Commissioning and Partnership Officer - London, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice
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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description
Salary
- £33,011 - £41,082

Number of jobs available

  • 1
Detail of reserve list

  • 1
2 Months

Region

  • South East
City/Town

  • Ashford (Kent), Brighton and Hove, Canterbury, Chatham, Crawley, Folkestone, Guildford, Hastings, Maidstone, Ramsgate, Redhill, Royal Tunbridge Wells, St Leonards on Sea, Staines
Building/Site

  • NMS First House, GU1 4XB, NMS Galleon House, ME14 1BG, NMS Queens House, CT11 9DH, NMS Templar House, TN23 1PL, NMS Tower House, RH1 1RT, NPS 17 GARDEN ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN1 2XP, NPS 20/28 LONDON ROAD ST LEONARDS, TN38 0ET, NPS 47 GRAND PARADE BRIGHTON, BN2 9QA, NPS 5658 COLLEGE ROAD MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SJ, NPS COLLEGE HOUSE GUILDFORD, GU1 4RS, NPS FOLKESTONE MAGISTRATES COURT FOLKESTONE, CT20 2DH, NPS NEW ROAD CHATHAM, ME4 4QQ, NPS RALPHS CENTRE CANTERBURY, CT1 3RH, NPS SWAN HOUSE STAINES, TW18 1AJ
Grade

  • Other
Organisation Grade for HMPPS

  • NPS Pay Band 4 National
Post Type

  • Permanent
Working Pattern

  • Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working, Other
Role Type

  • Operational Delivery
Job description


Overview of the job


The purpose of the Commissioning and Partnerships team is to work closely with operational and contract managers within the region, commercial colleagues, policy leads, external partners/ commissioners, providers and service users to identify service needs, review existing services, build partnerships, develop knowledge and build expertise within the business, design new services, source providers and then monitor the effectiveness of commissioned services to promote innovative and strategic solutions and deliver quality, value for money services that meet service user needs and reduces reoffending.


The Commissioning and Partnerships Officer will develop and implement commissioning plans and products and be responsible for delivering commissioning and partnership activity.

They will lead on secretariat, planning and research activities to deliver commissioning and/or recommissioning of services across the region.


They will be line managed by a Commissioning and Partnerships Manager, who will lead on the delivery across the full range of services.


Summary
The post holder will produce and implement specific commissioning plans that support regional commissioning strategy.


They will be responsible for developing reports and briefings for senior managers, regional leads and local/regional partners to support the monitoring and reporting of regional commissioning strategy and specific commissioning plans.

They will support operational staff and managers to deliver their responsibilities across the full range of services. This may include offering consultancy and advice, delivering local training and briefings.

They will support the Commissioning and Partnerships Manager in undertaking budget and financial monitoring for commissioning projects.

They will deputise for the Commissioning and Partnership Manager and HoCI when requested.


Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

  • Collate and provide quantitative and qualitative analysis of needs and demand data to support Commissioning and Partnerships Managers and the wider Community Integration Team, including conducting focus groups with staff and service users.
  • Drafting and amending service specifications for new and existing services and support the development of a portfolio of evidencebased service specifications. This will include the development and creation of Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) and Board reports.
  • Responsible for developing regional and local area reporting systems to monitor effectiveness of existing commissioning arrangements and availability of local services to inform development of services, reviews and planning.
  • Manage regional involvement in grants and procurement processes, including organising market warming and engagement, producing key grant and procurement documents and evaluation of bids.
  • Providing secretariat support to regional, crossregional and multiagency governance or project groups and boards with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
  • Responsible for organising and facilitating stakeholder and engagement events and meetings and producing timely minutes and actions.
  • Responsible for establishing productive and effective relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders at a local, regional and national level in line with designated area to support commissioning activity.
  • Develop, maintain and update regional partnership contacts and agreements and ensure these are linked to business planning for the region, as well as updating relevant documents for contacts within the partnership portfolio.
  • To undertake, lead and manage specific project work as instructed by the Commissioning and Partnerships Manager and/or Head of Community Integration.
  • Promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement whil
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