Service Manager, Partnerships and Commissioning

As an experienced and skilled strategic commissioner, you will head-up our Adults Partnership and Commissioning Service.  Overseeing Commissioning Brokerage and Coproduction work, you will deliver an innovative and well embedded Commissioning Transformation Strategy, to further deliver against the Social Care Futures vision which South Gloucestershire Council aspires to.

In line with our Council Plan, we are looking for a leader with commitment to tackling inequalities. We welcome applications from experienced service managers or commissioners wanting a first strategic role at this level.

What will you be doing?

• The primary purpose for you will be the oversight of the complete commissioning cycle that underpins the service, including the broader design context of coproduct. 
  
  
• You will oversee researching, designing, commissioning, brokering and negotiating a range of social care, housing; health services or internal social care provision in accordance with our strategic plans and outcomes in individual support plans.
  
  
• Within our service you will look to deliver existing and new cost effective and high-quality services and support. You will lead and develop commissioning practise, based on relationship commissioning (working with our providers both formal and informal) and coproduction.
  
  
• You will direct, develop and implement strategies for market development and commissioning and annual action plans.
  
  
• You will work in partnership internally (in particular with our organisational safeguarding team) and externally to ensure broader multi-agency safeguarding awareness and practice with other agencies and regulators (e.g. Care Quality Commission).

• It is essential that you hold a relevant degree and/or professional qualification or substantial work experience in Commissioning at an equivalent level. 
• We require you to have substantial experience gained at a senior management level in social care or public health Commissioning, or other relevant Commissioning and contracts area. 
• It is key that you can demonstrate a thorough knowledge of wider legislation and best practice in the context of social care and health.
• You will hold relevant certificates in leadership development and/or supervisory management. 
• Be able to demonstrate your ability to think and act strategically, solve problems and make decisions, and grow and maintain effective transparent partnership working. 

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance    
  
  
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
     
  
• As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities
  
  
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of  
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life  
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.