Head of Service

2 weeks ago


Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen Council Full time £74,426 - £79,566 per year

Job description

Terms & Conditions: Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week

Department: Adults & Heath

Interview date: 11th December 2025

Due to the promotion of our existing head of Service we have an exciting opportunity to become part of a service transforming the way it operates. Are you an experienced Head of Adult Social Care Commissioning? If so come and develop your commissioning career with BwD and help us shape our ambitions

Here at BwD we are constantly looking for ways to improve our services and develop a thriving market place able to meet the assessed needs of our residents.

We are extremely proud of the recently announced outcome from the Care Quality Commission having assessed our Local Authority Adult Social Care services as good and we are now excited to move on to the next stage of our development .

We are looking for an experienced, collaborative, creative and energetic Head of Commissioning to deliver upon our strategic and tactical commissioning ambitions. We are at an exciting stage of our development as we work in close partnership with our ICB colleagues to reconfigure and develop the service around a new commissioning model. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of ensuring proficient commissioning both across the NHS and Local Authority operating environments.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Commissioning and Independent Living Services, you will lead both on strategic engagement with stakeholders and external partners to achieve agreed outcomes. You will directly manage the team structure to deliver on an emerging commissioning and quality strategy. A commitment to co-producing approaches with providers and people who draw down on services is essential.

The post holder will take our development plans to the next stage and a such needs to be a resilient, effective leader with excellent written and presentation skills, confident working with partners and with those with lived experience.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact:

Elizabeth Fleming – Assistant Director Adults – elizabeth,

Job details

Job reference

REQ04434

Date posted

03/11/2025

Application closing date

24/11/2025

Location

Blackburn with Darwen

Salary

Grade M, SCP 60-64, £74,426 to £79,766 per annum

Package

Blank

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Council


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