Senior Commissioning Manager

This role has a starting salary of £57,868 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week. This is an 18-month fixed term contract opportunity.

We are excited to be hiring a new Senior Commissioning Manager to join our fantastic Family Resilience Commissioning team. The team is based in Quadrant Court, Woking and all work in a hybrid way.

Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the Team

The team work collaboratively with our partners to support the Early Help system in Surrey, ensuring we have quality services in place for our families that need them. We work in an evidenced based way to ensure that we understand needs and commission services accordingly.

We are a team with a strong work ethic and believe in having honest and open conversations with people and always treat others with respect to ensure we get the best out of all working relationships we have.

About the Role

As the Senior Commissioning Manager, you will work on the recommissioning and contract management for Early Help services and provide system leadership to help collaboratively develop and implement change across the partnership to improve outcomes for Surrey's children and families. You will also ensure alignment with partners and services within the community working collaboratively with our key stakeholders and partners, presenting outcomes at senior boards and providing leadership to the staff team. You will work closely with the managers from all Commissioning teams within Surrey to ensure an Early Help approach is embedded in all potential commissioning activities, particularly with our colleagues in Health.

As a lead member of the team, this role will provide you with the opportunity to further develop your Leadership, programme management and people management skills within a supportive and friendly team environment.

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• Degree qualified, or significant vocational experience, demonstrating development through involvement in a series of progressively more demanding relevant work/roles
• Significant experience (minimum of 5-years) of working within the commissioning field, providing a robust approach to commissioning activities and contract management processes
• Experience of leading a team through change and change management
• Experience of managing or co-ordinating multiple stakeholders to deliver a commissioning project
• Problem solving skills with the ability to use own initiative to independently devise, develop and implement beneficial changes
• Experience of complex data analysis and with ability to summarise findings through strong written and oral communication interpersonal skills, including facilitation and presentation skills that have influenced positive change

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 15th April 2024 with interviews to be commence on 26th and 30th of April.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.