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Senior Service Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Significant experience managing services and multidisciplinary teams
  • Strong knowledge of mental health services, crisis support and safeguarding
  • Experience managing contracts, budgets and service performance
  • Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

  • Providing strategic and operational leadership across the service
  • Leading service improvement and change programmes
  • Managing budgets, quality standards, safeguarding and contractual compliance
  • Supporting the development of a competitive tender for future service delivery

Key facts

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Team Building
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Solutions Focused
  • Organizational Skills

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Job description

This is a remote position.


An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Service Manager to lead a well-established Mental Health Crisis Support Service, providing vital community-based support for people experiencing mental health crises across Oxfordshire.

About the Role

This is a key leadership position responsible for overseeing the operational delivery, quality and future development of a community-based mental health crisis support service. You will work closely with the Head of Wellbeing Services and an experienced Team Manager to ensure high-quality, person-centred support while preparing the service for a successful contract re-tender.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Providing strategic and operational leadership across the service.

  • Leading service improvement and change programmes.

  • Supporting and developing managers and staff to achieve excellent performance.

  • Managing budgets, quality standards, safeguarding and contractual compliance.

  • Building strong relationships with commissioners, NHS partners and external stakeholders.

  • Using service data and feedback to drive continuous improvement.

  • Supporting the development of a competitive tender for future service delivery.

About You

We're looking for an experienced leader who can inspire teams and deliver outstanding services within a complex health or social care environment.

You will have:

  • Significant experience managing services and multidisciplinary teams.

  • Strong knowledge of mental health services, crisis support and safeguarding.

  • Experience managing contracts, budgets and service performance.

  • A track record of delivering service improvements and leading organisational change.

  • Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.

  • The ability to motivate, coach and develop managers and teams.

  • A collaborative, solution-focused approach with strong organisational skills.

Experience of working with commissioners, NHS partners, local authorities or within the voluntary sector would be highly advantageous.

What's on Offer

  • Flexible hybrid working -  The role can mainly be worked remotely with some travel across the county.

  • Opportunity to make a lasting impact on an essential community mental health service.

  • Collaborative and supportive leadership environment.

  • The chance to lead an important service through an exciting period of development and future growth.

An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this position.



Location: Mainly remote with some travel across Oxfordshire
Hours: 22 hours per week
Contract: Temporary – Approximately 6 months (ASAP start)
Salary: £53,854 pro rata

If you're an experienced service leader ready to make a meaningful difference within mental health services, we'd love to hear from you.





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