Senior Commissioning Officer - Prevention and Wellbeing - 12 month Fixed term contract

Job Introduction

Role Purpose

Are you passionate about making a difference in people’s lives? Do you have a knack for developing and delivering high-quality care and support services? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! We are looking for a dynamic and dedicated individual to join our team as a Senior Commissioning Officer – Prevention and Wellbeing. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping and implementing our prevention strategy, working closely with various stakeholders to ensure that our services are effective, efficient, and person-focused. Join us in our mission to enhance the health and wellbeing of our community and make a lasting impact.

This role is fixed term for 12 months.

Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of a system wide prevention strategy

• Research, collect, collate and analyse data on prevention and best practice both locally and nationally

• Establish and maintain robust partnerships with key internal and external system partners

• Stimulate stakeholder involvement in the development of the prevention strategy by organising and chairing workshops, consultation events, information events, forums and steering groups as appropriate.

• Monitor and evaluate existing commissioned services to ensure preventative outcomes, efficiency and value for money

• Explore long term funding options for preventative services 

The Ideal Candidate

• High level of understanding of the Adult Social Care sector and the Social Care Transformation agenda.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a good working knowledge of partnership working and developing services with partners

• Ability to identify, understand and apply legislative changes that could impact on the way in which commissioned contracts are developed and monitored with the social care service area.

• Ability to be self-directed, use own initiative and be able to manage own time and workload priorities

• Knowledge of project planning, project and budget management.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Emma Senior, Strategic Commissioning Manager for Prevention and Wellbeing:

emma.senior@bcpcouncil.gov.uk

01202 127023             

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people.  Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline.  We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services.  By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see our website

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation and colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. Expected to be in place 2024 or early 2025..

DBS

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.  Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.