Commissioning Manager Age Well

Baltimore Consulting; West Midlands Combined Authority; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy specialist is looking for a Commissioning Manager for a 4-month interim role in the West Midlands. You will lead re-commissioning efforts for adult care home services, develop local partnerships, and engage with procurement teams. Ideal candidates will have a background in adult social care within local authorities, proven leadership in tender processes, and excellent communication skills. This position offers hybrid working with a pay rate of £425 per day.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in adult social care within a local authority setting.
• Experience leading tenders for care homes.
• Available references for the past 5 years of work.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of re-commissioning activity for adult Care Home Services.
• Build relationships with local care market and assess demand.
• Develop engagement plans for market providers.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Resilience

Leadership in tender processes

Job description

Job Title:Commissioning Manager Adult Care Homes (Age Well)
Contract Length:4-month initial interim contract
Location:West Midlands Local Authority. Hybrid working.
Pay rate: £425 per day. Full time.
IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Baltimore are working with an established local authority client in the West Midlands in their search for an established senior commissioner to support the Age Well agenda, as they look to re-commission their Care Home services.

Should you be interested please reach out to James Withington in the adult social care team on01173 137 110or contactme at [e-mail]

PLEASE NOTE: to be eligible for this position you must have past care home commissioning experience within a local authority setting.

Your duties as a Commissioning Manager:

• Working to the Head of Service, you will take lead on all aspects of re-commissioning activity of the councils adult Care Home Services.
• This will included building and developing relationships with the local and regional care market, assessing local opportunities and understand local demand.
• Develop engagement plans to go out to market to providers, planning accordingly to market changes and challenges.
• Additional this role will provide an exciting opportunity to work with the councils procurement and legal teams, as the commissioning department also look to develop approaches to Day Opportunities for members of population.

Experience needed as a Commissioning Manager:

• Previous experience of adult social care experience within a local authority setting.
• Past experience on leading on tenders for care homes and other social care tenders.
• Excellent communication skills as this role would require significant engagement with other local authorities, providers and leaders; as well as regular check-in’s with senior managers.
• Be highly resilient.
• Available references for the past 5 years of work.

If you are interested in this opportunity or know a colleague that may be suitable, please contact me ASAP for more information.

Alternatively, if this roledoesn’t match your skill setand you’re proactively looking for anew assignment, please either send an updated version of your CV or contact me on 0117 313 7110 today and I’d be delighted to put you in contact with the most relevant, specialist consultant.

(We offer a senior referral scheme upon successful placement of your recommendation so please do get in contact)

Baltimore Consulting Groupis an Executive & Senior Appointments Specialist. We provide pivotal recruitment consultancy services to public sector clients across the whole UK marketplace. I personallyrecruit within the Health and Social Care Marketsoif this role is not of interest but you would like to discuss other market opportunities, please get in touch.
Our clients are passionate about creating and evolving a diverse workforce and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant. Recruiting decisions are based on your experience and skills. Any reasonable adjustments in the workplace will be fully supported during the application and hiring process.