Commissioning Manager / Housing and Adult Social Care

AWD online; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established organisation in Wokingham is seeking a Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager. You will work to achieve objectives set out within the Care Act, supporting high-quality Adult Social Care services. The ideal candidate will have expertise in capital project delivery and experience in policy implementation. This role offers a full-time contract with excellent benefits including generous annual leave and a local government pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Local government pension scheme

Employee assistance program

Use of a free onsite gym

Salary sacrifice car & cycle schemes

Qualifications

• Degree-level or equivalent relevant professional qualifications or expertise.
• Excellent working knowledge of utilising the built environment to achieve the Care Act objectives.
• Ability to interrogate and analyse data & information.
• Experience of market and demographic analysis.
• Experience of delivering capital projects and programmes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure support and resources for Wokingham Borough residents.
• Support delivery of Adult Social Care continuous improvement plan.
• Work across teams to coordinate developments and support outcomes.
• Deliver an ambitious capital programme with Business Change Team.
• Ensure commissioned services are high quality and value for money.

Skills

Excellent working knowledge of the Care Act

Ability to interrogate and analyse data

Experience of market and demographic analysis

Experience of delivering capital projects

Experience of developing and implementing policies

Education

Degree-level or equivalent relevant professional qualifications

Job description

Overview

Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager with excellent knowledge of utilising the built environment to achieve the objectives set out within the Care Act is required for a well-established organisation based in Wokingham, Berkshire.

Salary: £59,009 - £64,673 per annum + Benefits

Location: Wokingham, Berkshire (RG40)

Job type: Full-Time, Contract

Working hours: 37 hours per week

Job Overview

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager who has excellent working knowledge of utilising the built environment to achieve the objectives set out within the Care Act.

Working as the Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager you will work closely with the Head of Strategic Commissioning and other members of the Strategy, Commissioning and Performance Team, to drive and implement the continuous improvement programme in Adult Social Care.

As the Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager you will have a clear emphasis upon specialist accommodation, the drive is to deliver better opportunities and outcomes, whilst ensuring value for money and sustainable, high quality Adult Social Care services for the people of Wokingham Borough, in line with their strategic priorities set out in the Adult Social Care Strategy.

Duties

• To ensure that everyone in the Wokingham Borough has the support, resources and opportunities to live in a place they call home, with the people and things they love, in the communities where they look out for one another, doing the things that matter most
• Supporting the delivery of their ambitious Adult Social Care continuous improvement plan, with a focus upon Specialist Accommodation and Housing programme
• Working across Commissioning, Strategy, Housing and Operational Adult Social Care Services to strategically co-ordinate developments and operationally support good outcomes
• Working with their Business Change Team and colleagues from Adults Social Care to deliver an ambitious capital programme
• Ensuring that the services they commission are high quality, effective, demonstrate value for money and enable us to meet the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and future social care reforms
• To ensure that their approach to co-production is embedded to unlock a place that they call home

Candidate Requirements

• Degree-level, equivalent relevant professional qualifications or expertise
• Excellent working knowledge of utilising the built environment to achieve the objectives set out within the Care Act
• Ability to interrogate and analyse data & information; Experience of market and demographic analysis
• Experience of delivering capital projects and programmes
• Experience of developing and implementing policies and strategies

Benefits

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days (rising to 36 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
• An excellent local government pension scheme
• An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline
• A range of local & lifestyle discounts
• Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office)
• Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes

And much more!

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Job ref: AWDO-C13828

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