Senior Commissioning Officer

Client

Local Authority in Croydon

Job Title

Senior Commissioning Officer

Pay Rate

£25.86 an hour PAYE/£34.24 an hour UMBRELLA

Hours

36 Hours a week(Mon-Fri) 9AM-5PM

Duration

6 Month Contract

Location

HYBRID WORKING-OFFICE/ON SITE BASED IN CROYDON 2-3 DAYS A WEEK

Description

The Council commissions Rough Sleeper Services & housing related support services with the aim of preventing homelessness, supporting financial stability and reducing individual's reliance on statutory services.

Dimensions of role:

Supports commissioning, by collecting, collating, checking, analysing and reporting on a range of data related to housing related support, including quality, safeguarding vulnerable adults, needs analyses, value for money assessments, tender evaluations, equality impact assessments, performance and outcomes. Leading and supporting commissioning and service redesign projects, including supporting the Lead Coordinator on service change/design and consultation. Leads and supports project management solutions to support the activities of the division.

Duties:

• Supporting projects and tasks within the team plan, including procurement, service reviews, service redesign, commercial negotiations and efficiencies projects

• Contributing to and implementing team, Council, Housing, Homelessness and Rough Sleeping strategies supporting development of and supporting implementing commissioning plans and market development plans.

• Leading service reviews and feeding into commissioning priorities

• Developing partnerships across the council and the CCG, with partner agencies and agencies in the statutory, voluntary and community sectors.

• Report writing for presentation to Commissioning Boards, partnership boards, the Contracts & Commissioning Board commissioning strategies and mobilising new services.

• Analysing current and anticipated needs and demands for services to identify and develop strategies to meet market gaps through collaborative work with Housing Assessment and Solutions service, commissioners, service users, Public Health Consultants, team, relevant professionals and service providers.

• Supporting Lead Coordinator through research with proposals for service redesign and decommissioning, including equalities impact analyses, stakeholder consultation, options appraisals.

Essential knowledge:

·Experience and strong understanding of equalities issues in relation to provision of services to vulnerable people

·Detailed knowledge of the homelessness, public health, social care, health sectors, including the policy, legal and regulatory environment

·Knowledge and understanding of quality assurance systems and of mechanisms for improving performance and quality within organisations, including Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults

·Experience of managing and/or commissioning support services for vulnerable people, including experience of inter-agency working, project management, financial analysis and innovation

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