Deputy Director, Litigation and Prosecution Services

at  Care Quality Commission

Executive Level 3 - £73,150 per annum
Contracted Hours: Full time 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Flexible home-based with travel to CQC Offices
Closing date: Monday 17th February 2025 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.

WHY THIS COULD BE A GREAT ROLE FOR YOU….

Bringing strong leadership capability to help us ensure we continue to be an effective regulator against this backdrop of rapid change, and you’ll make a lasting impact on our organisation as well as on the lives of millions of people.
You’ll bring a dynamic approach and a fresh perspective to set a compelling vision and direction for stakeholders and our teams.
This significant role will see you providing strong professional leadership and co-ordination across all aspects of regulatory, digital, and organisational change.
As a Deputy Director, Litigation, Prosecutions and Inquests (LPI) within the wider Legal Services Directorate you will join a busy and friendly team that is committed to making a difference to people’s experience of health and social care. We are looking for someone who will role model CQC’s values and enjoy working as part of a team. As well as providing clear and visible values-based leadership to the directorate working with the Director and two other Deputy Directors, the Deputy Director LPI will oversee these three distinct areas of criminal and civil litigation. The work includes, advice on criminal investigations and conduct of serious and complex criminal prosecutions, inquest work, first tier tribunal appeals, employment and public law challenges. You will be expected to have strong expertise in either criminal or civil litigation or both and the ability to advise and lead the LPI team across the whole spectrum of LPI work. You will also have strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the whole of CQC.

FOR FULL DETAILS ON THIS ROLE PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

Deputy Director, Litigation and Prosecution Services JD
Deputy Director, Litigation and Prosecution Services Candidate Pack
For an informal discussion or further information on the role, please contact Nimali De Silva, Director of Legal Services at Nimali.DeSilva@cqc.org.uk