Business Manager

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title:
  
  Business Manager
• Job Location:
  
  Gloucester - Shire Hall
• Salary: £52,413 - £54,495 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Closing Date: 01/03/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 13599
• This post is not open to job share

Are you passionate about turning data into meaningful insight, driving quality improvements, and leading change in a people-focused environment? Then we would like to hear from you!

About the role:

We are looking for a full time (37 hours) Business Manager (Adult Social Care) within our Business Management Team in Adult Social Care. In this key role, you will be the strategic lead for data governance, quality assurance, and performance insight across the ASC service. Reporting to the Head of Adult Social Care Services and Business Development, you’ll ensure that the right data is driving the right decisions.

You will be responsible for:

• leading the design and monitoring of robust data and quality systems to support compliance, service improvement, and strategic decision-making.
• integrate data from multiple sources while maintaining quality.
• championing a culture of continuous quality improvement and embedding Quality Assurance processes that support safe, effective, and person-centred services.
• develop and implement quality assurance plans and protocols.
• collaborating with senior leaders and operational teams to ensure performance dashboards, audits, and data reporting are aligned to service priorities.
• acting as the quality assurance lead in business continuity, governance, and inspection readiness activities across the directorate.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive quality initiatives and best practices.
• Implement corrective actions to address identified issues and enhance overall quality.

For further information on the role please find the attached Job Description .

About you:

You will be a strategic thinker with strong experience in managing quality assurance and data systems in complex, fast-paced public sector environments. You will have proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams (including indirect reports), implement data-driven strategies, and influence senior decision-makers. You will be skilled in project/programme management, risk and benefits analysis, and continuous service improvement.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. See our values page to find out more .

If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.

About us:

Our people do all they can to make the difference to local communities in Gloucestershire. And that’s exactly what we aim to do for our people. Here are some of the ways we aim to achieve this:

• Regular formal and informal support
• Safe, supportive, and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Career progression conversations, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
• Fixed entitlement of 25.5 days annual leave from commencement of your employment
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.

Applying:

Please write your application with consideration for the essential criteria in the Job Profile which you will find in the Additional Information section below. This should include examples of why you should be considered and cover the experience , skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.

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