• Job Description

  Req#: 9468
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Come and be part of our new People Commissioning Team. This is an exciting opportunity to join and help build a new integrated people commissioning function at Cornwall Council.
  
  We are one of the largest unitary Councils, we are creating a new function that supports both Childrens and Adult Care Services.
  There are a number of new opportunities across the People Commissioning function for people who are both interested in building a career in public services and social care as well as opportunities for those who have lots more experience.
  We still have a number of roles that will lead on a broad set of functions below:-
  •Establishing strategic commissioning and the intelligent client function for the Council across the delivery of people services
  •Lead on driving innovation and excellence in service delivery
  •Managing patterns of demand differently to improve outcomes
  •Establishing strong and effective partnerships to commission services jointly across with health, housing and other providers.
  •To lead the strategic transformation and reshaping of services over the medium to longer term.
  •Working closely with providers to help them be the best that they can, not only delivering excellent services but also supporting them to deliver added social, economic and environmental value to the Cornish economy.
  We have provided a summary of some of the key roles below. The detail is set out in the role profiles below.
  Commissioning Manager
  Commissioning Managers are senior officers reporting to the Strategic Commissioning Leads and will manage a team of Commissioning Officers and Assistant Commissioning Officers in the delivery of complex strategic commissioning priorities and supplier relationship management. The role holder will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of strategies, planning new policies and frameworks and delivery of all of the strategic activities for the area of work. The role holder will ensure that services are commissioned in a way that has a focus on best practice, reflective learning, codesign, deriving good quality service provision and cost effectiveness.
  We Have a number of Commissioning Manager Roles including:
  Care Homes: This role will be supporting the Strategic Commissioning Lead for Accommodation with Care in the development of new care home market capacity and working with the current care homes market to ensure access to good quality services that can support the increasingly complex needs of Cornwall’s residents.
  Working Age Adults Services: We have roles (including 1 flexible part-time post of 16 hrs) that will be supporting the Strategic Leads for Learning Disabilities, Autism, Mental Health and Empowering Independence to develop the housing and support offers for individuals typically 18 to 64 years. This is including residential care, supported living services or perhaps independently living with outreach support. These roles will be required to establish Cornwall’s approach to self-directed support, as well as expand the market to respond to creative support planning solutions as well as support for those that require support from adult social care as have found themselves homeless with complex needs.
  You can view the role profile here
  If you would like a chat about any of the positions please do feel free to email or call…
  • Rachael Rothero – Service Director People Commissioning at rachael.rothero@cornwall.gov.uk Tel: 01872 3222222 ‘then say my name’
  • Karen Hooper – Head Working Age Adult Commissioning at karen.hooper@cornwall.gov.uk | Tel: 01872 322222 ‘then say my name’
  • Kate Alcock – Head of Older People Commissioning at kate.alock@cornwall.gov.uk Tel: 01872 322222 ‘then say my name’
  • Angie Andrews – Head of Children and Young People Commissioning at angie.andrews@cornwall.gov.uk Tel: 01872 322222 ‘then say my name’
  Follow this link for details of our other vacancies - People and Commissioning at Cornwall Council
  We look forward to receiving you application.
  This position will be subject to a criminal record disclosure check.
  Whilst the location/work-base for this role may have been specified our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g., from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.
  We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.
  How To Apply
  Please click on the ‘Apply for Job’ link to open a new page and complete and application form. (If it does not work, please ensure you have pop-ups enabled)
  Please view the role profile here, your application will need to demonstrate how you meet the required criteria. Please ensure you answer all of the pre-screening questions in full, within the application form. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process
  About Us
  Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Find out about working and volunteering for us.
  Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
  Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
  Additional Information
  • Interview Dates: Week commencing 16th October 2023
  • External Closing Date: 1 Oct 2023
  • Advertised Salary Range: £41,704 - £50,300
  • Job Type/Contract Type: Permanent
  • Hours per week: 37
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• About the company

  Cornwall Council is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own unitary council.

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