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Job details
Job reference VAC006286
Date posted 28/11/2024
Application closing date 15/12/2024
Location City Hall College Green City Centre Bristol BS1 5TR
Salary BG14: £49,764 - £52,805
Contractual hours 29.6
Basis Part time
Job category/type Social Care
Transformation and Commissioning Manager
Fixed Term, Part Time
We have two fixed term opportunities for Transformation and Commissioning Managers to join the Children's Commissioning team.
1. 1 x 0.8 WTE (29.6 hours per week) 12-month fixed term contract.
2. 1 x 0.6 WTE (22.2 hours per week) 9-month fixed term contract - 1st February 2025 - 31st October 2025 (career break cover).
You will take a direct lead on one of our work areas across the portfolio of: Social Care, SEND, Short Breaks, Early Help and Partnerships (Health and Education). You will manage complex transformation and commissioning projects, working closely with commissioners & transformation colleagues at the Integrated Care Board (ICB), education, health & care providers, children and parent carers to be a driver for service improvement. You will also be involved in a number of capital development programmes.
We're looking for someone with good experience of leading commissioning processes, with an understanding of and ability to develop expert knowledge in SEND, Short Breaks or another area. The two posts that are vacant were leading on SEND and Short Breaks, but there is scope to review this.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.
For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.
For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.
If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.
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