Specialist Commissioning Manager

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Specialist Commissioning Manager
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, Block 4, 2nd Floor 
• Salary:                               £56,781 - £58,616 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     13/12/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:   10431 
• This post is open to job share

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Gloucestershire County Council’s Integrated Children and Families Commissioning Hub.  As a Specialist Commissioning Manager, the role is part of our fast paced and highly rewarding team with an integral role in making a significant difference to the lives of children, young people, and their families across Gloucestershire. 

The establishment of this new post within the team brings valued resource into the area of Strategic Commissioning and Access to Resources, both of which are growing areas within the Hub.

The Specialist Commissioning Manager will create and develop relationships and frameworks with a range of providers capable of meeting the needs of all children and young people in contact with Children’s Social Care where provision for these needs is not already available.

This includes supporting and developing a range of effective commissioning options to enable the authority to ensure sufficient availability and Access to Resources to meet the needs of children and young people across the County. This will require the ability to plan, develop, monitor, and review service needs and provider offers to deliver effective, value for money options and to commission contracts and packages of support accordingly.

The Specialist Commissioning Manager will establish processes to monitor, support and challenge providers to ensure they are making the most effective use of allocated resources and funding and meeting individual needs.  This will not only contribute to the care and welfare of vulnerable children and young people but will also play a vital role in enabling Gloucestershire County Council to evidence value for public money, driving up quality and reducing costs.

The postholder is expected to maintain their knowledge and experience of national initiatives, new legislation and emerging practice, working with colleagues in other agencies in partnership, to implement key changes and monitor their impact.  They will ensure that all activities and outcomes for the team are supportive of the Council’s objectives.  They will also oversee the development of models and appraisal of intelligence to forecast specialist provision needs across the county and use this to inform the Hub’s commissioning strategy.

The Specialist Commissioning Manager is expected to lead and coordinate an approach to source and develop grant awards and project cycles in line with the Council’s strategic priorities.  They will add value and sustainable improvements to services, playing an active role in leading the innovation and continuous improvement of services.

In addition to these duties the post holder will also deputise for the Head of Service and provide support to the senior management team in the Children and Families Commissioning Hub.

To be successful you will need excellent organisational skills to allow you to prioritise workloads and ensure our service levels are maintained. We also need you to have a customer-focused nature to help build strong working relationships with our internal and external stakeholders. You must be able to think and plan strategically, have the ability to manage teams dealing with unpredictable work demands effectively and sensitively, alongside the ability to manage resources including finances.

The successful candidate must demonstrate their ability to promote the Gloucestershire leaders/employee’s behaviours, be a confident leader, have the ability to work in partnership in a cooperative and flexible manner, and display and encourage a reflective approach to their work and to the work of others within commissioning.

In return we will offer you:

• Regular formal and informal support.
• Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
• Access to relevant training and career progression.
• Annual leave of 25.5 days (pro rata) up to 30.5 days (pro rata) after 5 years employment.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply).

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement. 

For an informal discussion please contact Wendy Gray wendy.gray2@gloucestershire.gov.uk 01452 324219

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Specialist Commissioning Manager Job Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.