Job Description

Job description
Do you want to make a difference to children, young people and familes in Sheffield? We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and driven profressional to join our team at a time of exciting transformation and improvement.



You will join the Children and Familes Commissioning Management Team to lead and drive forward our priorities across our commissioning team. You will have a key role in the commissioning, contract management, service planning and future development of key strategies to improve placement sufficiency and quality, development of a children and familes commissioning strategy and service planning.



The role will require you to develop and maintain both internal and external relationships, working closely with Children's Social Care, external providers and NHS colleagues.



With a degree level qualification or relevent equivalent you'll be a commissioner with experience of commissioning at a strategic level across a number of priority areas. You will be expected to anaylse complex data and use needs assessments to shape commissioning intentions, secure funding and understand and develop markets.



We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.



It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.



We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.



Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.



Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.



If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide pay slip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.



Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003500
Date posted
10/07/2025
Application closing date
20/07/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 11 55,994 to 61,321
Package
Fixed Term Position till 31/08/2026
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full Time
Job category/type
Public Health