National Enforcement Manager

This advert is for current internal applicants only. External applications will be closed

Grade A - £55,172 (National) or £61,028 (London - for London office based or home-based workers within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £600 per annum for those working from home. Please note for part time roles – this will be pro rata.

Contracted Hours: Part Time - 0.5 FTE

Contract Type: Secondment for 6 months

Location: Home based - flexible

Interview Date: Wednesday 7 and/or Thursday 8 October 2026

Closing date: Sunday 27 September 2026 at 11.59 pm

Picture this

This is a role where no two days are the same. You'll work with colleagues across CQC to improve how enforcement activity is delivered, helping make regulatory decisions that protect people and support better care outcomes

In the last year as an Enforcement Manager in the National Enforcement Team, you might have:

• Supported investigators with criminal investigations.
• Led the development of new enforcement processes, guidance and tools that improved the consistency and quality of enforcement decisions across CQC.
• Identified opportunities to improve the future enforcement model, working with colleagues to introduce new approaches, strengthen oversight and support organisation-wide improvement initiatives.

The role
Your insight and leadership will influence what we do and how we do it. In this role, you'll:

• Lead a national team: Manage and support colleagues delivering enforcement investigations and reviewing representations, helping ensure decisions are timely, robust and consistent.
• Provide oversight and expertise: Oversee enforcement activity within your area, ensuring decisions are evidence-based, transparent and aligned with policies and regulatory requirements.
• Support people and performance: Develop colleagues through coaching, learning opportunities and day-to-day leadership, while ensuring key performance measures are achieved.

Show us
We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge and experience in your application form:

• Experience leading regulatory investigations or enforcement activity, including making proportionate decisions based on evidence.
• Proven ability to manage and develop a team, supporting performance and professional growth.
• Experience assessing risk, analysing complex information and providing clear advice or recommendations to support decision-making with a range of stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of health and social care regulation and experience applying legal frameworks in practice.

Join us and help CQC shape the future of health and care. Apply today to make a real impact.

Compliance

This is a secondment/fixed term opportunity. Please read the recruitment and selection policy section on secondments. You must discuss your application with your line manager before applying.

To progress your application, you’ll need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Without valid right to work you won’t be eligible for the role. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. Some roles may also be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Next steps
If you apply, you’ll need to create a profile and complete an online application form. Your application will be completely anonymous. Please see our information for applicants for more details on the process. We contact every applicant to let them know the outcome of their application, so you will hear from us whether or not you are shortlisted.

You can read the full details of the role in the Job Description

If you’d like an informal chat about the role contact – contact Ros Sanderson, Deputy Director of National Enforcement at rosalind.sanderson@cqc.org.uk or Vanessa King, National Enforcement Manger at vanessa.king@cqc.org.uk or Mark Burnell, National Enforcement Manager at Mark.Burnell@cqc.org.uk

For general enquiries, please email recruitment@cqc.org.uk.

The Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including:

• Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
• NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
• Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

Please see our benefits page for the full list.

Equity for all
We know job descriptions can feel intimidating. Research shows they can cause some people to doubt whether they’re a good fit. This happens more often to people from underrepresented groups (e.g. ethnic minority backgrounds). If this role interests you, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective, skills, and experience could be exactly what we need.
We want every candidate to feel supported and able to do their best. If you need adjustments to our process, we’ll work with you to remove any barriers. Visit our accessibility page for more on this. If you’d like to chat, please contact recruitment@cqc.org.uk. Please note, if you have previously informed us of adjustments you need for interview or within your role these are not carried over and must be discussed for each individual application you make.
We promote a workplace where fairness, respect and inclusion are a priority. Diverse teams make our work better, help us deliver our mission and make our culture stronger. See our ED&I page for more about this.
We welcome applications from everyone, and colleagues can find support and community among our many employee networks. This includes people of any:

• Age
• Sex
• Gender identity or expression
• Sexual orientation
• Religion or belief
• Ethnicity
• Disability

Values and vision
We are guided by our core values, which shape our work and our culture.
Excellence – being a high-performing organisation.
Caring – treating everyone with dignity and respect.
Integrity – doing the right thing.
Teamwork – learning from each other to be the best we can.
We are a disability confident employer and a carer confident employer.

A Note on AI
AI tools can be great for research and refining ideas, but we want to learn about you. If you use AI or Chatbots to help you with your application, keep these points in mind:

• AI can support research, structuring and refining your writing, but your application must reflect your real skills and experience.
• Spell-checking and condensing word counts are great ways to use AI effectively.
• Do not copy and paste AI generated answers. These will not help you stand out; remember we want to hear about your skills and experience.
• Providing false and insincere examples goes against our core values of honesty and integrity and may lead to your application being withdrawn or termination of your employment.