Head of Integrated Commissioning

Stoke on Trent City Council is looking for an exceptional strategic leader to join our All Age Commissioning leadership team as Head of Commissioning for Start and Grow Well, following a restructure there may also be an opportunity arising for a Head of Commissioning Support Unit. This is a great opportunity to lead major transformation across Children's, Adult Social Care and Public Health, influencing how commissioned services are delivered for residents across the city. You'll work at the heart of a highly ambitious organisation, driving commissioning strategies, market development, service redesign and innovation to improve outcomes for children, families, adults and older people. You'll play a pivotal role in delivering transformation, supporting Ofsted and CQC improvement activity, and ensuring services remain sustainable, high quality and focused on what matters most to local people.,

• Lead the development and delivery of strategic commissioning plans across Children's Services, Adult Social Care and Public Health
• Drive large-scale transformation, service redesign and innovation programmes to improve outcomes and deliver sustainable savings
• Provide strategic leadership for market shaping, commissioning activity and provider relationships, ensuring high-quality and value-for-money services
• Build and maintain effective partnerships with NHS colleagues, providers, communities and key stakeholders to support integrated, person-centred services
• Lead and support statutory improvement programmes, including Ofsted, CQC Assurance, and market sustainability requirements across Children's, Adults' and Public Health services
• Manage significant budgets and commissioning programmes, providing expert advice, assurance and strategic guidance to senior leaders, elected members and partnership boards
  
  Has significant senior level commissioning experience within local government, health or the wider public sector
• Can lead complex transformation programmes and deliver measurable outcomes
• Brings strong commercial, financial and political acumen
• Builds effective partnerships across organisations and sectors
• Is passionate about improving lives and making best use of public resources.
Why join us? Lead some of the most important transformation programmes in the city. Influence strategic decisions at the highest level. Work across children, adults, public health and integrated care. Be part of an ambitious team committed to innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement. Make a lasting difference to the lives of Stoke-on-Trent residents. If you're a strategic thinker, passionate leader and accomplished commissioner ready for your next challenge, we would love to hear from you.,
• Significant experience in strategic commissioning, service transformation and delivering change within local government, health or the wider public sector
• Proven leadership skills with a successful track record of leading high performing teams and achieving results in complex environments
• Experience managing substantial budgets, delivering savings programmes and applying commercial acumen to maximise value for money
• Strong partnership-building and influencing skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across organisations, including health partners, providers, and elected members
• Extensive knowledge of Adult Social Care commissioning, procurement, contract management, and relevant statutory and regulatory frameworks
• Strategic and innovative in approach, with the ability to use data, insight, and evidence to drive service improvement and deliver positive outcomes for residents
  
  We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. Working for Stoke-on Trent City Council is more than just a job, it's about making, protecting and improving the services for the local population, reducing inequalities and improving independence for the people who live and work in the city. And that's where you come in. We are always looking for people of the highest calibre with skills, knowledge and experience to help us deliver our compelling vision., Stoke-on-Trent City Council's diverse and talented workforce is its greatest asset and most valuable resource. The skills, knowledge and experience of our c.4,600 employees are essential to delivering our ambitions and vision for our organisation and Stoke-on-Trent. We want to be an employer that people are proud to work for, and where our staff are supported, developed and rewarded in an inclusive way that helps them to excel and to deliver the high-quality services that our residents need., Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a unitary authority employing approximately 4,600 staff who deliver 700 services to more than 260,000 residents. Our city comprises of six towns: Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall. We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. We have undergone significant changes over the last few years. New ways of working have already transformed many service areas and we are determined to continue to develop more innovative approaches to ensure that we can maximise the benefits of transformation.
Our city Although the 13th largest city in the UK, Stoke-on-Trent is rapidly outstripping a number of parts of the country with our economic growth and recovery. Stoke-on-Trent is a city with a strong sense of civic pride - we've been voted the kindest city in the UK - and a place where you'll receive a hugely warm welcome. We have a rich and diverse culture, steeped in our prestigious industrial heritage as the celebrated 'world capital of ceramics'. But we don't just want to celebrate our proud past - we firmly believe that Stoke-on-Trent's best years are ahead of it. We are determined to raise aspirations and match them with high-quality education and health provision, as well as improved opportunities to secure fulfilling and well-paid work. Through uniting social and economic opportunities, we are maximising the full power of the city council as a secure and steadfast institution within the city.


• A competitive salary based on your skills, experience and talent
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• An excellent local authority benefits pension scheme
• Professional development through learning opportunities, regular training sessions and apprenticeship and management schemes, When you work for Stoke-on-Trent City Council you'll be helping to improve the lives and wellbeing of our residents. We'll provide you with support, learning opportunities and flexible working options and some amazing benefits including; a competitive salary, generous holidays, an excellent defined local authority benefit pension scheme, annual leave purchase scheme, cycle to work schemes just to name a few. We also have access to lifestyle benefits which offer a wide range of discounts such as family days out, travel, retail and many more.
Our commitment to you Vibrancy and diversity are two of Stoke-on-Trent's greatest assets. A city founded on creative endeavour should value and celebrate the multitude of voices, ideas and identities that shape its culture. We are committed to creating a culture which is truly inclusive, where all staff feel valued, listened to, supported and able to do their work to the best of their abilities at all times. And we must ensure that our decisions and policies nurture and empower communities across our city and do not inadvertently disadvantage groups and individuals that we want to help to thrive. Our approach to Equality and Diversity is an invitation to all our communities to work with and for us so we can continue to improve how we deliver services residents need. Our employee networks are inclusive, open forums for colleagues with similar lived experiences. They allow staff to meet, support and mentor each other, alongside being a voice for under-represented groups to advise and support the organisation when developing policies and services.