Commissioning Manager

Job Introduction

Commissioning Manager – Collaborative Commissioning Program Team

Are you ready to make a positive difference?

We are looking for an ambitious and experienced Commissioning Manager to join our Collaborative Commissioning program team in the People Commissioning Service for Children and Young People.

This is your chance to help shape how we commission services that truly matter for Bradford Children in Care. This role is at the heart of the People Commissioning Service, building relationships and providing all ages commissioning and contract management functions for Adult Social Care, Childrens Services and Public Health. We are committed to investing in our staff, to co-producing services with the people who use them and developing and improving services for our communities in Bradford.

The Role

This a fixed term opportunity for 20 months, to work with the program lead and manage a small team to develop and embed a comprehensive, collaborative and relational commissioning approach that will deliver improved market stability, quality and value for money for commissioned services for children in care.

We are looking for someone with commissioning management experience, who is a creative thinker and problem solver, who can manage projects, communicate and negotiate with a wide range of people, and write well.

The Main Responsibilities Of This Role

• To work with the Collaborative Commissioning project lead in developing and supporting the wider implementation of the collaborative commissioning approach for Bradford within the Children in Care commissioning team.
• To implement and embed an enhanced market engagement, cost of care methodology, and continuous provider dialogue process within the children in care commissioning function.
• To implement and embed relational commissioning principles that promote shared accountability, transparency and ethical practice.
• To help determine through research, intelligence and evaluation of changing service patterns, requirements for service changes.
• To identify information flows and requirements to inform commissioning priorities and to underpin the development of future service requirements.
• To report on commissioning issues and make recommendations for action.
• To work with others to monitor and evaluate services and their performance against specific outcomes and objectives to achieve the best possible standards of service and value for money.
• Support the development of service level agreements and/or service specifications for contracts with suppliers and commissioning team members.
• To contribute to the development of the market.
• To contribute to working groups/project teams as appropriate and to manage particular projects and service developments in partnership with managers.
• To keep abreast of policies, procedures, evidence of effectiveness, government guidance and legislation related to adult commissioning and to ensure implementation of national guidance across the Department’s areas of responsibility.