Head of Service, Operations & Partnerships

Head of Service - Younger Adult, Learning Disability & Autism (LD&A) and Physical Disability & Sensory Impairment (PDSI)

Permanent

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working hours: 36.5 hours per week

Birmingham City Councilis seeking an exceptional Head of Serviceto lead the Younger Adult, Learning Disability & Autism (LD&A) and Physical Disability & Sensory Impairment (PDSI)services through a critical period of redesign and transformation.

This is a senior leadership role focused on designing and delivering a new service operating model for Younger Adults. Working closely with health and wider system partners, you will drive the delivery of modern, strengths based services that are safe, sustainable and outcome focused.

You will provide confident leadership through complex change, balancing innovation with strong operational oversight, safeguarding assurance and performance management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of a new service operating model.
• Drive transformation and embed strengths based practice.
• Ensure safe statutory delivery with strong governance and safeguarding.
• Manage performance, demand and budgets.
• Build strong partnerships across health and the wider system.

About You

You are an experienced senior leader with a strong track record of leading large services through transformation in complex public sector environments.

Essential requirements includesubstantial LD& A experience at a senior level, proven transformation leadership, strong knowledge of adult social care legislation, and experience managing large teams, budgets and partnerships.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy Birmingham City Council here.

We are a disability confident employer and we encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. We also welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

Job Info

• Job Identification 4142
• Posting Date 05/27/2026, 10:31 AM
• Locations Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BB, GB