AddressThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Senior Commissioning Manager
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 4, 2nd Floor
- Salary: £50,990 - £54,683 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37 & 30 (2 roles available)
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 03/07/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 9342
- This posts are open to job share
Gloucestershire County Council’s Children and Families Commissioning Hub is seeking to recruit 2 talented Senior Commissioning Managers to join its leadership team. Each post will carry a portfolio of Strategic Commissioning and Contracts work.
We are looking for each candidate to have experience of and an understanding of strategic commissioning and contractual contract management.
Role 1 – This is an integrated post that sits across GCC and the ICB supporting children who have additional health needs.
Role 2 – This is a GCC post that will carry a portfolio of strategic contracts with the aim to meet the needs of our most vulnerable children and young people.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to come and work for Gloucestershire County Council in the Children and Families Commissioning Hub. You will be joining a fast paced, but highly rewarding team where you will play an integral role in making a significant difference in the lives of the most vulnerable children in Gloucestershire.
You’ll help make a difference as a Senior Commissioning Manager by implementing the commissioning cycle, ensuring strong, robust contract monitoring of services procured, ensuring improved outcomes for children, young people, and their families and by building on your relational approach to commissioning. You will therefore not only contribute to the care and welfare of vulnerable children, but also play a vital role in enabling Gloucestershire County Council to evidence receiving value for spending taxpayers’ money.
You will manage the resources of a team of commissioning officers who will support the commissioning cycle as well as contributing to improving the outcomes for children, young people, and their families.
To be successful you will need excellent organisational skills to allow you to prioritise workloads and ensure our service levels are maintained. We also need your customer-focused nature to help build working relationships with our internal and external stakeholders as well as strong communication skills.
For an informal discusion please contact Wendy Gray wendy.gray2@gloucestershire.gov.uk - 01452 324219
Additional Information
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Senior Commissioning Manager Job Profile
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
