About the role
The Commissioning Manager will be responsible for commissioning a range of health and care services across both the Council and NHS in Bury. The role will involve contributing to and leading:
* Understanding the needs of patients and customer
* Developing commissioning and strategies, plans and specifications
* Service design and improvement initiatives
* Contract management, assurance and service evaluation
* Stakeholder engagement and management
The postholder will be employed by Bury Council but as part of integrated commissioning arrangements will also work on agreed health (NHS) related projects where the responsible commissioner is the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership. These are likely to include projects relating to community health and elective care commissioning.
Hybrid working arrangements will apply with the postholder expected to work flexibly with a mix of home working, office-based work in Bury as well as ability to travel within Bury and occasionally to meetings in other parts of Greater Manchester when required.
We are looking for a candidate with strong knowledge skills and experience across a range of areas including:
* Planning
* Commissioning
* Project management
* Stakeholder and relationship management
* Understanding and interpreting data
* Written and verbal communication
* Team working
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Ian Trafford on ian.trafford2@nca.nhs.uk
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