Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Darren Jakeways is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in commissioning and performance management. Currently serving as a Senior Commissioning Officer and Category Manager at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council since February 2011, Darren specializes in securing placements for vulnerable children and young people while ensuring best value for money. Previously, as a Programme Manager with the West Midlands Children's Services Programme Team (July 2017 - January 2021), Darren focused on project management and partner performance development. Earlier roles include serving as a Performance Officer at Sandwell MBC, where time-bound project management was a key responsibility, and working as a Procurement Officer at UK Athletics, leading tender exercises and managing supplier relationships.
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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, B91 3QB. Serving 200,000 citizens daily. The Council compromises 51 councillors, representing 17 wards. It is currently led by the Conservative Party. Solihull Council's current plan shows: OUR VISION Solihull in 2018: Where everyone has an equal chance to be healthier, happier, safer and prosperous. - This is the vision we share with our strategic public, private and voluntary sector partners in order to improve outcomes for everyone in Solihull. It directs everything we do. OUR PURPOSE Lives not Services: To be an organisation that improves lives. An organisation needs a purpose in order to know how to make full use of the resources at its disposal. Our Purpose sits at the core of a culture we are creating that puts the emphasis on improving lives before anything else. Our Purpose complements Our Vision. OUR AMBITION Good to Great: To be an organisation that our citizens and staff say is a great one. As an organisation we have been told that we are a good one and that we could be better. So rising to that challenge we have set ourselves an ambition to be great. With greatness being a measure of the value our communities place on the work we do and how we are improving lives. OUR BRAND Open. Honest. Approachable. Keeping our Promises. Our Brand defines the personality of our Council. It was developed by local people who said this is how they expect the Council (its Councillors and staff) to behave. In return they will trust us to do the right things. Our Brand sits at the heart of The Solihull Way. Connect with Solihull Council on social media. Twitter: @SolihullCouncil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solihullcouncil