Leidinggevende (in opleiding) - Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom - North Northamptonshire Council

Description

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Commissioning Manager to lead the commissioning of good quality and affordable public health services to meet the needs of the North Northamptonshire population, on a fixed term contract for three years.

You will join a new Public Health Commissioning Team to provide a specialist commissioning input across Public Health.

In this role you will apply collaborative commissioning principles and a whole system approach to commission services, overseeing provider performance, managing the market and overseeing a wide range of complex services and activities.

This will require advanced knowledge of commissioning, co-production and monitoring and evaluation as well as a high level of skill in community engagement, partnership working, stakeholder management and political awareness.

This is a hybrid role currently based at Sheerness House in Kettering. The successful applicant will be able to travel between locations in the North Northants area.
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The post holder will lead the development of comprehensive and, where appropriate, integrated commissioning strategies to achieve the best possible outcomes for the population and vulnerable groups within available resources, compliant with legislation and in line with the national and local strategic direction, and fully informed by involvement and co-production with customers and service users.

# Within the service areas and service user groups of public health and wellbeing, the post holder will be responsible for the commissioning of services for large scale programmes including but not limited to sexual health, 0-19 years, NHS Health Checks and mental health, liaising with government offices, external regulators, customers and other partners on behalf of Public Health, NNC.
# The post holder will be responsible for developing and maintaining high quality partnerships with stakeholders including the voluntary sector, health, housing and independent sector organisations in order to meet the needs of the population.
# The post holder will be required to utilise their specialist skills and knowledge collaboratively with practitioners, clinicians, service users, procurement, legal advisors, public health and commissioning team colleagues to ensure that contracts accurately reflect service requirements.
# The post holder will take the lead in ensuring best value for money for the Council by developing, commissioning and monitoring good quality but cost effective services, for example by developing transparent service provider pricing, agreeing outcome focused contracts, re-negotiating existing arrangements, leading the recommissioning of poor value services and developing business cases for new investments, ensuring that services are delivered within budget.
# The post holder will be required to ensure that services and contracts remain compliant within local and national standards and legislative changes both relating to local authority procurement and to the standards and expectations of service areas.
# The post holder will intervene where contracted services fall below required performance measures by working with PH lead officers to support the service to comply with the required standard and/or renegotiate terms and conditions or decommissioning the contract and re-tendering, exercising their professional judgement relating to the levels of risk within the service and its capacity to improve.

Education, Qualifications and Training
A professional qualification relating to commissioning, public health, health or social care, or evidence of wide ranging knowledge about the legislation, national strategy and needs of public health-provided services gained through substantial practitioner experience
A thorough understanding of commissioning and procurement
Demonstration of direct responsibilities for budgets, service delivery and people management.
Recent, proven experience of effective inter-agency working.
Experience of effective project management.
Experience of sexual health and/or commissioning

An ability to commission new and innovative services e.g. in accordance with new government policies and requirements
Able to effectively manage significant budgets within financial constraints and regulations
Articulate and able to communicate well both orally and in writing
Report writing and verbal reasoning ability sufficient to write and present reports including Cabinet and Scrutiny Committee reports and to draft service specifications
Demonstrate ability to travel effectively to different locations
Experience of finance and financial systems

Able to demonstrate a clear understanding and commitment to health and safety, and a willingness to undertake training to enable implementation of procedures.

a competitive salary
a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country.

Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

helping people live active fulfilled lives
caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
providing modern public services