Corporate Parenting

About the role:

We are looking for a driven and strategic commissioning professional to lead the development and delivery of placement commissioning for looked after children in Powys. You will play a key role in implementing the Welsh Government's No Profit agenda, strengthening placement sufficiency, and expanding high-quality in-house provision. The role involves collaborative partnership working, market development, contract oversight, and managing projects and grants that support transformational change across Children's Services.

About you:

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop long-term plans and strategies to improve services.

• Leadership and Management: Strong leadership skills to inspire and motivate teams, along with effective management of resources and staff.
• Collaboration and Partnership Building: Skills in building and maintaining partnerships with various stakeholders, including local authorities, health services, and community organisations.
• Skilled negotiator with experience influencing the market and securing value for money
• Confident in contract management, performance monitoring and quality assurance
• Strategic thinker with experience delivering complex projects and capital programmes
• Passionate about improving outcomes for children through sustainable, child-centred commissioning
• Communication: Excellent communication skills to convey strategies, plans, and outcomes to a wide range of audiences.

What you will do:

• Developing and implementing strategic plans to ensure objectives and targets are fully met.
• Lead placement commissioning for looked after children, ensuring quality, value, and sufficiency

• Drive implementation of the Welsh Government No-Profit agenda and develop local in-house provision
• Manage the commissioning cycle end-to-end: needs analysis, service design, procurement & review
• Build and maintain strong provider relationships and lead contract monitoring and negotiation
• Oversee capital projects, grant applications and reporting to support service development
• Engage with internal and external partners to co-produce commissioning solutions and deliver sustainable change

If you have any questions about the role, please contact:

Joanna Harris

Senior Strategic Commissioning Manager

01597 826063

joanna.harris@powys.gov.uk

This position has a requirement for an Enhanced DBS Check