Job Introduction
The Bradford Council People Commissioning Service is looking for an experienced Commissioning Manager to join our Children’s Commissioning and Contract Management Team
Its an exciting time to join our highly skilled and professional service of about 75 staff as we are growing in size and capacity. We are committed to investing in our staff, to involving service users in commissioning and in developing and improving services for the citizens of Bradford.
Our team plays a central role in developing high quality and integrated commissioned services working closely with partners across the Council, the Bradford Children and Families Trust and the NHS. This role provide an opportunity to make a real difference in our vibrant and diverse city.
We are looking for a commissioning manager to join our children looked after and care leavers commissioning team. The role has the following key responsibilities:
- To lead project teams to undertake commissioning projects
- Undertaking and documenting an analysis of service needs
- Developing options appraisals, business cases and reports to inform decision making about commissioned services.
- Working with providers, service users, practitioners to capture what works best to inform the development of service specifications
- To undertake targeted provider market development and to undertake procurement activity which responds effectively to our Bradford service needs
- To develop the team and manage commissioning staff to deliver our commissioning programme
Work Programme Priorities
- Development and implementation of our Bradford sufficiency strategy for children in care and care leavers and to develop a local market of providers
- Commissioning of residential, fostering and leaving care placements
- Commissioning of edge of care, safeguarding and accommodation services
- Commissioning of other services to meet the needs of children and families in Bradford
We welcome applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and value experience from social care, health and education to inform our commissioning processes. Successful candidates should have experience of working in a commissioning or related role and managing individuals or teams of staff to deliver high value or complex commissioning or service development projects.
They should demonstrate a commitment to improving local services and in giving services users a voice and ability to influence services they access.
A basic disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.
Hybrid working arrangements in place allowing working from home and office
For further information regarding this post please contact Chris Dickinson, Head of Strategic Commissioning: christopher.dickinson@bradford.gov.uk
Employee Offer
Why work for Bradford Council? Find out why by taking a look at Our Employee Offer.pdf .
Equal Opportunities
We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re-assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants.
The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.
