Strategic Commissioning and System Development Lead

Royal Greenwich Integrated Commissioning are recruiting for x2 Strategic Commissioning & System Development leads to join our Children’s Services workforce.

Shape the Future. Improve Outcomes. Transform Systems.

The Royal Borough of Greenwich Council and the South East London Integrated Care Board have come together to create an integrated approach to commissioning services within Greenwich. You will play a key role in implementing our approach. We've developed our new long-term vision with the help of residents and partner organisations, which builds on all our strengths to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their families.

We are recruiting to two Strategic Commissioning & System Development Lead Officers in the Preventions and SEND portfolios in Children’s Services.

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for improving outcomes for children, young people and families? Do you thrive in complex environments, harnessing opportunities to collaborate and lead change across a wider system?

We are seeking two ambitious and experienced Strategic Commissioning and Systems Development Leads to play a pivotal role in developing and delivering Prevention and SEND portfolios across health, education, social care and community partners, working within our Integrated Children’s Commissioning Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence system-wide change, lead strategic programmes and develop integrated approaches that improve outcomes, reduce inequalities and ensure services meet the needs of our communities.

As Strategic Commissioning and Systems Development Lead, you will provide strategic leadership in the design, commissioning and transformation of Prevention or SEND services. Working across organisational boundaries, you will build strong partnerships, drive innovation and ensure that services deliver measurable impact.

You will:

• Lead the development and implementation of strategies and commissioning plans.
• Drive system transformation and service redesign programmes.
• Develop evidence-based commissioning approaches that deliver value for money and improved outcomes for children and young people
• Work collaboratively with health, local authority, voluntary sector and community partners.
• Analyse needs, market intelligence and performance data to inform commissioning decisions.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, co-production and partnership development.
• Manage complex programmes and contribute to strategic policy development.
• Ensure commissioned services are outcome-focused, equitable and responsive to emerging needs.
• Influence senior leaders and partners to support shared priorities and system-wide objectives.
• Provide matrix management to Senior Commissioning Development Officers for the delivery of programmes within your portfolio

The successful candidates will have a deep understanding of the priorities in children’s services, excellent negotiation and influencing skills to effectively engage a wide range of stakeholders, and will be passionate about working to bring change across a whole system.

The right candidates will work closely with senior leaders in children’s services across the Council and the ICB, in order to develop relationships, strategies and services that deliver improved outcomes at an individual, service and population level.

Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Please focus on the Essential criteria listed on the Person Specification.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.