Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for a Strategic Commissioning Officer
(Children's Services) behalf of our client based in Torbay
The successful candidate will be a responsible member of the Children's Services Commissioning Team responsible for the development and delivery of commissioning programmes, plans and strategies across Children's Services, to ensure the very best outcomes for our children, young people and their families.
This is a full-time, hybrid role on a temporary 3-6 months contract (Ongoing) at £23.70 / hour
Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Providing commissioning support and activity at all levels in the development of the One Children's Services Vision.
* Ensuring a system led approach to commissioning services.
* Responsible for assisting the Strategic Commissioning and Partnership Manager effectively implementing commissioning practice across Services.
* Hold a portfolio of Commissioned Services and managing all aspects of the commissioning cycle.
* Responsible for supporting the development and implementation of a robust quality assurance system and framework, which can be monitored as an integral part of the contract management system.
* Responsible for ensuring that the shaping of an innovative and evidence based approach to commissioning and service delivery is informed by:
* effective research into and understanding of models of commissioning best practice, including co-production; evolving specification and service design; setting thresholds and analysis of demand and throughput; resource analysis in terms of staff and assets
* Responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children at all times.
* Support and work with the Strategic Commissioning and Partnership Manager to deliver on identified Council priorities.
* Responsible for delivering on identified commissioning priorities, strategies and programmes, considering statutory and regulatory inspection findings.
* Responsible for ensuring effective partnership working, co-design and commissioning of internal and external services, promoting a joint approach working with key strategic partners including Public Health, Adult Social Care and Health through Devon NHS, CCG and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and other regional and sub-regional local authorities.
Person Specification
* The supporting statement on your application form will be used to assess ability to meet the essential requirements of the role, so you should explain how you meet each of the numbered essential requirements within your supporting statement.
* In a competitive situation, the desirable criteria may be taken into consideration, so you are encouraged to show how you also meet each of the desirable criteria.
* If you consider yourself to have a disability you should indicate this on your application form, providing any information you would like us to take into account with regard to your disability in order to offer a fair selection interview. Reasonable adjustments will be made.
* Proven ability to work autonomously and without direction to meet the requirements and Council priorities.
* Proven ability to make decisions in line with the requirements of the role without the need to defer to more senior officers.
* Proven ability to work on and prioritise multiple projects across a range of subject matters encompassing all Children's Services activity and able to deal with conflicts and changes.
* Ability to demonstrate mature problem solving and analytical skills to interpret statistical and written information and to produce planning documents and determine a range of informed and imaginative solutions.
* Ability to demonstrate the leadership and management skills necessary to lead commissioning and contract management.
* Proven ability to deliver excellent outcomes within the public / third sector or a social care / education / health setting.
* Knowledge of public sector is essential, commissioning sufficient to ensure understanding of the impact and consequences of the decisions made on Council policy, strategy, the wider system, services and individual service users.
If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested please refer them. We have a referral bonus scheme and will pay £75, in retail vouchers of your choice, for referrals who are not already known to us.
Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.
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