Planning & Assurance Support Officer

Grade C: £32,471 (National Framework) or £38,143 (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £581 per annum for those working from home. For part time roles – please note this will be pro rata.

Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week or Part-time 29.6 hours per week. Job-share will be considered. Talk to us about compressed hours.

Contract Type: Fixed Term, Secondment opportunity until 27 February 2026.

Location: Home or office based, flexible location. Hybrid working (working 2 days a week from home).

Closing Date: Sunday 9 February 2025 at 11.59pm

Potential Interview Date: (via Teams) weeks commencing 17 and 24 February 2025.

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?
When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.

Why this could be a great role for you…
This role plays a pivotal part in helping our Engagement directorate to do their best work. It is an opportunity to manage a small team with the core aim of keeping the smooth running of the directorate on track and helping us to move forward. There is also scope to reshape the team’s relationship to Engagement following a recently completed change programme.

What you will bring…
You will bring skills and experience to support our Engagement directorate with monitoring and reporting of performance management against our business plan. You’ll be working closely with colleagues from several different teams to support finance, business administration, governance, procurement and risk management.

What we can offer you...
Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through our benefits scheme:

1. 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
2. NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
3. Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
4. Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
5. Discounted gym vouchers
6. Cycle to work scheme
7. Internal reward scheme where you could earn yourself a voucher or two!
8. Equipment for homeworking

We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.

We want to support you to succeed and be your very best with opportunities for training and development; along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.

Please click the link below to access the Job Description:
Planning and Assurance Support Officer JD

For further information about this role please contact Hiring Manager – Chris Day, Director of Engagement via PA - stephanie.betteridge@cqc.org.uk and for general enquiries contact recruitment@cqc.org.uk.

Individual adjustments...
We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: recruitment@cqc.org.uk.

Note for internal candidates:
As this is a secondment/fixed term opportunity it is important that you read our recruitment and selection policy relating to secondments and you must discuss your application with your line manager before applying. Your line manager will need to consider the implications of the release, agree whether you can be released for a specific time and that the secondment represents a development opportunity/meets business needs.

Note for external candidates:
CQC are currently working through an organisational transformation programme which includes the creation of a new target operating model. This role is offered as a fixed term contract as part of the transition process to that new model. For further information on this please visit this link.

CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

Candidates must ensure that all information provided in their application is detailed in their own words and is factually accurate. Any examples provided must be taken from personal experience. CQC abides by honesty and integrity as part of its core values; if evidence of plagiarism or generating answers from other sources is found, applications may be withdrawn.

Our Values

Excellence – Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation.

Caring – Treating everyone with dignity and respect.

Integrity – Demonstrating our passion for ‘doing the right thing’.

Teamwork – Enabling us to be the best we can.