What's involved with this role: Interim Strategic Commissioning Manager Darlington 6376015311058 Key Requirements: Educated to degree level or equivalent. 5 years’ experience of managing Commissioning, Contracting and Placement/Brokerage functions. Demonstratable experience of staff management. Demonstratable experience of project management. Demonstratable experience in management of safeguarding systems and processes. Understanding of legislation, regulations and guidance relevant to this role. Ability to analyse information for meaning, quality and implication and develop reports where necessary. The successful candidate will support the Children & Adult’s Service Management Team to commission effective services that improves outcomes for local people. To ensure that resources are used to commission services that make a positive impact, meet our statutory obligations, and contribute to the Council’s overall strategic objectives. To work collectively as part of the Commissioning and Contracting Team. Key Responsibilities: Improve the outcomes by overseeing and managing the planning, commissioning and implementation of relevant and related services. Identify need and realign provision where required to maintain high quality outcomes. Contribute to the identification, review and monitoring of priorities. Develop and maintain effective working relationships, with all relevant providers. Monitor and review provider’s performance and work directly with colleagues from the Contracts Team on monitoring the quality assurance issues. Ensure that the Council’s agreed strategic objectives are embedded in the systems and processes for the commissioning function. Implement strategies to improve the performance of services with all providers. Monitor and review progress. Work with key senior managers within DBC to determine local priorities reflecting the needs clients, identifying the correct mix and balance of support provision. Contribute to strategic workforce planning and the development and implementation of relevant plans. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. S Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.