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Assistant Director - Strategy, Commissioning and Transformation

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Council Offices
Salary
£103,975 - £127,371
Closing date
23 Jan 2022
Reference
BCC002668

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Commissioning
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Standard
Hours
Full-Time

Job Details

‘Everyone is a leader, and everyone is a learner’ Birmingham City Council is looking for their new (Assistant) Director of Strategy, Commissioning & Transformation. This is an influential role in one of the biggest local authorities in Europe, working at pace to be a 21st Century Council. For this directorate, it means delivering and achieving the best possible outcomes for children and young people in Birmingham so that they are enabled to thrive and achieve their full potential.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Children Services, Sue Harrison, you will be part of the Leadership of Children’s Services, working together with young people, parents, and key stakeholders to reshape and improve our directorate. You will also be a system leader, working with our partners across Birmingham to reshape and improve our local system for supporting your children and young people and enabling them to thrive.

This is a broad portfolio with the responsibility for all children and young people living in Birmingham. This role offers the opportunity to deliver improved outcomes for children across education, health, and care. It also comes with the responsibility for and management of a large team with associated budgets.

Key deliverables include improving the quality, experience and outcomes for children and their families and mobilizing the whole system in Birmingham to do this effectively.
To succeed in this role, you will need to be somebody who has children and young people at the very heart of your values and professional practice. You will be comfortable as a true systems and inclusive leader working across the organisation and with both strategic local partnerships.

You will be driven to deliver quality services to support the education and skills development of the young people and children of Birmingham enabling them to access opportunities, meet their potential, and thrive. The development and implementation of a five-year strategic plan will be central to delivering on this ambition. A strong track record of strategy development and implementation, supported by evidence of transformation and cultural change will be essential. You will be an outcomes focused people manager skilled at managing diversity and operating in a complex environment.

As the Directorate’s Commissioning lead, a working knowledge and understanding of commissioning in the social care, education and health space is essential, ensuring quality, value for money and social value is delivered across all services. You will be driven by data, monitoring, and assessing performance, and use this in collaboration with others to shape best practice.

This is an important role with huge responsibilities. One where you can shape a service which has the potential to make the biggest impact in and across the lives of children and young people both now and in the future. In return, you will be able to join and shape a committed and values driven team. Working under the direction and support of Sue Harrison you will be joining the directorate as we begin our transformation journey and have the opportunity to shape our vision and strategic plans which will deliver improved outcomes for children.

With new Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Leadership team, and committed members pulling in the same direction, this is an exciting time to be joining Birmingham. Birmingham is looking for someone with the ambition, drive, tenacity and resilience to see this incredible opportunity through.

If you are someone who understands the children’s, education and commissioning landscape, are keen to push boundaries, to find innovative solutions that meet the needs of today and the challenges of tomorrow and are keen to lead one of the biggest transformational projects in local government, we would like to hear from you.

If you wish to make an application please visit the below link:

https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe81928/Assistant-Director-Strategy-Commissioning-and-Transformation/

For further information please contact one of our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson, Charlotte Croffie on 07551 566195 or Sian Roberts sian.roberts@gatenbysanderson.com

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Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.

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0121 675 7070
Location
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom

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