Chief Delivery Officer
| Posting date: | 27 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £80,000 to £90,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | You'll receive 35 days annual leave and a further 8 days for bank holidays. Ignis Lodge give 2 extra days; 1 for your birthday, and 1 for our birthday. We provide a pension scheme for all employees and contribute 2% for every 1% from you to a maximum of 12% (18% total).. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | CV1 2ST |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Ignis Lodge |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | IL/25/03 |
Summary
Ignis Lodge will ignite sparks of potential to nurture growth in a brighter future
We are building a vibrant community where people find peace and renewal in nature, come together to learn and flourish, and create positive, sustainable change.
The Chief Delivery Officer will lead our delivery mission which delivers high-quality, compassionate, and outcome-focused care. By integrating health, employment, and life skills, we help veterans and young care leavers move from crisis to lasting independence. We CARE:
Comfort those in crisis, ensuring they feel safe, secure, and never alone,
Advocate co-designed, holistic, and sustainable solutions for veterans and young care leavers,
Restore dignity, confidence and hope through tailored residential and outreach programmes,
Empower communities to live happy, healthy and independent lives.
Why does this role exist?
You’ll be the shaper of change and momentum; leading transformation, shaping programmes, and promoting pathways which turn the vision of brighter futures into lived reality. Leading our CARE mission, you will embed our WISE values—Welcoming, Inclusive, Skilful, Encouraging—designing and scaling programmes which unlock confidence, capability and opportunity. You’ll champion evidence-led innovation, drive results at pace, and inspire trust across communities, partners and policymakers committed to social change.
What will I be doing in this role?
Programme leadership Design and deliver joined-up services across health, housing, employment, and skills enabling veterans and young care leavers to move from crisis to independence.
Clinical leadership and governance Act as the organisation’s most senior clinician, providing strategic clinical oversight and assurance across all care pathways. Ensure compliance with all regulatory and professional standards.
Safeguarding and care quality Serve as the organisational Safeguarding Lead and ensure safe, trauma-informed, and person-centred practices are embedded across all settings, in line with CQC and other statutory requirements.
Impact and outcomes Embed a robust, data-informed outcomes framework to track impact and improve practice, ensuring people-centred success stories align with strategic goals.
Partnerships and collaboration Build and maintain relationships with commissioners, delivery partners, local authorities, and community networks to extend reach and effectiveness.
Innovation and improvement Create an agile culture of service design, experimentation, and learning to ensure relevance, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.
Inclusion and lived experience Champion co-production, diverse representation, and inclusive practice throughout programme design and delivery.
We are building a vibrant community where people find peace and renewal in nature, come together to learn and flourish, and create positive, sustainable change.
The Chief Delivery Officer will lead our delivery mission which delivers high-quality, compassionate, and outcome-focused care. By integrating health, employment, and life skills, we help veterans and young care leavers move from crisis to lasting independence. We CARE:
Comfort those in crisis, ensuring they feel safe, secure, and never alone,
Advocate co-designed, holistic, and sustainable solutions for veterans and young care leavers,
Restore dignity, confidence and hope through tailored residential and outreach programmes,
Empower communities to live happy, healthy and independent lives.
Why does this role exist?
You’ll be the shaper of change and momentum; leading transformation, shaping programmes, and promoting pathways which turn the vision of brighter futures into lived reality. Leading our CARE mission, you will embed our WISE values—Welcoming, Inclusive, Skilful, Encouraging—designing and scaling programmes which unlock confidence, capability and opportunity. You’ll champion evidence-led innovation, drive results at pace, and inspire trust across communities, partners and policymakers committed to social change.
What will I be doing in this role?
Programme leadership Design and deliver joined-up services across health, housing, employment, and skills enabling veterans and young care leavers to move from crisis to independence.
Clinical leadership and governance Act as the organisation’s most senior clinician, providing strategic clinical oversight and assurance across all care pathways. Ensure compliance with all regulatory and professional standards.
Safeguarding and care quality Serve as the organisational Safeguarding Lead and ensure safe, trauma-informed, and person-centred practices are embedded across all settings, in line with CQC and other statutory requirements.
Impact and outcomes Embed a robust, data-informed outcomes framework to track impact and improve practice, ensuring people-centred success stories align with strategic goals.
Partnerships and collaboration Build and maintain relationships with commissioners, delivery partners, local authorities, and community networks to extend reach and effectiveness.
Innovation and improvement Create an agile culture of service design, experimentation, and learning to ensure relevance, responsiveness, and continuous improvement.
Inclusion and lived experience Champion co-production, diverse representation, and inclusive practice throughout programme design and delivery.
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