Planning and Performance Development Manager

The Planning and Performance Development Manager sits within the Adults, Health and Commissioning Directorate and plays a central role in supporting effective planning, performance management and service improvement. Working across operational, commissioning and corporate teams, you'll provide insight, assurance and coordination that enables senior leaders to make informed decisions and deliver better outcomes for adults, carers and communities. We are seeking a proactive and influential Planning and Performance Development Manager to work at the heart of the directorate. You'll be coordinating business planning, overseeing the delivery of a complex change portfolio, and managing performance and statutory reporting arrangements. Through robust data, insight and collaboration, you will support senior leaders to understand performance, manage risk and drive continuous improvement across adult social care, health and commissioning services., You will lead the coordination of planning, performance and change activity across Adults, Health and Commissioning, ensuring robust reporting, oversight and continuous improvement. The role involves working across teams and systems to translate complex data into actionable insight, supporting informed decision-making and service improvement, with responsibility for coordinating inputs rather than direct line management., Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

This is an excellent opportunity to influence strategic decision making and improve outcomes for adults and communities. You will be skilled at turning complex data into a clear and compelling narrative, supporting the development of well-evidenced, practical improvement plans that drive better outcomes. You will bring strong experience or transferable skills in business planning, performance management, data analysis and service improvement within adult social care, health, local government or a similarly complex organisation. You will be confident working across teams and with partners, able to turn data into clear insight and improvement plans and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders. We welcome applications from candidates without direct local-authority experience where they can demonstrate relevant skills, analytical capability and a commitment to public-service outcomes. You will be committed to equality, safeguarding and the Council's Net Zero ambition.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes