Head of Service – Commissioning and Contracts
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
24/11/2017
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 17/12/2017 23:59
Salary:
£47,494.00 - £51,115.00 Annually
Hours per week:
37 hours per week
Job Category:
Executive / Managerial
Employment Location:
Darlington
Further Information
Darlington is a great place to work. It is perfectly placed and has easy accessible transport links to both North and South. We are an ingenious Town with a strong sense of pride and heritage.
There isn’t a better time to join Darlington Borough Council’s Children and Adults Services. Partnership working is excellent, with a real commitment to improving outcomes in Darlington.
This is an exciting opportunity to join us, to help create the vision and services that are fit for the future. There is pace and energy to succeed, with a motivated and committed workforce, alongside a supportive management team.
With a new Senior Management Team in place, we are looking to recruit a Head of Service - Commissioning and Contracts as part of our continued transformation and service improvement.
You will ensure the Council’s resources are used to best effect by leading the commissioning and quality monitoring of safe, high quality, effective and innovative care and support services. A skilled influencer, you will lead market management and development, ensuring a thriving, responsive and sustainable care and support sector.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about achieving good outcomes for vulnerable children and adults, with the ability to support, challenge and influence across a diverse sector.
If this sounds like a role where you could share your relevant experience and make a positive difference then we would like to hear from you.
What’s in it for you?
Your reward for working at the Council goes beyond the salary you receive. Lots of the benefits are in our employment terms and conditions, such as 31 days annual leave, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, fair pay and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave payment, to name but a few.
In addition to these, we are committed to provide a wide range of other benefits, such as:
• Additional leave purchase scheme
• Flexible working and flexi-time scheme, including mobile working
• Childcare vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme in partnership with Halfords
• Season ticket car parking permits or subsidised Town Centre permits subject to criteria
• Access to Occupational Health, physiotherapy and counselling services
• Discounted membership to the Dolphin Centre’s Fit for Life Package (including access to classes)
For detailed information on this role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
For a further informal discussion, please contact Christine Shields, Assistant Director Commissioning, Performance and Transformation on 01325 405851.
An online application form and further information are available from www.darlington.gov.uk/socialcarecareers, together with the full range of benefits available. Alternatively, you can contact Xentrall Recruitment Services, Tel: (01642) 526992 or email: recruitment@xentrall.org.uk
Please note
This job is closed for applications.