Brokerage Manager

**The Recruitment Group**
We're on the lookout for a Brokerage Manager for our well-established client in Oxford on a temporary basis for 3 months
**About the role**:
As a Brokerage Manager, you will be responsible for:

- To oversee the effect and efficient delivery of brokerage activities to identify effective care and support arrangements for children and adults, working with operational service, providers and service users.
- To ensure service users, carers and their families can access appropriate signposting, information and advice to inform their care and support decisions.
- To maximise available capacity and innovation in the health and care market for care and support arrangements by working closely with other Council directorates, providers and partners.
- To maintain robust oversight of financial arrangements for care and support packages which enables quality and value, utilising frameworks, and cost-effective contractual mechanisms as far as possible.
- To develop, implement and ensure compliance with appropriate governance and decision-making processes for care and support arrangements, working with operational service leadership.
- To keep key stakeholders informed and enabled to make decisions on care and support arrangements, including providing relevant information, analysis and reports on activity, performance, and the market.
- To promote and ensure a person-centred approach to brokering care and support arrangements which enable the delivery of outcomes, needs and preferences for the service users, carers and their families.
- To ensure a high level of timely accurate and robust data recording, documentation, and administration to facilitate effective management information. Financial forecasting, analysis and statutory reporting.
- To build and lead effective working relationships with key suppliers and the wider market, working with commissioning managers to shape and develop the market for care and support arrangements.
- To build and lead effective working relationships with colleagues in commissioning, quality & improvement, operational services, the corporate hub and other organisation teams to facilitate quality and cost-effect care and support arrangements.
- To ensure compliance with all legislation, government guidance and policies relevant to children and adults requiring care and support packages.
- To ensure that children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded at all times and in line with current legislation, taking appropriate action to address areas of concern.
- To promote and facilitate innovation, creativity and continuous improvement in care and support arrangements within their teams, as well as wider commissioning, assist and contract management.
- To develop and lead change in wider commissioning, procurement and contract management of health, education and social care services as required.
- To provide case management, supervision, guidance, support, expert advice and development to the team to support the effective and efficient delivery of brokerage activities.
- To be responsible for the effective allocation of work and distributing team resources to enable robust and timely care and support arrangements to be established.
- To undertake any other duties commensurate with the grading of the post.

**Shift**:
**Working Days**:Monday to Friday
**Working Hours**:08:30am to 17:00pm
**Hourly rate**:£26.05 to £35,70
**About You**:

- Relevant work experience spanning at least 3 years in purchasing, sourcing, contract management and/or financial management
- Strong ability to work in a collaborative and constructive way with others as p
- Strong ability to work under pressure in a complex, fast-paced and changing environment

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