About the role
Are you an ambitious and inspirational individual with the capability to make a difference to people’s lives by managing contracts which deliver quality care and support services in a timely and cost-effective way?
Then we want to hear from you!
Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for Contract & Account Managers to support our growing Adult Social Care Contracts Management team.
This is a unique opportunity to be part of an established high performing team with an outstanding reputation for leading the way in our Adult’s Commissioning Directorate.
Can you rise to the challenge? Cambridgeshire County Council is embarking on a new phase of service delivery after a period of joint working with Peterborough City Council and this brings some exciting opportunities to work with us. With a new Executive Director for Adults, Health and Commissioning joining us soon, we will focus solely on services to the citizens of Cambridgeshire and we have bold ambitions to achieve excellent standards. If you have the passion for putting social care at the heart of everything you do and the ambition to help shape our future, we would love to hear from you.
If you would welcome this new challenge then apply online today or, for an informal chat about the role, contact Gurdev.Singh@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of a Standard Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
The successful candidate will:
- Be line managed by the Senior Contracts Manager
- Lead market management, joint commissioning, quality and contract management across People and Communities
- To work with colleagues providers and partners to manage the market and to lead the drafting with colleagues of service specifications.
- To lead the implementation of robust contract management processes and to lead on the contracts register for People and Communities.
- Ensure that all services commissioned and procured are of the right quality to improve outcomes and provide value for money
- Find solutions to improve performance and quality, working with providers on this and also feeding solutions through to the commissioning board
- To ensure the demands of the service are met, a requirement of this role is to provide emergency support during weekend and bank holiday periods.
About you
The successful candidate will:
- Be educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Have a good knowledge and understanding of the contract management process
- Have a good knowledge and understanding of the adult social care provider market
- Experience of working/negotiating with partner agencies, providers independent/voluntary sector providers
- Experience of commissioning, procurement and contract management and developing innovative and successful services in a demanding multi-agency environment
- Experience of providing advice to operational and senior managers within a large diverse organisation
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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