PERMANENT FULL - TIME CONTRACT

St. Michael’s House is seeking to appoint a Director of Adult Services to lead the organisation in a challenging environment, steering its strategic development and implementing its progressive vision for individualised, rights-based, integrated service delivery in the community. This position is offered as a permanent contract, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer.
The Director of Adult Services initially will be allocated the Director of Adult Services initially will be allocated in Service Area 2 which includes 30 designated centres and 30 day services in the greater Dublin area. The post may be reconfigured to include other service areas, or to adult residential services or to adult day services depending on the needs of the organisation and the ongoing review of the organisational structure.
The Director of Adult Services offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic Executive Management Team (EMT) of the largest Health, Social Care, Education and Training service for people with disabilities in Dublin. The EMT comprise of highly challenging and demanding posts which require exceptional strategic vision and outstanding leadership and management abilities.
The successful applicant will have a proven record of success at senior level and must demonstrate that he/she has delivered significant performance management programmes, achieved major organisational change, and has led innovation and service improvement initiatives within budget within a complex and diverse organisation.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• At least four years-experience of managing a substantial service within the health or social care fields, at a senior grade.
• Experience of managing a large team.
• Experienced budget holder.
• Change management.
• Project management.
• Regulatory experience, e.g. HIQA, HAS, Charities Regulator.
• Risk management.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE

• Experience at both practitioner and management levels of work.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• Sector strategic issues and trends.
• Public Sector macro – economic environment and implications for the organisation.
• Governance and standards – Legal, Regulatory, Statutory and Governance Management Procedures, systems, and processes.
• Resource Management.
• Knowledge of Organisation Structure, Systems Roles, Processes.
• Large Workforce Change Management.
• Service planning and development.
• Sector structures, representational systems, and key stakeholders.

Please refer the Job description for details