Jobs

Here at Gateshead Council, we believe that ‘The strength of Gateshead is the people of Gateshead’. When times are tough, we come together and deliver for one another, working tirelessly for the benefit of our communities, putting people and families at the heart of everything that we do.

We are proud of our reputation for innovation and the delivery of high quality services. We embrace our diversity, culture and heritage and have a relentless focus on reducing inequalities to make Gateshead a place for everyone to enjoy because we embrace diversity and want everyone to feel included.

If you share our vision and can demonstrate your commitment to our values, we have a number of new roles that will help us to deliver our mission to the borough’s residents.

In this exciting new role, you’ll lead and manage the commissioning, contract management and quality assurance functions for children and families, older adults, and people of working age, you will ensure evidence based and outcome focused functions and solutions.

With experience of working with children or adults in need and knowledge of the national and local agenda for care functions, you will have managed diverse multi-disciplinary teams and have experience of developing strategies and function design or commissioning.

You’ll have extensive knowledge and experience of strategic commissioning of either Children’s and/or Adults’ services and a track record of transforming teams to deliver improved performance and service quality.

For a confidential discussion with a Penna consultant please contact Carol Coyle: 07500 887 849, or Nick Raper: 07715 690463, or Amin Aziz: 07709 514 141. For further information about the roles please visit:  https://www.leadinggateshead.com/ 

Closing Date for All Roles: Tuesday 7^th May 2024

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.