Job Title: Service Lead for Commissioning & Procurement

Contract Length: 3-month initial interim contract

Location: Home Counties Local Authority, Full time hybrid

Pay rate: £500 per day

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

I am currently working with a Home Counties Based Local Authority in their search for an experienced Local Government Commissioning or Procurement professional for 3-month initial interim contract to join their Service Lead.

Should you be interested please reach out to James Withington in the adult social care team on (phone number removed) or contact me at (url removed)

Your duties as a Service Lead:

Reporting to the Service Director, you will lead procurement and commissioning teams, contributing to the production and delivery of the councils strategy through the services they procure and commissioning.

Within this role you will be providing advice to the directors and senior leaders around strategic direction for these services and act as an advisor and subject matter expert within procurement.

Manage a small team of procurement professionals and support the Commercial Services Manager in the planning, management and delivery of the procurement service, with the aim to deliver a efficient and responsive service for the council.

You will lead on all necessary procurement and contract compliance, whilst maximising value for money for the authority in the services that it procures.

You will work across the children’s and adult social care service, ensuring effective purchasing arrangements for approved care and support plans from needs less assessments.

Experience needed for this role:

Demonstrable experience of working in a local authority procurement and commissioning setting.

Have the ability to lead on projects that are both complex and dynamic, with the ability to work across various directorates.

Have the ability to lead from the front and demonstrate a management style that drives development of a team and its processes.

If you are interested in this opportunity or know a colleague that may be suitable, please contact me ASAP for more information.

Alternatively, if this role doesn’t match your skill set and you’re proactively looking for a new assignment, please either send an updated version of your CV or contact me on (phone number removed) today and I’d be delighted to put you in contact with the most relevant, specialist consultant.

(We offer a senior referral scheme upon successful placement of your recommendation so please do get in contact)

Baltimore Consulting Group is an Executive & Senior Appointments Specialist. We provide pivotal recruitment consultancy services to public sector clients across the whole UK marketplace. I personally recruit within the Health and Social Care Market so if this role is not of interest but you would like to discuss other market opportunities, please get in touch.

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