Strategic Commissioning Manager - Children's Social Care

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Job summary

A leading council is seeking a Strategic Commissioning Manager for Children's Social Care to improve service delivery for children. In this pivotal role, you will lead commissioning strategies to enhance outcomes while managing a skilled team. The ideal candidate will possess extensive commissioning knowledge and strong leadership capabilities to drive impactful change.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of commissioning for children.
• Experience managing teams and leading change.
• Strong project management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning initiatives to enhance outcomes for children.
• Develop and implement social care strategies.
• Manage budget and contract compliance for children's services.

Skills

Commissioning Knowledge

Leadership

Project Management

Job description

Strategic Commissioning Manager - Children's Social Care

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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council,

Strategic Commissioning Manager - Children's Social Care

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: Grade 12

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced commissioning manager to join the Children's Commissioning Team in Dudley as the Strategic Commissioning Manager for Social Care.

Commissioning is a critical part of ensuring the best possible outcomes for children and young people whilst at the same time delivering value for money. Our mission statement is 'Children first and at the heart of all we do' and there can be no better job satisfaction than working as part of a team who are improving outcomes for children.

The Children's Commissioning Team is looking for an experienced commissioning manager that will lead our commissioning arrangements across children’s social care. Leading a team of skilled commissioning, quality and placements staff, you will be responsible for the delivery of a number of diverse projects and key activities including:

• Leading the implementation of commissioning models that improve outcomes for children and young people
• leading on the development and delivery of social care sufficiency strategies and arrangements
• developing quality assurance and contract management arrangements for commissioned children's services
• securing outcome-focused social care placements that meet the needs of children
• ensuring there is a sustainable, diverse and skilled market
• delivering plans to ensure demand and market development meets the needs and ambitions of people in Dudley, with a particular focus on children and families.
  
  
  

If you are have a strong drive to improve outcomes for children and young people and enjoy working in a busy environment, then this role is for you.

The successful candidate will be :

• an experienced commissioner and experienced manager who has extensive knowledge of commissioning for children
• a dynamic leader, able to manage change and motivate staff
• ensure projects are delivered with success on time and within budget within a challenging social care landscape.
  
  
  

The post holder will report to the Service Manager for Children's Commissioning and will be responsible for leading programmes that actively contribute to the Children's Services Directorate outcomes and vision. Commissioning and Management experience is essential. See Person Specification and Job Description for further details. If you require any further information regarding this post please contact Ayesha McKechnie on 01384 817084 or email [e-mail]

Closing date: 22 June 2025

Interviews will take place on 30 June & 01 July 2025

‘The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.’

Children’s Enhanced DBS Check

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

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