Assurance and Standards Manager

at  Care Quality Commission

Grade B - £39,390 (National Framework) or £44,792 (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home
Contracted Hours: Full time 37 hours per week or compressed hours/job share will also be considered.
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday 7th July 2024 at 11.59pm

ARE YOU COMMITTED TO HELPING US REGULATE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WITHIN ENGLAND?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us, make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• P3O Practitioner
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner
  For further information on the Accountabilities and Responsibilities please click this link for the JD:
  Assurance and Standards Manager - JD.docx
  For an informal discussion or further information on the role, please contact Paul Churchill, Portfolio Office Manager via email: paul.churchill@cqc.org.uk

WHY THIS COULD BE A GREAT ROLE FOR YOU….

You will join a small, high performing team of change professionals, working across the organisation to drive priorities and standards of programme and project delivery. You will work closely with a professional community across the organisation delivering all types of change in a recently transformed digital service-based environment.
As a geographically dispersed organisation, we work remotely day to day, but recognising the value and importance of team collaboration and face-to-face contact, you would be expected to travel to one our office locations at least twice per-month.
You will provide the assurance and independent assessment of projects and programmes within the portfolio to ensure that they are on track to meet the objectives and benefits as stated within the business case.
You will be joining a cross-functional team where everyone is happy to offer support and answer questions. Your role ensures that the right project and programme delivery standards are set out for delivery teams to follow and champions the use of best practice standards, tools, and processes across the portfolio, in line with Government and industry standards and best practice.
You will be expected to drive up the level of maturity of assurance activities across the portfolio, identifying opportunities, and taking the appropriate actions, to improve performance.
As such, you will play an important role in ensuring the successful delivery of CQC’s strategy and operational effectiveness.