Commissioning Transformation Lead

Job Description

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF SHOFAS MARKETChildrens Services in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where courageous and inspiring professionals bring everything to their work. Sometimes this even includes heartbreak. Shofa isa shining example. Shofas brother suffered with his mental health and died tragically young. She uses his memory as motivation to give Westminster Youth Council members the opportunity to have a voice and get involved in decision making. This passion resultedin her innovation: The Westminster Youth Market. Here local teenagers learn about entrepreneurship and develop their personal skills. This is an inclusive platform where everyones contribution and abilities are celebrated. Inspired by a promising life cutshort, Shofa believes without vision there is no direction and every young person should be supported to realise their dreams. The Role:As Commissioning Transformation Lead - Childrens Services you can make your own powerful contribution to improving thelives of children, young people and families in our diverse city. Our Childrens Services are already Ofsted outstanding. But with the continued service change and transformation you drive, they will go from strength to strength. Youll be building on a uniqueplatform. By sharing facilities and expertise with Kensington and Chelsea Council, were able to offer innovative and ambitious services for children and their families. Constant improvement is in the DNA of our service. Key to all we do is a commitment toput local people at the heart of decision-making. We work in partnership with our communities to educate, protect and transform lives. We will look to you to play a key role in our Commissioning and Transformation Team, which manages a wide range of strategicrelationships, partnerships and services for Childrens Services including social care, health services, early years, early help, youth services, education and special educational needs. Across both boroughs, you will support creative service improvementswith real impact. Drawing on a range of transformation and change methodologies, youll support a portfolio of programmes and teams across diverse departments. Identifying the issues that matter to our communities, and shaping innovative ways to solve localproblems, youll collaborate with all kinds of people to bring positive and lasting change to life. About You:Improving the outcomes of children and young people is what drives you. To that end, youve developed experience of delivering service change resultingin better outcomes and efficiency. Which means youre ready to shape and deliver a range of ambitious projects. A self-starter with plenty of initiative, youre also a true collaborator, with a flair for forging strong relationships and connections acrossand beyond departments, partners and sectors. Ideally, your understanding of the health and social care partner landscape will be as robust and insightful as your knowledge of childrens services. What We Offer:Westminster is an amazing place. There are 250,000diverse residents, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people working here every day. Our mission is to create a city for all. Were an organisation that wants the very best for our residents: a supportive and safe environment,the chance to grow and learn throughout their lives, to build fantastic careers in world-leading industries, to have access to high-quality, affordable housing and to retire into the community with dignity and pride.We want Westminster to be a place you canmake the most of your talents and thrive as an individual. Thats why were proud to have won Best Health & Wellbeing Initiative in the 2020/21 Business Culture Awards. By being the best you can be, youll help us adapt to the changing needs of our organisationand communities. As a progressive and innovative organisation, we welcome applications from candidates keen on working in an agile environment with flexible conditions.At Westminster City Council, we are passionate about our aim to be an inclusive workplacefor all that reflects the communities we serve, and we believe everyone is valued. We particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented backgrounds, including BAME, LGBTQ+ and those with hidden or visible disabilities. Were committed to ensuring all ourstaff - regardless of gender, age, religion, sexuality, ethnicity or disability - can succeed. We value diversity and appreciate that people work in different ways. So, as a Timewise employer we work to provide flexible working arrangements and an empoweringenvironment that enables you to be your best, that is the Westminster Way.The Council and its partners are committed to achieving diverse shortlists for all vacancies at Band 4 or above to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresentedgroups in our workforce. As part of this ambition, if you are from a black, Asian and minority ethnic background (BAME) you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.