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Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local authority is seeking a transformational leader for the role of Head of Service for Commissioning and Infrastructure. This pivotal position involves leading innovative strategies to enhance adult social care services and ensure equitable access for all community members. The successful candidate will collaborate with various stakeholders to implement impactful policies, ensuring high-quality care provision. Join a dedicated team committed to creating opportunities for everyone in Stockport.

Benefits

Real Living Wage

Engagement in Key Decisions

Fair and Flexible Working Conditions

Qualifications

• Proven successful experience of inclusive and collaborative leadership.
• Extensive leadership experience within adult social care commissioning and infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of relevant legislation, safeguarding, and regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead work with commissioners and key partners to prevent the need for statutory provision.
• Propose and implement policies to improve lives of people with care needs.
• Develop effective working relationships and form collaborative partnerships.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Innovation

Partnership Working

Systems Leadership

Job description

Head of Service - Commissioning and Infrastructure

Salary: MB1 (£64,690 - £73,364)

Hours: 37 hours, Full-Time

Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid: Stopford House, Community-Based Work and homeworking

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 3rd June 2025

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Shortlisting Date: 4th June 2025

Interview Date: 19th June 2025

Interview Type: Face to Face and presentation (topic given on the day)

Your Role

At Stockport Council, we’re on a mission to ensure every person in our community can live a gloriously ordinary life.

We want a leader to lead with impact and shape the future of modern inclusive adult social care in Stockport.

We are seeking a transformational leader for the role of Head of Service for Commissioning and Infrastructure. If you're a visionary, values-led professional who thrives on innovation, partnership working, collaboration, and systems leadership, this is your opportunity to make a real difference at the heart of a progressive local authority.

As Head of Service, you will:

• Lead work with commissioners and key partners across the Health & Social Care Economy to ensure that provision is geared to prevent, reduce or delay the need for statutory provision.
• Work collaboratively with senior leaders in Public Health, Commissioning, and other key partners to ensure that our commissioning strategy supports our vision, ensures equity of access, is of high quality, and delivers VFM.
• Propose and implement policies and initiatives to improve the lives of people with care and support needs in Stockport.
• Provide assurance around the planning, quality, and sufficiency of care provision for people with care and support needs in Stockport as per statutory requirements.
• Develop effective working relationships and form collaborative internal and external partnerships.

Your leadership will be key to delivering joined-up, ambitious support that empowers people to thrive in their communities.

About You

• Proven successful experience of inclusive and collaborative leadership
• Extensive leadership experience within adult social care commissioning and infrastructure
• Demonstrable experience and skills in working successfully in partnership
• Strong understanding of relevant legislation, safeguarding, and regulatory frameworks
• Proven success in leading transformation, service innovation, and working across complex systems
• Strategic vision, operational grip, and a deep commitment to inclusion, co-production, and human rights

About Us

This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior leader who believes in building services around people. Adult Social Care in Stockport is transforming the way we work.

At Stockport Council, we are a united team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works, and spends time in the borough. Working here means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviors that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognized under the Good Employment Charter as an organization committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions, and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

We actively welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially those with lived experience of disability, neurodiversity, or mental health.

Click here to find out more about the Employee Benefits you will receive when you join our team!

If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Vince Fraga at [e-mail] for an informal discussion.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

This post is politically restricted under the terms of the 1989 Local Government and Housing Act. You must seek the council’s permission before taking up any additional appointments or positions.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship license, but this can only be used for certain roles, and this campaign does not currently qualify.

We have a commitment to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, and ex-military personnel. If you meet both the criteria for the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and the essential job role criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview. Find out more at this link.

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