Directorate: Adult Social Care&All Age Commissioning Section: Adult Social Care Location: Civic Centre Grade: Level 12 Salary: £45,091 - £48,226 Hours: 37 – full time This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants. Stoke on Trent City Council Commissioning team are looking for a Senior Commissioning and Contracting Officer to join their children’s Commission team. To develop commissioning and contract standards and frameworks, manage and implement a range of commissioning strategies, policies and plans on specific service areas. Key duties: To lead the development of team practice to manage and implement a range of commissioning strategies, policies and plans on specific service areas to ensure best commissioning practice, behaviours and competencies are applied and deliver the agreed outcomes and targets across the full commissioning cycle. Robust needs assessment of systemic coproduced service review and redesign Benefits realisation, business cases, performance management and evaluation Commercialisation and routes to market, including procurement Contract/SLA specification and management Service/Provider stability and improvement To fulfil national strategy and guidance and statutory responsibilities in relation to the specific commissioned service, this includes working with joint funders and key stakeholders To lead, support and co-ordinate programmes of work including multi- agency partnerships and task and finish groups, on behalf of the wider team, to ensure strategic and operational objectives are delivered To-undertake necessary work to influence, shape and lead policy areas alongside decision makers and resource holders in order to commit resources to new and innovative partnership projects including new income generation activities to support new approaches To be an effective member of the team, line manage members of staff and be prepared and able to support and cover during absences. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly Equality, Diversity and Inclusion At Stoke-on-Trent City Council, we believe our strength comes from the diversity of our community, and we want our workforce to reflect that. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. We understand that some people, especially those from underrepresented or marginalised backgrounds, may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet all the listed requirements. If this role interests you and you think you could be a good fit, we encourage you to apply. We are proud of what makes each of us unique and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels included, can be themselves, and can succeed together. To Apply - please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/ If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.