Commissioning Project Manager

Salary: £50,537
Grade: Level 4 Zone 2
Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG
Contract Type: Fixed Term/Secondment – 2 years
Hours: Full Time (36 hours)
Closing Date: Tuesday 24^th March 2026; 23:59
Interview Date: Wednesday 1^st April

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

What You’ll Be Doing

This is an exciting new role at the heart of an ambitious programme to transform support for children and young people across North Central London. The postholder will lead complex, multi-agency projects across social care, health and education, requiring strong project delivery expertise, the ability to manage multi-borough governance arrangements and knowledge of Ofsted regulations for children’s homes. A key focus will be project managing the establishment of an innovative community mental health intensive support team, designed to prevent unnecessary placements and family breakdown, alongside leading the development of new children’s home services, including provision for children with complex needs.

The role will also involve leading commissioning processes and ensuring services are effective, efficient and deliver value for money. Responsibilities include developing business cases, financial forecasts and project plans, monitoring expenditure, implementing commissioning plans and reporting to relevant boards and external bodies. Co-production with young people, parents and carers will be central to all aspects of the role, ensuring their voices and experiences shape the design, delivery and governance of services.

All About You

You will bring strong experience of working within social care, education, health or a related field, with a proven track record of providing or commissioning services for children, young people and families. You will have experience of managing the full commissioning cycle, including budgets and expenditure, and a record of successful project management and delivery of improved outcomes within agreed timescales. You will also be confident working collaboratively across agencies and partnerships, and able to write and present policy and strategy to a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders.

You are an effective communicator with excellent negotiation and influencing skills, able to build strong relationships across organisations and borough boundaries. You are flexible and well organised, able to manage multiple priorities and projects at the same time. You can analyse and present complex information clearly to different audiences and are committed to working constructively with children, young people and their families to help develop responsive and high-quality services

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

How To Apply

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

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What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Belonging

At Camden, we want every colleague to feel they belong and can thrive. We welcome applications from all parts of our community, and particularly encourage people from Black, Asian and Other Ethnic Heritage communities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled and neurodiverse people, survivors of domestic abuse, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds or with care experience. We know that different voices and perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to providing the support, adjustments and flexibility people need to succeed.

Please visit www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity for more information on our commitment.

Asking for Adjustments

At Camden, we are committed to making our recruitment process barrier-free and accessible for everyone. If you need us to do something differently during the application, interview or assessment process, just let us know and we will support you. This could include providing information in an alternative format, extra time in assessments, or adjustments for disabled, neurodiverse or long-term health conditions.

Please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or by post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG. We’ll work with you to make sure the process works for you.

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.