Job Title: Senior Project Lead - Commissioning
Location: Twickenham - Hybrid working 1-2 days a month in office
Hourly rate: £31.18 - £33.78 PAYE / £40.81 - 44.27 UMB Per Hour
Contract Length: 6-month contract (possibility of extension)
Working Pattern: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 36 hours
Start Date: ASAP
Overview
The South London Partnership (SLP) seeks an experienced Senior Mental Health Project Lead to drive ambitious transformation programmes across six South West London boroughs. The role focuses on leadership, partnership working, and innovative commissioning across local authority, NHS, and integrated care settings.
Opportunity
You will shape and deliver a programme of cross‑borough mental health initiatives, including:
- Developing joint commissioning approaches across Local Authorities
- Market development and provider engagement
- Improving services for young adults aged 18‑25 with complex mental health needs
- Mental health service transformation and redesign
- Strengthening collaboration between Local Authorities, NHS partners and providers
- Using data and intelligence to inform commissioning decisions and future service models
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading complex mental health transformation projects across multiple Local Authorities
- Working closely with commissioning leads, NHS Mental Health Trusts, ICB colleagues and providers
- Developing joint commissioning strategies and market management approaches
- Conducting needs analysis, demand analysis and market assessments
- Engaging providers to support service innovation and capability development
- Producing high‑quality reports, business cases and strategic recommendations
- Driving stakeholder engagement across health, social care and voluntary sector partners
- Monitoring programme delivery, outcomes and performance measures
- Supporting the implementation of key mental health commissioning priorities across South West London
About You
We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:
- Significant experience working within or alongside Local Authorities
- Proven experience leading commissioning, transformation or service redesign programmes
- Strong understanding of mental health commissioning and delivery
- Experience managing complex projects across multiple organisations and stakeholders
- Experience working collaboratively with Local Authorities, NHS organisations, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and voluntary sector partners
- Track record of delivering programmes that improve outcomes for service users
- Strong programme management, governance and stakeholder management skills
Highly desirable:
- Experience commissioning mental health services within a Local Authority and or NHS setting
- Knowledge of provider market development and market shaping
- Experience supporting integrated commissioning arrangements across health and social care systems
- Understanding of Section 117 responsibilities and community mental health pathways
Why Apply?
This role offers the chance to influence mental health services across six Local Authorities, working at system level with senior leaders across local government and the NHS. You will play a key role in developing innovative commissioning solutions and delivering meaningful improvements for residents with complex mental health needs.
Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Senior Project Lead - Commissioning in Twickenham employer: Adecco
Adecco is an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture that values flexibility and work-life balance, particularly for the Seasonal DBS Cleaner role in Chelmsford. Employees benefit from a competitive pension scheme and various incentives, alongside opportunities for personal growth and development within a dynamic team environment, making it a rewarding place to contribute to the cleanliness of educational settings.
