Children’s Commissioning and Relationship Development Lead
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £45,441 to £47,420 per year |
| Additional salary information: | LGPS Pension scheme |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | LE15 6HP |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Rutland County Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | CAF/0424/CC&RDL |
Summary
Could you ‘be the difference’ for children and families in Rutland? We are looking for an individual who can uphold our high standards, who understands relational based commissioning, quality assurance, impact, and value.
We want the best for Rutland’s children, young people and families. The Children’s Commissioning and Relationship Development Lead role will focus on developing and quality assuring our portfolio of contracts to ensure they meet the need of Rutland’s children.
This is a new role working across Children’s and SEND/Inclusion services and is an excellent opportunity to ensure our commissioned services deliver the highest quality, aspirational services for Rutland’s children, young people and families.
About You :
• You will be a flexible thinker; enjoy new challenges; have good analytical and communication skills; be able to work individually and as part of a team.
• You will have strong interpersonal skills, a proven ability to negotiate and be good at working in partnership with service providers, children, young people, their parents, and carers to seek more creative and effective ways of working.
• You will be able to work at pace and effectively prioritise competing demands.
• Educated to degree level/NVQ L5 or relevant experience in commissioning services.
• Knowledge of current legislation and policy.
• Experience of re designing, managing and embedding change.
• Able to influence change, negotiate, analyse and take calculated risks.
• Personal and professional credibility and a high level of probity and integrity.
About the role…
As the Commissioning Project Lead you will:
• Review and quality assure existing placements and contracts to ensure value for money.
• Support the directorate management team to identify savings and achieve value for money in relation to placement commissioning across the SEND and Children’s Social Care services.
• Produce key strategic documents such as needs assessments and Market Position Statements.
• Lead fee and price negotiations on an individual and service wide basis.
• Devise new and creative service delivery models for both internal and external providers.
Please note, the post holder will require a full driving licence to drive across the county.
The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The costs for the DBS are paid by us.
In person interviews will be held on: 21 May 2024.Please be advised this could be subject to change, in which case we will give appropriate notice.
We will review applications regularly and invite those who meet our essential person specification criteria to interview. If you are interested in this role, we strongly encourage you to apply without delay.
Our offer to you:
Rutland Council is committed to Flexible Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service.
We are committed to supporting and empowering our staff to be the best workers that they can be, and Rutland Council is the place you want to be. Our benefits go beyond the salary – being part of a talented team, excellent Local Government Pension, generous annual leave, opportunities to learn and develop your career, and a demonstrable commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff.
Whilst the base for this post is Oakham, Rutland, the Local Authority offers a hybrid working practice. As well as working from home, we feel it is important that you can spend time in the workplace with your colleagues to help you learn, develop, and engage.
Find out more:
To learn more about working with us visit https://jobs.rutland.gov.uk or if you have any queries about this role, please contact Angie Bishop, Head of Quality Assurance and Practice Development on 01572 758229 or at abishop@rutland.gov.uk or Emma Sweeny, Head of Children’s Social Care and Family Support on 01572 758859 or at esweeny@rutland.gov.uk
How to apply:
Click on the apply button which will redirect you to the Jobs Go Public (JGP site) where we handle all our vacancies. If you already have a JGP account you will be asked to login, or alternatively if you do not have an account, you will be guided through the set-up process. Access to an account is necessary, as all updates regarding your application will be sent via the JGP site to the email you have used to register.
If you are experiencing problems or have any queries about the application process, please call us on 01572 758291 or email us at recruitment@rutland.gov.uk
All recruitment correspondence, including interview details, will be sent out via email from the Jobs Go Public site. If you require documentation/correspondence in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment team.
Rutland County Council is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Everyone at Rutland County Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.
We want the best for Rutland’s children, young people and families. The Children’s Commissioning and Relationship Development Lead role will focus on developing and quality assuring our portfolio of contracts to ensure they meet the need of Rutland’s children.
This is a new role working across Children’s and SEND/Inclusion services and is an excellent opportunity to ensure our commissioned services deliver the highest quality, aspirational services for Rutland’s children, young people and families.
About You :
• You will be a flexible thinker; enjoy new challenges; have good analytical and communication skills; be able to work individually and as part of a team.
• You will have strong interpersonal skills, a proven ability to negotiate and be good at working in partnership with service providers, children, young people, their parents, and carers to seek more creative and effective ways of working.
• You will be able to work at pace and effectively prioritise competing demands.
• Educated to degree level/NVQ L5 or relevant experience in commissioning services.
• Knowledge of current legislation and policy.
• Experience of re designing, managing and embedding change.
• Able to influence change, negotiate, analyse and take calculated risks.
• Personal and professional credibility and a high level of probity and integrity.
About the role…
As the Commissioning Project Lead you will:
• Review and quality assure existing placements and contracts to ensure value for money.
• Support the directorate management team to identify savings and achieve value for money in relation to placement commissioning across the SEND and Children’s Social Care services.
• Produce key strategic documents such as needs assessments and Market Position Statements.
• Lead fee and price negotiations on an individual and service wide basis.
• Devise new and creative service delivery models for both internal and external providers.
Please note, the post holder will require a full driving licence to drive across the county.
The successful applicant for this post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The costs for the DBS are paid by us.
In person interviews will be held on: 21 May 2024.Please be advised this could be subject to change, in which case we will give appropriate notice.
We will review applications regularly and invite those who meet our essential person specification criteria to interview. If you are interested in this role, we strongly encourage you to apply without delay.
Our offer to you:
Rutland Council is committed to Flexible Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service.
We are committed to supporting and empowering our staff to be the best workers that they can be, and Rutland Council is the place you want to be. Our benefits go beyond the salary – being part of a talented team, excellent Local Government Pension, generous annual leave, opportunities to learn and develop your career, and a demonstrable commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff.
Whilst the base for this post is Oakham, Rutland, the Local Authority offers a hybrid working practice. As well as working from home, we feel it is important that you can spend time in the workplace with your colleagues to help you learn, develop, and engage.
Find out more:
To learn more about working with us visit https://jobs.rutland.gov.uk or if you have any queries about this role, please contact Angie Bishop, Head of Quality Assurance and Practice Development on 01572 758229 or at abishop@rutland.gov.uk or Emma Sweeny, Head of Children’s Social Care and Family Support on 01572 758859 or at esweeny@rutland.gov.uk
How to apply:
Click on the apply button which will redirect you to the Jobs Go Public (JGP site) where we handle all our vacancies. If you already have a JGP account you will be asked to login, or alternatively if you do not have an account, you will be guided through the set-up process. Access to an account is necessary, as all updates regarding your application will be sent via the JGP site to the email you have used to register.
If you are experiencing problems or have any queries about the application process, please call us on 01572 758291 or email us at recruitment@rutland.gov.uk
All recruitment correspondence, including interview details, will be sent out via email from the Jobs Go Public site. If you require documentation/correspondence in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment team.
Rutland County Council is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Everyone at Rutland County Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.
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