Placement Finding and Brokerage Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 18 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Bury, BL9 0SW |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75794695 |
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Are you an experienced manager with a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people? Do you thrive in a fastpaced environment where your decisions directly influence the quality of care and support provided to vulnerable children? If so, we’d love you to join us.
Bury Council is seeking a skilled and forwardthinking Placement Finding and Brokerage Manager to lead and develop our Placement Finding and Brokerage service. This is a pivotal role within our Children and Young People Department, responsible for ensuring that children and young people receive highquality, valueformoney placements that meet their needs at the right time.
About the Role
As the Placement Finding and Brokerage Manager, you will:
Mananage and continuously develop the Placement Finding and Brokerage Service.
Ensure the Council meets its statutory sufficiency duties under the Children Act 1989.
Oversee and coordinate the endtoend commissioning cycle for placements and care packages.
Work collaboratively with social workers, commissioning colleagues, health partners, providers, families and young people.
Drive service improvement to strengthen placement sufficiency and quality and ensure placements represent value for money .
Provide expert advice, maintain strong partnership relationships, and contribute to local, regional and GMwide commissioning work.
This is an influential role that supports strategic planning across the wider Children’s Commissioning Service.
About You
We’re looking for someone who can bring:
Knowledge & Expertise
Strong understanding of legislation related to children’s social care and SEND.
Knowledge of commissioning, contracting and market development.
Understanding of performance frameworks, contract monitoring, and regulatory requirements.
Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to analyse complex information and make sound decisions.
Skilled in negotiation, influencing and managing relationships.
Strategic thinker with the ability to problemsolve and improve systems and processes.
Experience
Proven experience in commissioning, placement finding and brokerage.
Experience managing teams and driving service improvements.
Experience collaborating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Why Join Us?
The opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people.
A supportive, collaborative and forwardlooking Children and Young People Department.
Flexible working arrangements, including the option for hybrid home working.
A chance to manage a service with strategic impact and the support to innovate.
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Marie Thomson on 0161 253 7633 or 07356 104802.
Interviews will be held mid April.
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