Business Manager

Lead and manage the adults-focused business support function to ensure effective delivery of the LSAB workplan, strategic priorities and statutory duties.

Support the Senior Business Manager, Independent Chair and LSAB subgroup chairs to drive effective partnership governance, assurance and decision-making.

Coordinate Safeguarding Adult Reviews, learning activity and improvement planning, ensuring compliance with statutory guidance and local procedures.

Develop and monitor business plans, communication and engagement activity, and assurance arrangements that support continuous improvement in adult safeguarding practice.

Use data, intelligence, audit findings and the voice of adults with lived experience to identify themes, risks and opportunities to improve safeguarding outcomes.

Requirements

• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to work across senior multi-agency partnerships.
• Line management experience in a safeguarding, adult social care, health, criminal justice or wider multi-agency environment.
• Practical knowledge of adult safeguarding, Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Making Safeguarding Personal, policy development and implementation.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in adult safeguarding practices, including the coordination of Safeguarding Adult Reviews and compliance with statutory guidance. Proven ability to lead multi-agency partnerships and develop strategic business plans that enhance safeguarding outcomes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Adult Safeguarding
• Safeguarding Adult Reviews
• Line Management Experience
• Policy Development
• Communication Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Business Planning
• Data Analysis
• Risk Identification
• Improvement Planning
• Compliance Monitoring

Soft Skills

• Influencing Skills
• Relationship-Building Skills
• Confidence in Multi-Agency Work

Industry Keywords

• Statutory Guidance
• Making Safeguarding Personal
• Adult Social Care
• Health Sector
• Criminal Justice