District Manager - Tunbridge Wells

Role Responsibility

Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people, and families? Do you have the leadership skills to drive innovation and deliver high-quality services across a district? If so, we want to hear from you!

About the Role

As a Family Hubs District Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of 0–19 (25) Family Hub services across your district. This includes managing a team of professionals, building strong partnerships, and ensuring services are accessible, inclusive, and responsive to local needs—both digitally and Locally.
 
You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of family support in Kent, embedding co-production, safeguarding, and sustainability into everything you do.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Family Hub services, ensuring timely and effective support for families.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships to strengthen the Early Help system.
• Oversee local business planning, service quality, and resource deployment.
• Champion digital innovation and community resilience through volunteering and peer support.
• Ensure services are data-driven, inclusive, and aligned with national Family Hub standards.

What We’re Looking For

• A degree or equivalent qualification with a strong commitment to professional development.
• Significant leadership experience in Early Years, Youth Work, or related services.
• Proven ability to manage complex partnerships, budgets, and service delivery.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, child development, and family support frameworks.
• A values-driven leader who is brave, curious, compassionate, and collaborative.

  Salary & Benefits

• Pension: Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer-matched contributions
• Leave: 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and a concessionary day
• Flexible working: Options for carers leave, study leave, religious observance, and career breaks
• Staff discounts: Through the Kent Rewards programme on leisure, retail, and wellbeing services.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to a Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

Tim O'Brien - Family Hubs Service Manager

tim.O'brien@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.