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Child Maintenance Service - Head of Service for Enforcement

Department Department Department for Work and Pensions
Location Falkirk, Dudley, Leicester +4
📍 Locations

Falkirk, Dudley, Leicester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Hastings, Birkenhead, Plymouth

Frequent travel and overnight stays are required.

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Grade Grade 6
Salary £75,026+
Closing 5 days
Profession Operational Delivery
Contract Permanent
Working style Hybrid
Security clearance BPSS
Open to External (open to all)

You will lead and inspire a large team of up to one thousand colleagues across multiple locations as the Head of Service for Enforcement within the Child Maintenance Service. Your role involves driving strategic leadership and operational delivery, managing outsourced partnerships, and overseeing the Financial Investigations Unit to prevent fraud. You will collaborate closely with senior leaders across the department, policy teams, digital specialists, and ministers to implement major service transformations. Additionally, you will travel frequently for site visits, respond to parliamentary and customer enquiries, and guide your teams through significant operational change.

Open to UK, Irish, Commonwealth, EU/EEA and Turkish nationals with appropriate right to work or settled status.

Sift period: 6 - 16 October 2026. Interviews will take place on 9 November 2026 via video using MS Teams.

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