About the role
Are you an ambitious and inspirational individual with the capability to lead the delivery of key commissioning priorities?
Then we want to hear from you!
Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for a Senior Commissioning Manager for Community Services to join our Adult’s Commissioning Service. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an established high performing commissioning division with an outstanding reputation for leading the way in Adult’s Commissioning.
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 our County's residents 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 Head of Service – Adult’s Commissioning and be part of a creative forward-thinking management team
• Have lead responsibility for all elements of commissioning, line managing four Commissioning Managers
• Work closely with Operations, Public Health, and Contract management colleagues
• Lead on all associated business plans and manage delivery
• Have responsibility for identifying, managing and delivering testing savings targets
• Relish the opportunity to join a recognised high functioning, accountable and dynamic team.
About you
The successful candidate will:
• Be a highly motivated and innovative commissioner with a proven track record of delivery.
• Have a pro-active approach.
• Have the ability to ensure the best quality and range of services are commissioned to meet the diverse needs of our adult’s population.
• Have substantial Community, Place-based, and Early Intervention commissioning experience within a local government arena
• Have comprehensive commercial awareness and ability to manage and deliver transformational change within a fast-moving environment.
• Be able to demonstrate drive and determination to ensure our vision, aims and business objectives are comprehensively delivered on time, to budget, offering value for money services that do not compromise on quality or achievement of identified outcomes.
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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