Colin Diamond, who worked in his early career as a teacher, youth worker and child psychotherapist in London, will take on the role when current director of children's services Peter Hay retires on 31 March.
The appointment comes exactly a year before responsibility for children's services in Birmingham is due to be handed to an employee-owned mutual.
Diamond has been working in Birmingham as deputy education commissioner since 2015. He was sent to Birmingham by former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to support the work of commissioner Sir Michael Tomlinson - and had responsibility for helping academy schools recover from the Trojan Horse scandal.
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