- Pay Rate:
£248.99 per day PAYE
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 6 months
- BOURNEMOUTH,
BH2 6EA
Interim Commissioning Officer - Childrens
Reference no: Bournemouth 5228713
Pay rate £248.99 per day PAYE
This opening assignment is for 6 months
Basic DBS required for this role
Hybrid occasionally
Full Driving Licence required
Contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of commissioning plans to deliver the Council's strategic and operational direction for children and young people, with a special focus on SEND and Alternative Education Provision. To contribute to needs analysis and other evidence collection in order to support the development, implementation, and review of children’s services-related commissioning strategies. The post holder will contribute to the development and commissioning framework for children’s services, creatively drawing on a wide range of resources and assets across the partnership, organisation, and community to ensure that both the council and the ICS’s strategic priorities are delivered in an effective and timely manner. To work with and to provide support to commissioning managers who have responsibility for producing and reviewing strategies related to children’s services
Key responsibilities:
- Contribute to the joint commissioning agenda to improve delivery and outcomes of commissioned services.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of commissioning plans that address sufficiency issues within SEND and Alternative Provision.
- Contribute to reports on progress against identified objectives
“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
- Knowledge of key national issues & programmes relevant to client group and specified outcome/service area
- Experience of commissioning projects including undertaking needs assessment for commissioning purposes, performance management and monitoring and review reporting, with a focus on children’s services
- Experience of using management information, needs assessment for commissioning, performance management and monitoring and review reporting.
- Experience of service development, options appraisal and system change using demonstrable programme management skills including financial management
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- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.
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