Senior Commissioning & Contract Manager - Children's Care

Colbern Limited; Taunton; Presencial; GBP 41 000 - 55 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Colbern Limited seeks an experienced Home Team Manager - Commissioning in Taunton to support the Children Looked After (CLA) Commissioning Service. This interim role involves preparing homes for children in care and mobilising the Value for Money workstream.

Typical hours: 8.30am–5pm, with occasional longer days. Office-based one day per month. You will manage contracts, oversee procurement practices, and work with providers across commissioning, procurement and finance.

Qualificações

• Knowledge of children's social care external placements market and commissioning approaches.
• Experience with home finding processes for children in care.
• Substantial contract management experience with procurement and governance.
• Strong organisational skills and robust audit trails for contracts.
• Ability to drive service improvements and work across stakeholder groups.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 tools (SharePoint, Excel, Teams).
• Capable of working under pressure and meeting deadlines.

Conhecimentos

Social care knowledge

Contract management

Stakeholder management

MS 365

Process improvement

Audit experience

Home finding

Working under pressure

Ferramentas

SharePoint

Excel

Teams

Document management

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Colbern Limited seeks an experienced Home Team Manager - Commissioning in Taunton to support the Children Looked After (CLA) Commissioning Service. This interim role involves preparing homes for children in care and mobilising the Value for Money workstream.

Typical hours: 8.30am–5pm, with occasional longer days. Office-based one day per month. You will manage contracts, oversee procurement practices, and work with providers across commissioning, procurement and finance.