Children's Commissioning Lead chez London Borough of Brent
London Borough of Brent · London, Royaume-Uni · Onsite
- Professional
- Bureau à London
An exciting opportunity as a Children's Commissioning Lead…
The Post
This role is an exciting opportunity to join the Commissioning and Resources team as a Children’s Commissioning Lead. The post will contribute to the strategic commissioning of high quality services for children and young people with a focus on outcomes, meeting strategic priorities and identify innovative approaches to help shape service that achieve value for money.
The post will be responsible for a portfolio of commissioning services to include Early Help, SEND, Social Care, DfE Holiday Food Activities Programme. As the Children’s Commissioning Lead you will strategically plan, manage and coordinate commissioning projects from inception to implementation to include identifying any gaps in provision, developing strategies to meet the needs of any particular groups, complete business cases and provide effective contract management and quality assurance. You will ensure services are co-produced with service users.
The Person
We are seeking a highly motivated individual who is driven by service improvement and passionate about championing the voices of children and young people in shaping services they receive. The successful candidate will have experience of successfully managing projects or programme delivery to required deadlines.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills are key in this role, as you will be working with a wide range of stakeholders across the Council and external partners and producing high level presentations and reports.
This is a high profile and challenging role for a resilient candidate who is passionate about making a positive contribution to the outcomes of children and young people in Brent.
Closing Date: 04 December 2025 (23:00)
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.
