Job Description

Organisation

Southampton City Council

Service Area

Quality & Integration

Job Location

Civic Centre

Contract Length

Permanent

Work Hours

37 hours per week

Salary

50,788 - 54,882 per annum

Special Requirements

DBS check will be required

Closing Date

11/05/2025

Job Reference

15653
and Person Specification
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Commissioner to join Southampton City Council's (SCC) Children's commissioning team.

About Southampton:

Southampton is a city of hope, history and diversity. The city is located on the South Coast within an hour of London, twenty minutes to the beautiful New Forest and only 30 minutes to the fabulous beaches of Bournemouth and Poole.



Southampton is a city of culture, with a diverse population, vibrant arts and music scene, a premiership football club and a busy international port.



Southampton, like many cities in the UK, has its challenges austerity and the cost-of-living crisis is affecting many families and organisations.

About the team:

You will be joining a new commissioning team within the Council to deliver transformational change and service improvement for the benefit of our residents. The Children's Commissioning team sits within Southampton's Children and Learning Service. Children's Services have been on an exciting and rapid improvement journey. In 2023 children's Services were assessed by Ofsted to be Good in all areas, with Outstanding Leadership, after many challenging years. This role offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of our ongoing transformation journey and provides significant opportunities for professional development within a supportive and collaborative culture.

About the role:

The Commissioner role will have a broad and varied portfolio. This will include designing and commissioning services such as for children with SEND, children in care/care leavers, youth provision, prevention and early intervention and public health nursing.



You will play a key role in transforming commissioned services to improve outcomes for Southampton residents. The role will be responsible for leading on specific projects and strategy, ensuring fit with local need, regional and national programmes and actively seeking out opportunities and new ways of working which further the organisation's aims and objectives.



For further information about the role please view the job description.

About you

:

We are looking for a highly motivated, creative individual, with a proven track record of service redesign and commissioning experience, excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to maintain a substantial and varied workload. Key skills will include:


Excellent project management skills Experience of producing strategies and/or policies Negotiation skills Ability to write clearly and concisely, producing reports and business cases Excellent presentation skills Good analytical skills, able to assimilate, interpret and present complex information from a range of varied sources (sometimes conflicting), both quantitative (financial, activity) and qualitative

If you feel you have the necessary background, experience, and skills to undertake this role we would like to hear from you.

W

hat we can offer you

:

Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.


A generous local government pension scheme. Flexible working (role dependant). Up to 13 days of Flexi Leave. Hybrid working arrangements (role dependant). 25 days annual leave (pro rata), plus bank holidays. Online Benefits - salary sacrifice schemes, benefits and discounts. Great local transport links. Employee assistance programme with access to our health wellbeing and support.

F

or further information on our benefits package please visit

:

Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)

Contact details for informal discussion:

For further information and details regarding the post of Senior Commissioner, Children, please contact Donna Chapman, Head of Service, Commissioning on 07885 537691 or donna.chapman2@southampton.gov.uk

Recruitment contact details:

Email: recruitment@southampton.gov.uk

Tel: 023 8083 4033

For more information about SCC please visit

Southampton City Council

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