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Chief Executive Children’s Improvement Advisers (CIA) with notice | UKGovscan
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OPENTender notice (UK4) · Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)Ref ocds-h6vhtk-06aed2
Chief Executive Children’s Improvement Advisers (CIA) with notice
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Contract Value
£42,000
excluding VAT · £50,400 including VAT · Below the relevant threshold
The submission deadline passed on 22 Jun 2026, 5:00pm.
Description
The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. It works on behalf of member councils to support, promote, and improve local government. The LGA delivers a programme of children’s services leadership support to councils and corporate and political leaders. To support delivery of this programme up to 2 x Chief Executive Children’s Improvement Advisers will be contracted to provide associate support to council Chief Executives, corporate leadership teams, and political leaders to support effective leadership of children’s services.
Contracts will start as soon as possible and end on 31 March 2027, with up to 60 days allocated to the end of the contract With a daily rate of £700. his represents a maximum contract value of £42,000 (exclusive of VAT).
Bidders must have had recent experience as a Chief Executive of a council with statutory responsibility for delivering children’s services.
Service requirements:
Work closely with the LGA regional children’s improvement advisors and SEND improvement advisers to ensure a coherent offer of support.
Build a wider understanding of the LGAs improvement support to ensure a coherent and co-ordinated offer to councils.
Develop strong relationships with councils and corporate and political leaders to build a clear understanding of need in children’s services, to support leadership, identify innovative solutions, broker improvement strategies, and ensure they are delivered.
Provide constructive challenge to local and regional approaches and priorities.
To support and develop leadership and best practice in councils and support councils at risk
Facilitate discussions across corporate and political leadership groups to develop a shared understanding of children’s services challenges, and a collaborative approach to address these.
Provide or broker mentoring support to individual chief executives and council leaders.
Further details of background and scope in Appendix of ITT
To apply via electronic submission at link below:
a Curriculum Vitae (CV) a short supporting statement of no more than 2 sides answering the quality questions in Appendix 6.