Hackney Council is seeking a strategic and influential Commissioning & Transformation Programme Manager. This is a pivotal leadership role within our new Integrated Commissioning & Health Function-an ambitious partnership between the London Borough of Hackney and the North East London Integrated Care Board.

You will be at the forefront of shaping and delivering a new, integrated approach to commissioning, driving transformation that will achieve tangible improvements for children and families across the borough. This is a unique opportunity to work across organisational boundaries, influence senior leaders, and embed a commissioning work programme that makes a lasting difference.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As the Commissioning & Transformation Programme Manager, you will report to the Head of Commissioning and manage a small team. You will be responsible for providing the strategic programme management that underpins our new integrated function. Your key responsibilities will include:
● Strategic Programme Management: Developing and managing the overarching work programme for the new function, ensuring key milestones, governance, and decision-making points are effectively planned and delivered.
● Integrated Commissioning: Leading the implementation of our integrated commissioning approach across the Council and the NHS, ensuring a disciplined, collaborative, and commercially robust process is wrapped around all provision.
● Transformation and Change: Driving new change priorities, including improving child and adolescent mental health and building resilience through our 'Childhood Adversity, Resilience and Trauma' programme.
● Senior Stakeholder Engagement: Working with and influencing a wide variety of senior leaders and stakeholders across the NHS, local authority, and voluntary sector to align priorities and achieve shared objectives.
● Expert Support: Acting as a "floating commissioning support" for senior colleagues on high-risk, high-value, or large-scale commissioning activities.
● System Leadership: Championing a systemic, trauma-informed, and anti-racist approach to commissioning and service design for children and young people.

About You
We are looking for a highly skilled leader who is comfortable working in a complex system and can lead and negotiate through influence. The ideal candidate will have:
● Proven Experience: A strong background in project and programme management at a strategic level, including project planning, reporting, and risk management.
● Public Sector Knowledge: A solid understanding of local authority and/or NHS services and the wider public sector policy context, including integrated care systems.
● Commissioning Acumen: Knowledge of the Commissioning Cycle and the dynamics of purchaser-provider relationships in the public sector.
● Leadership Skills: The ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and work positively with a diverse range of partners, from clinicians to the public.
● Qualifications: You will be educated to degree level in a relevant discipline and ideally hold a programme or project management qualification.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.