Contract Type
Permanent
Salary
Grade H. Scale 29 - £39,862 to Scale 31 - £41,771
Hours Per Week
36 hours
Base Location
Tameside One, Ashton-under-Lyne
Assessment Date
To be arranged
The Role
We are looking for a new Senior Commissioning Officer to work in our newly formed restructured Adults Commissioning Team. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Commissioning Team in Tameside Adults Services. The role offers opportunities for personal and professional development and a chance for someone to bring their own skills, knowledge and experiences to contribute to service innovation and improvement within a fast‑moving, demanding and ever‑changing environment.
You will be responsible for delivering the commissioning agenda across Adult’s Services including LD/MH, Transitions, and Older People through a place‑based approach working with partners to achieve improved outcomes for Tameside residents. You will support the development of our annual commissioning intentions and will have an exciting and varied agenda of work. Delivering all aspects of the commissioning cycle you will have coproduction central to your working practice.
You will have the opportunity to shape the services our Adults receive in Tameside and make a lasting impact. Working to review existing commissions and new opportunities, you will develop commissioning intentions, work with procurement, and lead the engagement with providers to ensure they are delivering for Tameside’s adults.
You will assist in the planning, co‑production, development, co‑ordination, and delivery of an ongoing programme of commissioning projects, providing effective challenge, support and project management across the directorates and partners to ensure that the improvement and integration strategies are effectively implemented to achieve significant and lasting change.
About You
Do you have experience in the care sector in relation to supporting those who require support for their Learning Disability/Mental Health or Neuro‑divergence and/or in the Domiciliary Care/Support at Home arena? Are you committed to procuring high quality provision and have the skills and experience to work with stakeholders within each sector of provision? We are looking for highly motivated, energetic people with great interpersonal skills and the capacity to forge excellent relationships and effective multi‑agency working. You will be passionate and have the ability to work strategically on intelligence‑led and high‑quality commissioning. You will have the ability to deliver multiple projects within timescales while achieving required outcomes.
About Us
Message from Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adults Services at Tameside Council. “I’ve worked here for many years now and I’m proud of the work that we do together, ensuring people in our borough are living a good life.” Our vision is one which sees people living well in the place they call home, where they are supported to be a part of their local communities to live long, healthy and fulfilled lives. “One way I regularly connect and listen to our workforce is through my monthly staff drop‑in with our Principal Social Worker. This is an opportunity to create dedicated time for staff to share ideas, team updates and network across our services.” Working in Adult Social Care is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice, where you can really make a difference to people’s lives every day. We will support you to develop and fulfil your potential and create space for you to reflect and grow. We are dedicated to breaking barriers, so our workforce is rich with experience and understanding, always building and championing social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. People are always at the heart of everything we do, if our vision sounds like something you want to be part of, we offer a warm welcome to join us here at Team Tameside.
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high‑quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self‑sufficient communities. We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship. We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability‑confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Contact Information
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 0161 342 3608 or jane.bennett@tameside.gov.uk or janine.byron@tameside.gov.uk.
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