Principal Officer (Start Well)

Grade J scp 35 £46,142 to scp 39 £50,269
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week
Essential Qualifications: Qualified to degree level or equivalent OR significant relevant experience in a commissioning role within a health or social care environment
Interview date: TBC
For further information about this role, contact: Stuart.smythe@bolton.gov.uk

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The Role

£46,142 to £50,269 - pay award pending

This is an exciting opportunity to join Bolton Council’s Start Well Commissioning Team in a key management position as a Principal Officer to help transform services and support for the people of Bolton.

The role is within Start Well Commissioning for Children’s Services (including SEND, LAC, Children with Disabilities, Early Help, and Transition).

As a Principal Officer you would:

Lead, manage and develop a team of Commissioning and Placement Officers with a particular focus on the delivery of high quality, effective and well managed contracted services. Assist the Head of Service in the development and/or delivery of strategic work plans, ensuring services deliver the best outcomes for children.
Lead on various interlinked projects ensuring a robust project management approach is maintained to ensure timely delivery of workstreams.

About You

Are you highly motivated and energetic with great interpersonal skills and the ability to build excellent relationships and partnerships? Do you want to make a real difference to the lives and outcomes of people in the local community? If so, then you might be the right person to join us.

You will have the ability to lead and work strategically on intelligence led and high-quality commissioning plans, strategies, and projects. You will be capable of balancing multiple areas of work, reporting on progress and delivering these within set timescales to achieve required outcomes. You will have excellent analytical and lateral thinking skills, alongside excellent IT skills, that you can effectively use to develop creative and innovative solutions, and you will be capable of leading and managing others to work both independently and as part of a team.

With a positive attitude to change and the ability to support innovation and cultural change to drive improvements across Children’s Services, you will have experience of overcoming barriers to deliver successful outcomes. Whether you have a background in commissioning, management or related work, or great transferrable skills, we would welcome your application.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

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For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk