Senior Commissioning Manager

Senior Commissioning Manager

Job Description

Permanent contract | £53,802 to £59,196 per annum (Scale M) | 37 hours per week | County Hall, Norwich

Are you ready for an exciting new career?

Due to the planned retirement of a Senior Commissioning Manager in Mental Health, a vacancy is going to become available in the Learning Disability, Autism and Mental Health Commissioning Team.

The post holder will manage the mental health portfolio in commissioning covering a broad range of services such as Residential, Supported Living, Outreach, Domiciliary Care and Home Support for people with enduring mental health needs, supporting one of the most vulnerable cohorts in our population towards recovery and living positively with long term mental illness. Due to the massive interdependencies, it will be essential for the post holder to work to maintain constructive relationships with relevant housing officers in District Councils, with Commissioners in the ICB, the Voluntary and Community Sector as well as Public Health Officers leading on strategic developments around substance misuse and dual diagnosis. Within the scope of this role will also be responsibility for maintaining oversight of commissioning of statutory advocacy services.

Working alongside operational colleagues the postholder will assist in developing insights into medium to longer term commissioning strategies. These will be social care centric and aligned and working alongside health colleagues to ensure sufficient focus on the social care role in commissioning for mental health.

We are hoping that to prepare for this portfolio of work there will be up to a three-month handover, due to the volume of handover that will need to happen with the person leaving their post. 

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.  
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.   
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job. 
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

Closing date: 28 March 2024 at 23:59

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We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage.  Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food.  We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk.  Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.
We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.
We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.