Job Introduction
Salary: £47,181 to £50,269 a year plus £3,203 car benefit allowance
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract type: Permanent
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
What You’ll be doing
We are seeking a Commissioning & Quality Manager to join our Children, Families and Education Directorate. This is a key role responsible for leading the development, implementation, quality assurance and performance management of commissioning programmes that support the delivery of local and national priorities.
Working within the Commissioning and Resources Service, you will lead on a range of commissioning projects and contracts, ensuring services are delivered effectively, achieve agreed outcomes and represent value for money. You will play a pivotal role in service redesign and improvement, managing programmes from planning through to implementation and evaluation.
The successful candidate will oversee commissioned services in line with Luton’s Sufficiency Strategy and joint commissioning plans, ensuring providers meet contractual requirements and deliver high-quality services that meet the needs of children, young people and families.
A key aspect of the role will be building strong relationships with stakeholders, facilitating meaningful engagement with service providers, commissioners, service users and carers to ensure their voices influence service planning, commissioning and delivery.
You will also support the wider leadership of the service, deputising for the Senior Commissioning Manager when required and contributing to the continuous development of commissioning practices across the department.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for a skilled commissioning professional with demonstrable experience of commissioning and the commissioning cycle, or managing services and complex projects, including performance and quality management. You will have a strong track record in programme, project and change management, alongside experience of developing and implementing operational policies and procedures. Confident in analysing and interpreting data, you will be able to produce meaningful insights that inform strategic planning and decision-making, with excellent IT skills across Microsoft Office applications, databases and research tools.
You will be a proactive and influential communicator, capable of driving change, building positive relationships and working collaboratively with a wide range of partners, providers and stakeholders. With strong planning, presentation and facilitation skills, you will be able to develop and adapt strategies, manage competing priorities and achieve positive outcomes. A sound understanding of the commissioning cycle is essential, together with a relevant postgraduate qualification (or equivalent experience). Above all, you will be committed to continuous professional development and passionate about improving services and outcomes for children, young people and families.
Application Process
Only LBC employees and LBC agency workers may apply for this position.
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also, any adult cautions (simple or conditional) and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However, in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.
Benefits
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How to apply
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