Description Proposed Interview Date: Thursday 29 May 2025 Closing Date: Wednesday 21 May 2025 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: £44,225.49 to £53,141.91 Working Pattern: 36 hours per week Location: Fife House, Glenrothes Supporting Statement As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement Job Details This is an exciting time to join the Children and Families and Justice social work service within the Communities Directorate. You will lead on the review and development of strategic commissioning activity for the service to support the provision of responsive local services which achieve positive outcomes for children and their families. Working closely with the Children and Families senior management team and Third Sector commissioned services this post holder will: Work closely with external care providers and voluntary sector organisations, using the Council’s monitoring framework to develop local services that are available to provide support to children and families at the right time, and in line with strategic priorities. Develop relationships with external services and lead regular monitoring meetings to analyse service provision and performance in consideration of the aims agreed within service level agreements. Lead the assessment of grant applications, tendering activity and procurement processes while maintaining oversight of the commissioning budget. Contribute to the strategic needs analysis for Fife, analysing data from professionals, children and families to identify strengths, gaps and areas for development in service provision. Represent the Service at Council Committees, Review Committees and participate in Service Working Groups liaising with internal, voluntary and independent service providers. A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for. The Person You will be educated to SCQF level 9, which includes a Degree or equivalent. You will have experience of working within a Children and Families social work setting and demonstrate a good understanding of the range of challenges families can face. You will have an in-depth knowledge of key policy drivers such as The Promise, Getting it Right for Every Child, UNCRC, Children & Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. You will have strong analysis skills, and experience of planning and leading others to creatively problem solve and implement improvement activity. You will be a motivated and organised individual who is able to work autonomously to achieve objectives on multiple tasks. For communication skills, focus on type of skills -persuading, advising, listening. Don’t use ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a “blended working” arrangement with home-working opportunities and occasional office-working as required. You should have the ability to travel across Fife. Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland. This post requires SSSC registration, and the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration. Further Information Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria - Role Profile How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See How We Work Matters behaviour framework on the intranet for more information. Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services. Directorate Information - Council Department Information Social Media - Search for more 'Fife Council Jobs' on Facebook or follow us on X @ FCJobsOfficial For Further Information Please Contact: Laura Lowrie, Service Manager – laura.lowrie-sw@fife.gov.uk