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Assistant Director for Commissioning

Haringey has potential. We’re investing in creating a better borough for all our residents, with improved housing, thriving streets, a regenerated Tottenham, strong communities and safer neighbourhoods – somewhere people can be proud to live and work.

Ready to give our borough better?
That's ambition at work.

Haringey has potential. We’re investing in creating a better
borough for all our residents, with improved housing, thriving
streets, a regenerated Tottenham, strong communities and
safer neighbourhoods – somewhere people can be proud to
live and work. We’re overhauling our approach to customer
services and reinforcing the infrastructure that supports our
frontline services. To do this we need people to join our
senior team, people who share our determination to deliver
wide-reaching programmes. In these key roles, you’ll be at
the heart of our efforts, making large-scale change a reality
and helping make Haringey London’s borough of choice.

Assistant Director for Commissioning

You will improve the council’s whole approach to commissioning.
Taking the strategic lead, you will ensure we have the knowledge
and insight to commission services that deliver value and positive
outcomes for our residents. Starting with our adult and children’s
services and the voluntary sector, there will be strong integration,
clear commercial direction, thorough evaluation and regular
consultation with service users. You will lead a team and
implement a strategy that can become a real engine of change
in service delivery.

All these roles call for experienced senior managers who have
successfully led transformation before. Thanks to this background,
you’ll understand the challenges and the need to inspire the teams,
services and partners involved. Whatever your specialist field,
you must be a natural leader who sees the future as we do.

For further information and details of our retained consultants at Penna,
who can provide further insights into the roles, go to
www.haringeyambition.com

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