Strategic Commissioning Manager (Children) (Ref: PSO001031)
Salary: 45,718 - 48,710 per annum
Salary Band: £40,001 to £50,000
Post Type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: Full time
Job and Application Details
Categories: Social Care - Leadership
Directorate: N/A
Published Date: 17/01/2025
Closing Date: 02/02/2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Darlington Borough Council’s People Group as the Strategic Commissioning Manager – Children’s. Reporting to the Lead Commissioning and Contracts Manager – Children’s, you will lead the day-to-day commissioning activity for children. You will drive quality assurance and contractual compliance in commissioned services to ensure positive outcomes for children are achieved. You will proactively monitor, trend analyze, and support service remodelling to ensure commissioned services keep pace with changing local needs and legislative requirements. You will play a key role in progressing Darlington’s Commissioning and Sufficiency Strategy for Children.
This will be a challenging but extremely rewarding role for an individual with a drive for positive impact and a genuine commitment to improve outcomes for children in Darlington.
About You
You will be passionate, with a can-do solution-focused approach and an ability to work at pace, rapidly reprioritizing in response to changing requirements. You will have an inherent ability to develop and maintain strong and effective stakeholder relations with internal departments, a diverse range of service providers, the local voluntary and community sector, regional Councils, and strategic health commissioners.
You will be educated to degree level or equivalent with approximately 5 years of experience managing commissioning functions, along with demonstrable experience of staff management, project management, and safeguarding systems and processes management.
If this is you, we would love to hear from you.
Benefits
Darlington Borough Council fully supports agile working and flexible working arrangements. As an organization, we are committed to providing a healthy work-life balance. The rewards for working at Darlington Borough Council go beyond the salary you will receive; we have numerous additional benefits such as:
1. 32 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays, with the option to purchase additional Annual Leave (pro-rata for part-time working)
2. Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with the option to make Additional Voluntary Contributions
3. Flexi-time scheme
4. Flexible working
5. Generous Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave schemes
6. Staff equality forums
7. Green Car Leasing Scheme
8. Access to a wide range of training, learning, and development
9. Physiotherapy service
10. Confidential counselling service
11. Great wellbeing offer
12. Cycle to Work Scheme
13. Dolphin Centre Fit for Life Discounts
14. Local and National retailer discounts
15. Arriva Employee Travel Club
For the full range of benefits we offer, please see our Why work for us internet page, which also includes our Total Reward Booklet and Employee Benefit Video.
For detailed information on this role, please refer to the Role Profile.
For a further informal discussion, please contact: Helen Watson, Lead Commissioning and Contracts Manager – Children’s on 07816848249.
Interview date for this post will be 13th February 2025. Interviews will take place at the Town Hall, Feethams, Darlington, DL1 5QT.
General Information for Applicants:
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If you are experiencing problems applying for this vacancy via North East Jobs, please contact the HR Team on 01325 405486 or HR@darlington.gov.uk, who will be happy to assist.
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