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Head of Commissioning

Employer
Colbern Limited
Location
Chichester, West Sussex
Salary
£500 - £600/day LIMITED QUOTED INSIDE IR35
Closing date
25 Nov 2021

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Sector
Management Consulting
Responsibilities
Analyst
Position/Level
Professional / Specialist
Contract Type
Permanent
Language
English
Head of Commissioning

Chichester

Contract

£500 to £600 per day Limited rate via Umbrella Company inside IR35

Our client is looking for an experienced Head of Commissioning.

You'll need to be professionally self-sufficient, operating at the highest level of

proficiency in the service specialism, leading and managing the shape of the

Service with an awareness of the 'bigger picture', including creating policies and

approaches which have a positive impact. You will be managing the overall

achievement of a Service comprising either a number of teams with generally

related activities and similar purposes, or a substantial county-wide support

service to meet corporate and business objectives and provide efficient customer

focused services.

The role is responsible for requesting and interpreting information and

undertaking analysis to create and deliver a programme of commissioning

intentions and a commissioning strategy, for supporting the effective

engagement and management of the market to enable innovation, and for

ensuring sufficiency of supply to meet needs over the medium and long term.

This role has external accountabilities for relevant / respective pooled budgets

with appropriate delegated authority. This accountability is an area that is likely

to change and develop over time as the joint commissioning agenda is

developed and progressed.

Key Skills:

Ability to work independently, making sound pragmatic problem-solving

decisions which will have a wider service impact, including devising solutions

to specific problems of a programme, prioritisation, resource or performance

related nature using significant professional judgement and evaluative skills

to make effective decisions where 'right' and 'wrong' answers are not

available.

Exceptional, highly developed communication skills to influence and persuade

the actions of others in order to construct, evaluate and deliver effective

business solutions.

Effective research and planning skills to construct highly effective complex

business critical solutions working on a time horizon of a number of years.

Ability to recognise where change is needed and to challenge existing

practices, processes and activities and identify and deliver effective solutions

which promote change. Ability to forward plan over a number of years,

continuously developing and reviewing the effectiveness of service, whilst

delivering the current service.

Strong partnership working skills with the ability to develop and manage

highly effective relationships and co-ordinate a range of partners and

stakeholders both internally and externally to successfully deliver objectives.

Effective people management and performance management skills with the

ability to lead and inspire, providing direction and support to individuals and

teams.

Qualifications and/or experience:

Post-graduate professional qualification relevant either to management or to

the professional service specialism; or equivalent level of significant

experience demonstrating comprehensive application of the above levels of

knowledge in a relevant setting.

Fellowship membership of a relevant professional body or equivalent high[1]level experience of involved practices.

Self-sufficient expertise across the technical/professional specialism at the

highest level of proficiency.

Comprehensive knowledge of complex practices and precedents built on

concepts and principles.

Practical and theoretical knowledge of the political environment of local

government and partner organisations.

Job Description & Person Specification

Comprehensive operational and strategic experience appropriate to the

business of the organisation.

Experience of delivering an exceptional service to others through the

management of a service.

Experience of developing policies and approaches to business which achieve

corporate objectives.

Considerable experience of managing and leading a business function or

service with a number of integrated teams.

Exposure to shaping and supporting initiatives in a political environment.

Experience of working in complex environments with a range of partner

agencies.

Experience of working in high pressure situations where rapid decision

making and an ability to manage competing demands is required.

Experience of effectively managing a budget and contributing to decision

making on high level spending.

The postholder will predominantly be working from home, but will be required to travel to Chichester when the role requires it

PLEASE only apply if you have the necessary skills, experience and expertise The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer

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