Leading in partnership and driving change to transform lives for children and young people in our ambitious, vibrant, global city. The challenge Bristol can be the best place to grow up. As a city we have everything going for us; vibrant culture, developing economy, dedicated partners and a community committed to eradicating inequality. When you join us in this exciting senior role, you''ll focus on leading the development of our children and young people partnership strategy, and will drive a positive culture of continuous improvement and learning across our own services. You''ll also lead our ambitious children''s social care transformation programme and play a vital role in the design of our commissioning and early intervention programmes. Your role When you join us in our vibrant, upbeat city, you''ll provide strategic leadership as a key member of our directorate management team, with a particular focus on strategy, performance, quality assurance, safeguarding and partnerships for the children''s services and education directorates. Working collaboratively with your peers, you''ll lead and develop external strategic partnerships as part of the corporate partnership approach and enables an effective system of children''s and education services that identify and meet a wide range of needs and demand. But your work won''t stop here - you''ll lead the development of our service performance management and reporting framework that aligns with our corporate approach. ..... full job details .....