Service Director - Commissioning

Service Director - Commissioning

Start: ASAP

Rate: Between £600-750 per day, Umbrella Inside IR35 

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

Duration: 3 months initially (likely to extend)

Working pattern: Hybrid, 2-3 days onsite preferred

Location: East Anglia

Our client, a local authority based in East Anglia is looking for a Service Director-Commissioning to join for a minimum period of 3 months on a predominately remote/hybrid basis.

This role will work in close partnership across the Health and Social Care System, this post incorporates responsibilities relating to quality and commissioning of social care and people services for children, young people, individual adults and their families and carers.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for commissioning effective, efficient and safe services that represent best value. Social Care is broadly defined in this instance as the care, protection, support, welfare and advocacy of vulnerable or dependent people, individually or in groups
• To be a full participating member across both Children’s and Adults Departmental Management Teams (DMTs) driving strategy and performance and identifying and championing the delivery of both Adults and Children’s services vision and strategy with system partners, community representatives, DMT colleagues and all employees
• Continually review and reshape service delivery to achieve financial efficiencies and maximise opportunities for income generation, whilst maintaining the highest standards of service delivery
• Ensuring services are designed, optimised and delivered to improve outcomes in a financially sustainable way whilst fulfilling statutory duties
• Joint planning and commissioning, developing and facilitating whole system design and solutions, including  a key influencing role in respect of the statutory, independent, voluntary and private sector organisations that operate within local communities. This will require regular attendance and membership [where appropriate] at board level meetings, and regular engagement within and leadership of key stakeholder events and public events

Requirements:

• Qualified to Post Degree level
• Thorough understanding of the Commissioning & processes (Commissioning Academy)
• Thorough understanding of legislation and impact
• Thorough commercial and financial understanding of Commissioning, market management and development 

• Extensive experience and proven track record at senior management level of successfully commissioning people services, including joint commissioning and collaboration with partners, in a complex stakeholder environment (either in local government or other large and complex organisations)

If you are interested in the role, we would love to hear from you! Please apply to receive more information.