Commissioning / Purchasing Professional

Home Team Manager – Commissioning

Taunton

Contract £220.26 per day or £300 per day limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35

Our client is looking for an experienced Home Team Manager – Commissioning

1 day per month office based

Home Team, which sits within the Children Looked After (CLA) Commissioning Service. The team plays a critical role in commissioning appropriate homes for children and young people in care and is central to delivering the programme's transformation objectives.

This request forms part of interim additional resources to mobilise and deliver the 'Value for Money from the External Market' workstream within the My World My Tomorrow transformation programme.

The transformation programme aims to

• improve outcomes for children and young people

• ensure better value from external residential placements.

• improve commissioning practices by stronger market management and negotiation,

• better information flow between operational and commissioning teams

• more efficient home-finding processes.

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Knowledge skills and experience

• Knowledge of the children's social care external placements market, Demonstrates an understanding of commissioning approaches and relevant regulatory frameworks.

• Knowledge of home finding processes and searching for placements for children in care

• Substantial experience of contract management. Knowledge of local authority procurement, commissioning and contract management procedures.

• Excellent organisational and contract administration skills, with the ability to manage high volumes of documentation accurately, maintain robust audit trails and ensure contractual records, agreements and supporting documentation are complete, compliant and accessible

• Experience of supporting service improvement, transformation programmes or business process redesign initiatives is highly desirable and knowledge of how new technology can lead to improved and streamlined processes.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across the provider markets, commissioning, procurement and finance. The postholder must be able to produce clear guidance, process documentation, reports and communications, whilst influencing colleagues to adopt consistent and compliant ways of working.

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft 365 applications, particularly SharePoint, Excel, Teams and document management solutions, and will have experience of using these systems to improve information governance, accessibility and operational efficiency.

• Ability to work under pressure, while maintaining stakeholder relationships and efficient and effective processes

• Experience of supporting internal and external audits and implementing recommendations arising from audit findings

Usual working hours are 8.30am - 5pm with occasional later working in response to business need.

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The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV. Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities. Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer