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Our Client is seeking a strategic and influential Commissioning & Transformation Programme Manager for a pivotal leadership role within our new Integrated Commissioning & Health Function—an ambitious partnership between the local authority and the NHS Integrated Care Board.

You will be at the forefront of shaping and delivering a new, integrated approach to commissioning, driving transformation that will achieve tangible improvements for children and families. This is a unique opportunity to work across organisational boundaries, influence senior leaders, and embed a commissioning work programme that makes a lasting difference.

As the Commissioning & Transformation Programme Manager, you will report to the Head of Commissioning and manage a small team. You will be responsible for providing the strategic programme management that underpins our new integrated function. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Programme Management – Developing and managing the overarching work programme, ensuring key milestones, governance, and decision-making points are effectively planned and delivered.
• Integrated Commissioning – Leading the implementation of our integrated commissioning approach across the Council and the NHS, ensuring a disciplined, collaborative, and commercially robust process is in place.
• Transformation and Change – Driving new change priorities, including improving child and adolescent mental health and building resilience through our Childhood Adversity, Resilience and Trauma programme.
• Senior Stakeholder Engagement – Working with and influencing a wide variety of senior leaders and stakeholders across the NHS, local authority, and voluntary sector to align priorities and achieve shared objectives.
• Expert Support – Acting as a "floating commissioning support" for senior colleagues on high-risk, high-value, or large-scale commissioning activities.
• System Leadership – Championing a systemic, trauma-informed, and anti-racist approach to commissioning and service design for children and young people.

We are looking for a highly skilled leader who is comfortable working in a complex system and can lead and negotiate through influence. The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven Experience – A strong background in project and programme management at a strategic level, including project planning, reporting, and risk management.
• Public Sector Knowledge – A solid understanding of local authority and/or NHS services and the wider public sector policy context, including integrated care systems.
• Commissioning Acumen – Knowledge of the Commissioning Cycle and the dynamics of purchaser-provider relationships in the public sector.
• Leadership Skills – The ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and work positively with a diverse range of partners, from clinicians to the public.
• Qualifications – Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline and ideally holding a programme or project management qualification.

Location: Hackney London | Salary: £237.18 per day PAYE | Contract Length: 3-4 months | Hours: 35-37 per week

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Job Ref: JM 118350 Hackney

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