Senior Practitioner (Placement Commissioner)

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Job Description

Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025

Closing Date: Sunday 2 March 2025

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC9 £44,255.49 to £53,141.91 Per year

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week

Location: Fife House, Glenrothes

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement

Job Details

This is an exciting time to join the Children and Families, Justice Service within the Communities Directorate. The post holder will lead the development and delivery of strategic commissioning activity for the Children & Families Service. Working closely with the Children and Families senior management team and Third Sector commissioned services this post holder will:

• Develop and oversee a monitoring framework with external care providers and voluntary sector organisations, providing advice, guidance and feedback on quality of performance to achieve outcomes.
• Lead the assessment of grant applications, tendering activity and procurement processes while maintaining oversight of the commissioning budget.
• Contribute to the strategic needs analysis for Fife, analysing data to identify gaps and areas for development in service provision.
• Represent the Service at Council Committees, Review Committees and participating in Service Working Groups liaising with internal, voluntary and independent service providers.

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

The Person

• You will be educated to SCQF level 9, which includes a Degree or equivalent. A qualification in commissioning is desirable.
• You will have experience of working within a Children and Families setting and have a good knowledge of relevant policies and legislation.
• You will have strong analysis skills, and experience of planning and leading others to creatively problem solve and implement service improvement activity.
• You will be a motivated and organised individual who is able to work autonomously to achieve objectives on multiple tasks.
• For communication skills, focus on type of skills -persuading, advising, listening. Don't use 'excellent' or 'good'
• As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a "blended working" arrangement with home-working opportunities and occasional office-working as required.
• You should have the ability to travel across Fife.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.

This post requires SSSC registration, and the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration.

If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you're registered within the required six months. More details are included in the role profile

Further Information

• Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria - Role Profile
• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
• Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
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We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.

For further Information please contact: Laura Lowrie