Housing Commissioning Manager
Core
Lead the development of strategy to ensure sufficient, high-quality, and cost-effective permanent, temporary, and supported accommodation is available for households threatened with homelessness.
Role type
Senior strategy and commissioning manager for housing and homelessness services
Builds
Strategic plans for housing supply, business cases for funding, and procurement frameworks for temporary accommodation
Domain
Public sector housing and homelessness support
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Strategic planning, commissioning services, procurement and tender management, business case development, stakeholder engagement, data analysis for service trends, policy development
Preferred skills
Experience in local government, knowledge of health/social care/criminal justice systems, partnership building
Technologies
Business intelligence data systems, Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS)
Responsibilities
Develop strategic plans for supported housing and temporary accommodation acquisition; lead complex specification development and tender exercises; represent the service at senior local, regional, and national forums; ensure compliance with grant funding and audit requirements; analyze trends and flows in the homelessness system to inform commissioning decisions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight