Strategic Commissioning Lead, Home Care and Reablement
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Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join and help build Cornwall Councils new People Commissioning Service.
We have recently reorganised our service to enhance the leadership capacity, reflecting Cornwalls ambitious commitment to the transformation and modernisation of social care services.
To support these changes, we have a number of new Strategic Commissioning Lead posts in the Older People and Carers Commissioning Team, which is part of the Care and Wellbeing Directorate. We are looking to recruit people with an interest in excellent public services who have innovative, analytic and creative minds and a track record of successful delivery.
Main duties of the job
The Strategic Commissioning Lead roles will have responsibilities including:
- Establishing strategic commissioning and the intelligent client function for the Council across the delivery of people services
- Leading on driving innovation and excellence in service delivery
- Managing patterns of demand differently to improve outcomes
- Establishing strong and effective partnerships to commission services jointly across with health, housing and other providers.
- Leading the strategic transformation and reshaping of services over the medium to longer term.
- Working closely with social care providers to help them be the best that they can, not only delivering excellent services but also supporting them to deliver added social, economic and environmental value to the Cornish economy.
These are the most senior commissioning roles reporting into the Head of Commissioning for Older People and Carers and managing a team of commissioners including commissioning managers, commissioning officers and assistant commissioning officers. They will be the subject matter experts and lead on the transformation of significant areas of the Councils business. They will find solutions to some of the most challenging questions the Council faces, co-designing solutions with stakeholders. They will work over the medium to longer term horizons always drawing on evidence and international best practice.
About us
Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
- a competitive salary.
- a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
- Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Details
Date posted
11 February 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£53,559 to £64,835 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
F0021-700002058
Job locations
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
Employer details
Employer name
Cornwall Council
Address
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
Employer's website
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Kate Alcock
