DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES and POLICY Salary: £70,000 FTE. Position: Permanent, full time, open to flexible and hybrid working, with an expectation of regular travel to the national office in London and out to Practices or senior stakeholder meetings across England as needed. Location: Coram Campus, Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ. Reporting to: Chief Executive. Line managing: Head of Practices, with an expectation of also line managing External Affairs and Communications Lead in due course. Start date: April 2025. THE ROLE SHiFT''s Director of Programmes and Policy strategically and operationally directs the implementation and delivery of SHiFT through our SHiFT Practices and realises opportunities for SHiFT''s work to influence policy and practice reform. This is an exciting opportunity for someone driven by SHiFT''s Mission to break the destructive cycle of crime for children and young people, with the tenacity and skill to deliver innovation and translate learning from it to stimulate systems change within complex, multi-agency operational environments that include Children''s Social Care and Youth Justice. The Director of Programmes and Policy role is a new role for SHiFT, which has emerged because of our growth and the need to increase SHiFT''s strategic and operational capabilities. By welcoming a new senior leader, we want to ensure that we have enough capacity and capability to consistently deliver excellence through our Practices and to realise opportunities ..... full job details .....