Senior Placements Officer

BBS Recruitment is an independent recruitment agency for transport and logistics sector, supplying to a variety of clients across UK.

We are currently recruiting a Senior Placements Officer for our client based in Birmingham.

Responsibilities of the

Senior Placements Officer

• To manage staff and resources to develop, implement and support an integrated intelligence approach for the Children’s Commissioning Service.

• To provide comprehensive intelligence, analysis and research as required by various stakeholders that drives continuous improvement and a performance management culture within the Trust and its partners

• To ensure that service users, carers and parent are demonstrably and successfully involved in developing services.

• To develop a commercial understanding of providers and markets and use this to inform commissioning activity.

• To establish and maintain an understanding of population and user (potential, current or future) demographics to inform forecasting, service projections and Equality Assessments.

• To take a lead support role in the development of suppliers and markets that deliver the services required to promote improved outcomes.

• To undertake commissioning activity that improves the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of citizens in Birmingham.

• To oversee brokerage/placement activity and ensure that services meet assessed need and provide best value.

• To produce a range of information and reports in relevant formats for senior staff and elected Members on service activities as required.

• To be responsible for the extraction, collection, validation and submission of information to meet statutory requirements within agreed timescales on behalf of the Trust.

• To prepare regular and ad-hoc reports, as appropriate summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes and providing progress updates.

• To make a key contribution to ensuring that the voice of the child is embedded throughout the commissioning cycle.

• To take a lead role in undertaking the analysis, interpretation and presentation of data to highlight issues, risks and support future decision making.

• To take on delegated responsibility for the review of strategies and policies adopted by the Trust to ensure these are compliant with legislation and deliver corporate and as appropriate, regional and national priorities.