Universal Commissioning Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bradley Stoke; Hybride; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working

Local Government Pension Scheme

Career development opportunities

Family-friendly benefits

Résumé du poste

Gloucestershire County Council’s Education Planning and Infrastructure Service is seeking a senior leader to direct statutory admissions, school place planning and sufficiency, home-to-school transport, and free school meals, alongside a major education capital investment programme.

You will lead negotiations with developers and planning authorities, manage significant budgets, and provide strategic guidance to senior officers and elected members in a hybrid-working environment.

Qualifications

• Breadth of leadership experience overseeing complex statutory and customer-facing services.
• Experience balancing competing priorities in a complex political and partnership environment.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness.
• Influential communication and skilled negotiation with senior stakeholders, developers and planning authorities.
• Resilience, creativity and leadership to develop innovative solutions in a changing environment.

Responsabilités

• Provide strategic leadership across school place planning and sufficiency, coordinated admissions, home-to-school transport and free school meals, and education capital investment
• Lead delivery of the council's statutory admissions responsibilities, ensuring fair access to school places
• Oversee home-to-school transport and free school meals policy and service delivery
• Lead plans responding to changing demand, housing growth and the needs of children, including those with SEND
• Oversee the statutory approvals needed to change sufficiency provision
• Oversee a significant education capital investment programme delivering value for money
• Lead education input to the planning process, negotiating Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy contributions with developers and planning authorities
• Develop innovative, cost-effective solutions with the council, schools, academy trusts, dioceses, government departments and partners
• Lead and develop high-performing teams
• Manage significant budgets
• Provide clear advice to senior officers and elected members

Connaissances

Leadership experience

Strategic insight

Financial acumen

Negotiation

Communication

Resilience

Description du poste

The permanent role sits in the Education Planning and Infrastructure Service at Gloucestershire County Council. It leads statutory admissions, home-to-school transport, free school meals, school place sufficiency and education capital investment. The post is distinct for negotiating developer contributions tied to housing growth and for leading teams and significant budgets, and hybrid working is available for many roles. A right to work covering at least six months and fluent spoken English are required.

What the job involves

• Provide strategic leadership across school place planning and sufficiency, coordinated admissions, home-to-school transport and free school meals, and education capital investment
• Lead delivery of the council's statutory admissions responsibilities, ensuring fair access to school places
• Oversee home-to-school transport and free school meals policy and service delivery
• Lead plans responding to changing demand, housing growth and the needs of children, including those with SEND
• Oversee the statutory approvals needed to change sufficiency provision
• Oversee a significant education capital investment programme delivering value for money
• Lead education input to the planning process, negotiating Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy contributions with developers and planning authorities
• Develop innovative, cost-effective solutions with the council, schools, academy trusts, dioceses, government departments and partners
• Lead and develop high-performing teams
• Manage significant budgets
• Provide clear advice to senior officers and elected members

What’s required

Experience

• Breadth of leadership experience overseeing complex statutory and customer-facing services
• Experience of balancing competing priorities in a complex political and partnership environment

Skills & knowledge

• Strategic insight and sound judgement
• Strong financial and commercial awareness
• Influential communication and skilled negotiation with senior stakeholders, developers and planning authorities
• Resilience, creativity and leadership to develop innovative solutions in a changing environment

Checks & eligibility

• Right to work enabling a commitment of at least six months' employment
• Fluent spoken English, as required for customer-facing roles under the Immigration Act 2016

What’s offered

• 25.5 days' annual leave, rising to 30.5 days after five years' continuous service
• Option to buy 10 days of additional leave a year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Flexible, agile and hybrid working opportunities
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Family-friendly benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme and in-house Occupational Health service
• Cycle to Work and Green Car Salary Sacrifice schemes (eligibility criteria apply)