Team Manager Commissioning – Start Well
| Posting date: | 14 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 August 2025 |
| Location: | Tameside, OL6 6BH |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75715385 |
Summary
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade J. Scale 40 - £49,764 to Scale 41 - £50,788
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Tameside One
Assessment Date: To be arranged
To apply for this role please upload your CV together with a supporting statement that provides evidence of how you meet the essential requirements of the person specification
Please also include details of your education and training and employment history and any reference to your qualifications that are specified on the person specification within your CV/supporting statement.
The Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for highly motivated and energetic individual to join Tameside Council as the Team Manager Commissioning for Children’s Services (Start Well).
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Commissioning Team in Tameside Children’s Services. The roles offer opportunities for personal and professional development and a chance for someone to bring their own skills, knowledge and experiences to contribute to service innovation and improvement within a fast-moving, demanding and ever-changing environment.
You will be responsible for delivering the commissioning agenda across Children’s Services including Early Help, SEND, and Social Care, through a place-based approach working with partners to achieve improved outcomes for children and young people.
The role of the Team Manager, is key to ensuring we have good quality provision in the market and they contribute to the market shaping of the sector. This will in-turn support having the right provision within Tameside and a responsibility for the oversight and delivery of commissioning and contracts held in the children’s services contract register. The Team Manager will work closely with the Head of Commissioning to ensure the right support in the right place at the right time for our children and young people.
The role offers opportunities for personal and professional development along with a chance for someone to bring their own skills, knowledge and experiences to contribute to service innovation and improvement within a fast-moving, demanding and ever-changing environment.
About You
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, flexible, motivated person with experience of Commissioning and procuring Children’s Services including Early Help, SEND, and Social Care. You will have the ability to lead a team and organise workloads whilst meeting tight deadlines is essential.
You will be positive about change and have experience of supporting innovation, to drive improvements across Children’s Services. You will have experience of overcoming barriers to deliver successful outcomes. You must be capable of working on your own initiative to help drive and enable improved outcomes for or children and young people.
Applicants will require understanding of the Children’s and Families Act 2014, public procurement rules, as well as knowledge of the Council’s procurement standing orders, and applying them to the evolving Education, health & social care agenda.
About Us
Message from Jill Colbert, Director of Children’s Services
“I joined the council at the beginning of 2025 and was instantly charmed by the warmth, openness, and energy of colleagues.
“I came to Tameside for one reason; because I know we can do fantastic things for our families here.
“We’re a children’s service on a significant improvement journey. We know what needs to be different for our children and families and we’re ambitious to deliver that change.
“We have a growing range of specialist services for children, where you can test and grow your skills and practice. We have a Social Work Academy that is led by people who bring passion to learning and who know that the DCS’ of the future are right in front of them. We are working on our progression pathways so that staying in Tameside is rewarded and recognised. We have investment in innovation and improvement from the council so that we can grow services and support for families that we can sustain, from family hubs through to complex safeguarding.
“I am so certain that we can build a proud, inclusive and safe climate for great practice to flourish in Tameside. I’d love you to join me on the journey here at Team Tameside.”
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact Emma Brennand on 0161 342 2656 or emma.brennand@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number: 001080
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