, where neededDemonstrate strong leadership skills Person Specification Experience EssentialMaster Degree level qualification or equivalent Skills EssentialOperational Management ExperienceKnowledge and experience of budget management and the financial flow in NHS and impact on service planningExperience of leading redesign or change management initiativesKnowledge of the clinical governance agenda and role of the Care Quality CommissionAbility to communicate complex and sensitive or contentious information to a range of staff using various media, utilising negotiating and influencing skill, where neededDemonstrate strong leadership skillsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).Employer detailsEmployer nameThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustAddressNew Cross HospitalWhitburn CloseWolverhamptonWV10 0QPUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustAddressNew Cross HospitalWhitburn CloseWolverhamptonWV10 0QPUnited KingdomEmployer's website

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RNLD / RMN | £45,000-£50,000 | No On-Call | West Midlands | Monday-Friday Are you an experienced RNLD or RMN with a background in learning disabilities, mental health, challenging behaviours and complex care? We're recruiting for a Learning Disabilities Clinical Lead to join an established community care provider supporting adults and children with learning disabilities, mental health needs, brain injuries and challenging behaviours across the West Midlands. This is a senior clinical position combining clinical leadership, assessments, care planning, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), risk management, staff training, competency assessment and clinical governance. A major focus will be ARC (Assessment, Risk Management and Crisis Intervention), supporting frontline teams to deliver safe, therapeutic and least-restrictive care. Package & Benefits £45,000-£50,000 salary No on-call requirement 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday working pattern Community-based role across Wolverhampton, Staffordshire and the wider West Midlands Adult and children's complex care Ongoing training and professional development Opportunity to develop as an ARC Trainer Senior clinical leadership position Long-term career progressionThe Role As the Learning Disabilities Clinical Lead, you'll provide clinical leadership across specialist community care packages, working closely with care teams, families, commissioners and multidisciplinary professionals. Responsibilities will include: Completing comprehensive clinical assessments Developing and reviewing care plans and risk assessments Providing clinical leadership across complex community care packages Delivering and quality assuring ARC training Developing PBS and behavioural support strategies Assessing behavioural triggers, risks and changing needs Promoting least-restrictive and trauma-informed care Delivering staff training and competency assessments Coaching and mentoring frontline care teams Supporting safeguarding, incident investigations and clinical governance Working with families, commissioners and multidisciplinary teams Supporting new package mobilisation and service development Contributing to clinical tenders, recruitment and workforce development Maintaining compliance with CQC, NMC and safeguarding standardsThe role includes responsibility for embedding ARC principles into care planning, risk assessments, PBS plans and crisis-intervention strategies. About You To be considered for this Learning Disabilities Clinical Lead position, you'll need: Registered RNLD or RMN with active NMC registration Experience supporting adults and/or children with learning disabilities, mental health needs, challenging behaviours or complex needs Strong clinical assessment, care planning and risk assessment experience Knowledge and experience of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Experience with de-escalation, behavioural management and crisis intervention Experience delivering training and assessing staff competencies Strong understanding of safeguarding, risk management and least-restrictive practice Strong clinical leadership and autonomous decision-making skills Experience working with families and multidisciplinary professionals Full UK driving licence and access to transportExperience delivering or implementing ARC or an equivalent crisis-intervention framework within complex care is required. Existing ARC Trainer status is advantageous, with the specification also allowing candidates willing to complete ARC Trainer certification within an agreed timeframe. Take the Next Step This is an excellent opportunity for an RNLD, RMN, Learning Disabilities Nurse, Mental Health Nurse, Nurse Case Manager, Clinical Lead or experienced Learning Disabilities Clinical Lead looking to progress within specialist community complex care. You'll have the opportunity to influence clinical standards, develop frontline teams and contribute to the continued growth of specialist services across the West Midlands. Apply today or contact Ehsan at Leaders in Care on (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion, quoting Reference: LICEA

About the Role We are looking for an experienced, resilient, and passionate Registered Manager to lead our Transitional Home based in Walsall. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and develop a high-quality service that delivers outstanding outcomes for young people with complex emotional, behavioural, developmental, and mental health needs. We are seeking a leader with proven experience of managing services that support young people who present with complex risks and behaviours. The successful candidate will have a strong therapeutic and trauma-informed approach, be able to lead staff through challenging situations, and create a safe, nurturing, and structured environment where young people can thrive. Who We Are Universal Care Group is an established and growing private healthcare provider specialising in delivering high-quality support and care to children, young people, and young adults across the Midlands. We currently operate 28 services across the group, including CQC-regulated Transitional Services supporting young people aged 16–24 and Ofsted-registered Residential Children's Homes supporting children and young people aged 7–17. What You'll Be Doing • Leading the day-to-day management of the home, ensuring full compliance with CQC regulations, legislation, and company policies., • Creating and maintaining a safe, nurturing, therapeutic, and person-centred environment that promotes independence, wellbeing, and positive outcomes., • Leading, mentoring, and developing a skilled staff team through effective supervision, coaching, and continuous professional development., • Developing, implementing, and reviewing individualised care and support plans that meet each young person's needs and aspirations., • Building effective partnerships with families, local authorities, healthcare professionals, education providers, and multidisciplinary teams., • Maintaining high standards of safeguarding, quality assurance, governance, and risk management across the service., • Supporting young people's education, employment, health, emotional wellbeing, and preparation for adulthood., • Promoting meaningful activities, life skills, community engagement, and positive experiences that enhance independence and confidence. Complex Needs & Risk Management The young people supported within this home present with a range of complex neurodevelopmental, emotional, behavioural, and mental health needs. The Registered Manager will have demonstrable experience leading services that support young people with presentations including: • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), including diagnosed and emerging presentations., • Emotional dysregulation and attachment-related difficulties., • Depressive disorders and complex mental health needs., • Self-harming behaviours and suicide or overdose risk., • Complex trauma and adverse childhood experiences. What We're Looking For Essential: • Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management (or willingness to complete within required timescales where applicable)., • Previous experience as a Registered Manager, Deputy Manager, or experienced Service Manager within a complex children's residential, transitional, or supported living service., • Demonstrable experience supporting young people with complex emotional, behavioural, developmental, and mental health needs., • Proven experience managing services supporting young people who present with high-risk behaviours, including self-harm, aggression, emotional dysregulation, safeguarding concerns, and complex risk management., • Strong understanding of Positive Behaviour Support, trauma-informed care, safeguarding, and therapeutic approaches., • Knowledge of DoLS, Mental Capacity Act, Court of Protection processes, restrictive practices, and associated legislation., • Excellent leadership, communication, organisational, and decision-making skills., • Ability to develop resilient, high-performing teams capable of supporting young people with complex presentations. If you are an experienced and inspirational leader with the skills, resilience, and passion to lead a service supporting young people with complex needs and high levels of risk, we would love to hear from you

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