Strategic Lead
4 days ago
**How you'll make a difference**
The Children, Adults and Health department has launched an ambitious Commissioning Transformation Programme to develop a commissioning strategy for many adult services, including day services, reablement, home care, extra care, care homes, learning difficulties, and voluntary sector services.
As the Strategic (Lead) Commissioning Manager you will spearhead the commissioning teams for the older adult services, supporting and implementing the new commissioning strategy across those services and overseeing the day-to-day contractual and quality assurance work of those teams. You will therefore play a critical role in ensuring that the people in South Gloucestershire receive the support that they need to live their lives as independently as possible, in the right settings and at affordable prices.
This is a full-time 3-year position managing a team of 20 including 6 Commissioning Managers as direct reports and 4 people on limited term contracts.
**What will you be doing?**
You will offer inspirational leadership to your team, providing support and challenge and developing resilience to ensure high quality services are delivered. By managing and leading a team of enthusiastic commissioning managers and officers you will drive change and develop excellent relationships with social care providers and other partners.
You will build strong partnerships with social care, housing, Public Health, health colleagues and provider organisations to meet our strategic commitments. You will work collaboratively to support innovation and development of the care provider market in South Gloucestershire to deliver the department-wide commissioning priorities.
In this role you will work with our commissioning transformation as a journey towards relationship commissioning including place-based and asset-based approaches in partnership with the voluntary sector.
**What we need from you**
You will have a degree and/or professional qualification in management and social care
It is essential that you have substantial experience in local government, voluntary or private sector in the delivery of commissioning and contract management
You will have leadership experience with the ability to manage the team and commissioning work within a local government setting
You will require excellent relationship, communication and negotiation skills
**How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different**
We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance - whatever that means for them.
We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
- We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
- We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
- We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it
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