Overview
Commissioning Officer – 0
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- 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.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
We have exciting opportunities for two Commissioning Officers to play a leading role within North Northamptonshire’s Public Health Commissioning Team. We have two roles: one permanent and the other a two-year fixed-term role, with potential to extend.
This role will be central to shaping the future Public Health services, ensuring services are joined-up, accessible, and responsive to the needs of the people of North Northamptonshire. You will support the commissioning of high-quality, evidence-based, and cost-effective services across Public Health, including:
• Substance Use
• Sexual Health
• Healthy Lifestyles and Health Improvement
• Children’s Services
You will bring knowledge of commissioning, co-production, and monitoring and evaluation, alongside skills in community engagement, partnership working, and stakeholder management. Working collaboratively with providers, colleagues, and partners, you will oversee provider performance, manage tenders and grants, and ensure services deliver real impact for local communities.
This is a hybrid role, with a base at Sheerness House in Kettering. The successful applicant will need to travel across North Northamptonshire, as and when required.
Interviews are currently expected to be held on Tuesday 9th December.
About you
Education, Qualifications and Training
- Degree or equivalent, preferably in policy, research or health related areas.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential Criteria
- Experience of processes for the commissioning, contracting & monitoring of public services of similar business processes.
- Experience of working in social research and/or consultation.
- Experience of project management & business management, including coordination, planning, information collation, analysing data to produce reports, strategies and briefing papers.
- Good level of knowledge of Public Health, health and health improvement.
- Understanding of the importance of consultation and engagement and what are the most effective ways to consult with people so they are involved in the decision making process.
- Good level of knowledge of Social and Health care systems in England and Wales.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience in Public Health, health and health improvement.
Ability and Skills
- Computer literacy to intermediate level in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Equal Opportunities
- Ability to demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
