Strategic Commissioner - Home to School Transport - 12 months fixed-term - New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, United Kingdom

Strategic Commissioner - Home to School Transport - 12 months fixed-term - New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, United Kingdom

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing , both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities , apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

It is a unique opportunity to shape passenger transport services across the county, working strategically with the Children, Young People and Learning Service, schools, healthcare providers, transport operators and community partners.

You will be expected to drive innovation, champion continuous improvement, develop high-performing teams and ensure the delivery of sustainable, customer-focused transport solutions that support some of our most vulnerable residents.

If you are a collaborative leader with strong operational, financial and stakeholder management skills, and are motivated by the opportunity to create positive outcomes for people, we would love to hear from you.

Interviews will be held during the week commencing 16th November 2026.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Gurdev Singh, Head of Service - Commercial, Contracts and Brokerage, on or .

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of a Standard Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For more detail, please see the attached Job Description/Person Specification.

About you

We are looking for a confident, collaborative, and strategic commissioner who is motivated by improving outcomes for residents and shaping sustainable systems.

You will bring:

• A detailed understanding of the wider SEND and home-to-school travel landscape with a proven track record of delivering change.
• Extensive knowledge of SEND legislation, the SEND Code of Practice and local authority statutory responsibilities.
• Strong experience of leading change in this area, with the ability to influence, inspire and lead others through complexity and change.
• A solid understanding of commissioning, contracts, markets, or service design, ideally within childrens or adult social care services, health, or the wider public sector.
• Experience of working in partnership environments, building effective relationships across organisational, professional and sector boundaries.
• Commercial and financial awareness, including experience of managing or influencing large budgets, negotiating agreements, and delivering efficiencies.
• The ability to think systemwide, using data, insight, and evidence to make sound strategic decisions and manage risk.
• Excellent communication skills,with the confidence to engage senior officers, elected members, providers, and external partners.
• A clear commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity, and inclusion, and to delivering services that respond to the needs of diverse communities.

About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.