Commissioning Manager
Description✓Commissioning Manager
✓£354 per day
✓Location: Sutton
✓Akton Resourcing are currently working with a local authority to recruit a Commissioning Manager to join the Children's Social Care team on a 3-month contract
✓The portfolio will cover post-16 support and accommodation support offer for UASC and care experienced young people
✓This role involves strategic commissioning, market shaping and management, needs assessment, procurement, service review, quality assurance and performance monitoring of services
✓The role will involve working with our newly commissioned providers [already procured via a new DPS and block contract arranged] to:
✓* Implement effective contract management.
✓* Expand our offer in the borough.
✓* Improve whole system working.
✓* Ensure council readiness for the introduction of new supported accommodation regulations.
✓* Ensure the Council secures optimum value from the commissioned offer.
✓Main Responsibilities:
✓* Lead on the development of specific policies and procedures to contribute to the continuous improvement in own work area.
✓* Where relevant co-ordinate the work of a team, either formally or as part of a project to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered.
✓* Manage individual projects or systems to ensure work objectives are delivered in line with agreed standards and/or statutory requirements.
✓* Regularly communicate with partners and service providers to share information and build working relationships to support collaborative working.
✓* Supporting the development and implementation of plans to reduce areas of high spend in line with the plans, aspirations and targets set b y operational budget holders; deliver cashable savings in support of the delivery of financial targets through recommissioning and annual expenditure plans and review.
✓* Regularly reviewing relevant budgetary information for each expenditure area
✓Use such data to make informed, operational proposals and decisions to relevant budget holders and providers.
✓Person Specification:
✓* Demonstrable experience in strategy development, market management, commissioning, procurement, service management, contract negotiation and commercial-related roles.
✓* Strong experience of leading teams [including partnerships and joint working] to achieve strategic goals and service improvements with evidence of success in achieving targets and managing performance.
✓* Experience of developing and delivering strategies to reduce spend or create efficiencies.
✓* Experience of successfully using a range of methods to influence and negotiate with suppliers and contractors of successfully challenging and driving commercial benefits from the entire contracting process.
✓* Excellent communication, negotiating and influencing skills.
✓* Strong knowledge of procurement [including EU regulation, legal and policy context].
✓* Strong, proven ability to interpret data and use financial analysis skills to deliver efficiencies whether via procurement or contract management.
✓* Excellent and proven project management skills including the ability to successfully manage several tasks and multiple priorities to be a successful outcome in an environment requiring tight deadlines.
✓* An understanding and appreciation of the benefits of applying innovative techniques such as behavioural science, an assets based approach and restorative practice to commissioning projects.
✓* Proven ability to plan strategically and develop high quality services with ability to lead activity including high quality provider, stakeholder and service user involvement.
✓* High level of IT literacy, specifically in spreadsheet development and analysis.
✓* An understanding of relevant policy and market landscapes.
✓Start Date: ASAP Show more →
✓£354 per day
✓Location: Sutton
✓Akton Resourcing are currently working with a local authority to recruit a Commissioning Manager to join the Children's Social Care team on a 3-month contract
✓The portfolio will cover post-16 support and accommodation support offer for UASC and care experienced young people
✓This role involves strategic commissioning, market shaping and management, needs assessment, procurement, service review, quality assurance and performance monitoring of services
✓The role will involve working with our newly commissioned providers [already procured via a new DPS and block contract arranged] to:
✓* Implement effective contract management.
✓* Expand our offer in the borough.
✓* Improve whole system working.
✓* Ensure council readiness for the introduction of new supported accommodation regulations.
✓* Ensure the Council secures optimum value from the commissioned offer.
✓Main Responsibilities:
✓* Lead on the development of specific policies and procedures to contribute to the continuous improvement in own work area.
✓* Where relevant co-ordinate the work of a team, either formally or as part of a project to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered.
✓* Manage individual projects or systems to ensure work objectives are delivered in line with agreed standards and/or statutory requirements.
✓* Regularly communicate with partners and service providers to share information and build working relationships to support collaborative working.
✓* Supporting the development and implementation of plans to reduce areas of high spend in line with the plans, aspirations and targets set b y operational budget holders; deliver cashable savings in support of the delivery of financial targets through recommissioning and annual expenditure plans and review.
✓* Regularly reviewing relevant budgetary information for each expenditure area
✓Use such data to make informed, operational proposals and decisions to relevant budget holders and providers.
✓Person Specification:
✓* Demonstrable experience in strategy development, market management, commissioning, procurement, service management, contract negotiation and commercial-related roles.
✓* Strong experience of leading teams [including partnerships and joint working] to achieve strategic goals and service improvements with evidence of success in achieving targets and managing performance.
✓* Experience of developing and delivering strategies to reduce spend or create efficiencies.
✓* Experience of successfully using a range of methods to influence and negotiate with suppliers and contractors of successfully challenging and driving commercial benefits from the entire contracting process.
✓* Excellent communication, negotiating and influencing skills.
✓* Strong knowledge of procurement [including EU regulation, legal and policy context].
✓* Strong, proven ability to interpret data and use financial analysis skills to deliver efficiencies whether via procurement or contract management.
✓* Excellent and proven project management skills including the ability to successfully manage several tasks and multiple priorities to be a successful outcome in an environment requiring tight deadlines.
✓* An understanding and appreciation of the benefits of applying innovative techniques such as behavioural science, an assets based approach and restorative practice to commissioning projects.
✓* Proven ability to plan strategically and develop high quality services with ability to lead activity including high quality provider, stakeholder and service user involvement.
✓* High level of IT literacy, specifically in spreadsheet development and analysis.
✓* An understanding of relevant policy and market landscapes.
✓Start Date: ASAP Show more →