Commissioning Manager (Reablement & Prevention)

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Job Description

The Service & Team:

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for someone who is interested in developing their commissioning career in community facing services. It is an exciting time to join our team as we are reviewing the impact of our preventative offer and support for unpaid carers. This role would suit someone with commissioning experience and an interest in developing preventative services.

As the Commissioning Manager for prevention and carers, you will support the development and management of services that promote meaningful preventative support to Cornwall's residents. You will have a keen eye for detail and experience in analysing a range of qualitative and quantitative data which will underpin our commissioning intentions.

You will work across the People's Commissioning Team, operational teams, social care buyers, service providers, community partners and health services.

The Role:

The role will play an important part in developing services which enable older people to live independently for longer in Cornwall through development of a suite of Prevention services around reablement, day services and carers support.

Commissioning Managers are senior officers reporting to the Strategic Commissioning Leads and will manage a team of Commissioning Officers and Assistant Commissioning Officers in the delivery of complex strategic commissioning priorities and supplier relationship management.

The role holder will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of strategies, planning new policies and frameworks and delivery of all of the strategic activities for the area of work. The role holder will ensure that services are commissioned in a way that has a focus on best practice, reflective learning, codesign, deriving good quality service provision and cost effectiveness.

The role will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

What you'll need to succeed:

• Knowledge in a relevant professional area including for example; data analysis, commissioining and service development, social care, community development
• A proven track record of using professional expertise to develop and deliver strategic objectives and expected outcomes
• Experience of developing and delivering strategic plans and the identification and delivery of commissioning priorities
• Demonstrable evidence of using different change management methodologies to support organisational change
• Leadership and management skills

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you'll get in return:

Cornwall Council's ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary
• Hybrid working and flexible hours
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• 26 days annual leave per year (pro-rata), rising to 29 days after five years continuous service, with the potential to purchase additional leave
• A national award winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services

Additional Information:

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Heather Brumby, Strategic Commissioning Lead - prevention and carers heather.brumby@cornwall.gov.uk / 07598 060 666

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as 'Application' on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here - The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

About Us

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It's a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.