Commissioning Manager Contract

Commissioning Manager – Social Care & Housing
London Borough of Islington
3 Month Contract
£450 p/d
Work Style: Flexible

The post-holder will be responsible for commissioning services to cover one or more of the following client groups and service types:
* Age Well: Older Adults, Domiciliary Care & Dementia and Accommodation based pathways & Last Years of Life
* Live Well: Disabilities and Learning Disabilities
* Live Well: Mental Health
* Live Well: Supported Housing and Homelessness

They will contribute to robust and regular needs assessment to establish a full understanding of current and future local needs and requirements and commission services that optimise health and wellbeing outcomes for service users and provide good value for money.
They will apply a project management approach and structure to the delivery of their commissioning work.
They will contribute to the forging of excellent joint working relations between agencies including Clinical Commissioners, Public Health specialist staff, service users and carers and providers from the private, voluntary and community sectors to commission high quality services that improve health and well-being outcomes for adults.
This is a generic job description and may change to reflect the detail of operational policy and working arrangements.

Key Responsibilities:

• To work closely with Procurement, Commissioning Officers, Contract Officers and service users and carers in the commissioning, procurement and monitoring of services.
• To devise specifications for commissioned services ensuring that they meet the needs of the borough and the population.
• To work in partnership with other Islington Council departments, Clinical Commissioners, Public Health Specialist staff, service users and carers and providers from the private, voluntary and community sectors to establish effective services and reengineer or decommission services no longer needed.
• To contribute to the development and delivery of their team’s commissioning work programme
• To contribute to the commissioning of innovative and cost effective services and schemes for the client group(s) they manage.
• To ensure that all commissioned services deliver a person centred approach that engages individuals in their own treatment and care, promotes independence, choice and control and puts dignity at the heart of care and support.
• To ensure that patients and the public are involved in the commissioning cycle so that their views and experiences lead to better decision about the design, improvement, integration and modernisation of local services.
• To contribute to reviews of existing services and schemes, working closely with other funding and external commissioning partners, to ensure that quality services are delivered and value for money is achieved.

Qualifications:
Degree and/or relevant professional qualification and recent and relevant experience.

For more information please contact Arun on or on 01616670022