Full Job Description

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Home Based – Head Office is in Bolton

Salary: Competitive

Contract: Permanent

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Chief Commercial Officer to join the National Fostering Group to support and drive our strategic direction and growth of the business. This will ensure we can continue to provide outstanding outcomes for as many children across the UK.

In the role of the Chief Commercial Officer, you will lead and foster our reputation and strong relationships with our Local Authority customers, making us the pre-eminent Independent Fostering Agency in the UK and maximise the commercial opportunities available to NFG.

Our amazing family of over 3,000 carers are at the heart of our company and are the reason we can provide children and young people with high quality foster care every day. It is important for us to grow this family and further our opportunities by developing a market leading carer attraction plan. You will maximise carer recruitment performance whilst protecting our rigorous assessment process to ensure we recruit the highest standard of carers and provide children with a safe place to live.

To be successful in the role you will:

• Have a proven track record of successfully managing a large commercial portfolio and maximising returns
• Strategic management experience
• High level commercial skills and numeracy Practical and outcomes focused – completer finisher.
• Drives performance through data insight and measurable outputs.
• Proven experience in influencing at board and investors levels.
• Enjoys working at pace and juggling priorities who can deliver results in a fast-moving, changing environment.
• Resilient and tenacious self-starter who can deliver results in a fast-moving, changing environment.
• Values driven and able to work collaboratively, building and maintaining productive relationships with others.
• Creative, looks for new and different ways to deliver results

Desirable

• MBA or similar qualification

About National Fostering Group

We are the National Fostering Group – the UK’s largest independent fostering family.

Our highly skilled and dedicated fostering community supports Local Authorities by providing short or long-term foster placements for thousands of vulnerable children and teenagers throughout the UK. With almost 100% of our 32 regional fostering agencies officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’, it is perhaps not surprising that more people choose to foster with our fostering agencies than any other fostering provider in the UK.

But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Up to 39 days annual leave each year (25 base entitlement + 1 One moment in time + 8 bank holidays + ability to buy up to 5 extra days)
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer