Locality Manager

Salary: £48,825 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours

Job Type: Permanent - Full-time

Location: Lambeth

Positions Available: 2

Interview date: week commencing 4 May 2026

Benefits

- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays & enrolment onto a pension scheme
- 24-hour Employee Assistance
- Paid Enhanced DBS
- Eye care voucher
- Salary sacrifice schemes available: Travel to work loan, Cycle to work Scheme, Gym Membership & Tech Purchase

About the role

We are looking for 2 highly motivated, values-led individuals who have experience in managing multiple teams/houses to join the Lambeth team.

As the Locality Manager, you will be instrumental in influencing and informing our future management and leadership approach, working collaboratively with the Operations & Community Manager to deliver projects of positive change and future planning for the services within your locality.

Duties will include:

- Ensure your team/s support the individual(s) to keep safe and healthy in line with their Person-Centred Plan, Health Action Plan, and any other health criteria.
- Coordinate the management of support through the referral, assessment, and review stages of person-centred planning, ensuring people have maximum choice and control.
- Provide effective and inspirational leadership and direction, working in a consistent and positive way with Managers and other team members to ensure people always receive a great service from the whole team.
- Provide a high level of senior visibility in the services and teams across your portfolio, role modelling Certitude’s Values & Behaviours and developing a positive working environment which nurtures and rewards good practice, ensuring staff feel valued and recognised for the important work they do.
- Monitor the effectiveness of subject matter expertise within your portfolio. Working with the Operations & Community Manager, ensure subject matter expertise is developed and shared across the Locality, based on the bespoke and specialist needs of the people we support.

About you

To be a Locality Manager, the following are essential:

- Experience of managing contracts, budgets and income streams.
- Leading services that deliver high-quality support and great person-centred practice outcomes.
- Strong knowledge of Care Standards and Care Act 2014, safeguarding, DOLS/MCA and regulatory frameworks.
- Astute financial and resource management skills: able to manage a budget, able to see where costs need to be controlled and expenditure is required.
- Ability to analyse and evaluate data and different courses of action to inform effective decision making in line with our values.

About the Organisation

We have a passion for life and make it our mission to support people in living the life they desire, whatever that may be. We care about the people we support and the work we do, and we would love for you to join us at Certitude.

Read more about us on our website and visit our work for us page. You can also learn about us through our Values and Behaviours.

Do you want to be a Locality Manager at Certitude? Select the apply button, complete an application form and someone from the Recruitment Team will be in touch! A job description and person specification are available via the apply button. If you have any questions, please email us.

All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a full employment history and employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and the support provided and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close vacancies before the date stated when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

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