Job title: Head of Service – Commissioning, Market Management and Customer Services
Contract: Permanent
As our new Head of Service Commissioning, Market Management and Customer Services, you will lead a key function in the Children and Families Directorate seeking to strengthen our approach to commissioning activity across both Social Care and Learning. The role also leads on our approach to Customer Services and complaints.
The role has reach across the entire Directorate and provides a real opportunity to make a significant difference to the lives of children, young people and families across the City.
The role is at the centre of a number of workstreams and activity that are vital to the Directorate and the Council including:
- Helping secure the best mix of residential provision for CLA
- Setting a clear sufficiency direction for both CLA and children with SEND
- Managing the challenges of cost and quality in provision
- Working collaboratively with our Adults and Health Directorate to ensure that we have the best possible preparation for adulthood for CLA
- Joint working with a range of Health agencies
You’ll be ambitious for our Leeds children, ensuring they get the right support and that the council’s statutory and moral responsibilities are met.
About you
- Educated to degree level or higher.
- Significant experience of working in commissioning, preferably within a Children and Families context.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to influence, negotiate and establish credibility with stakeholders locally, regionally and nationally.
- Innovation, drive and a clear passion for improving the lives of the city’s most vulnerable young people.
- Experience of successful leadership and management of complex projects.
What we offer you
- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements.
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities.
- a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further.
For more information or to arrange a discussion about the role, please contact Phil Evans Deputy Director Resources and Transformation/Interim Deputy Director Learning at phil.evans@leeds.gov.uk
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you’ll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
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