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Commissioning Officer Ageing Well

About The Role

Contract: Permanent

Location: Plough Lane and Hybrid with Home Working

Hours: 37

Salary: £35,235 - £39,513 HC8

Closing date: Friday 11^th July

Interview: Tuesday 22^nd or Thursday 24th July

The role

We are seeking a Commissioning Officer to join our Ageing Well team. In this pivotal role, you will play a crucial part in contributing to the operational delivery of Service objectives at each stage of the commissioning cycle, supported by the Commissioning Manager. This will include ensuring effective commissioned services, robust contract and performance management, quality services for residents, effective partnerships and market management.

Commissioning Officer - Ageing Well

This exciting role will work with the Commissioning Manager to develop strategies and plans across services for older people. This will involve building strong relationships with our residential and nursing homes market, ensuring sufficiency of placements and developing models of care and delivery to ensure sustainability. The post holder will also work with the Commissioning Manager to develop an extra care commissioning strategy for Herefordshire and explore opportunities for joint commissioning. This role will also focus on developing Dementia services locally in Herefordshire.

Our mission as a directorate is to "enable diverse, inclusive, vibrant, connected communities where people feel safe, keep well and look out for each other". If you are passionate about commissioning and thrive in a dynamic and challenging environment, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join us in shaping the future of Herefordshire Council and contributing to our mission of delivering outstanding public services.

What will you be doing?

As a Commissioning Officer, you will work with the Commissioning Manager to commission high quality, best value services that meet the needs of some of our most vulnerable residents. This will include supporting with the delivery of a range of commissioning strategies and plans and in partnership with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

You will work closely with colleagues across the Service, corporate colleagues and key stakeholders, including people who use our services and their Carers, to deliver agreed commissioning outcomes.

About You

As a Commissioning Officer you will be:

Working to develop social care, public health or early intervention and prevention commissioning strategies
Confident in implementing all stages of the commissioning cycle, with reference to needs analysis, planning, designing, implementing and reviewing service change.

Please contact Leeona Marsh, Head of Service for an informal discussion about this role via [email protected]. Please note Leeona will be unavailable Friday 27^th June - Monday 7^th July.

We Offer

A competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:
Starting Salary of £35,235 - £39,513
Pension Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
Career progression: clear pathways to progress
Annual Leave: 31 days' annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum.
Flexible working: flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours and, in some instances, home working
Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
Payment ofprofessional membership fees
Pick your perks - our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

Why Choose Us?

You will probably have heard a lot about how beautiful it is in terms of countryside and open spaces (and it is!) but there is so much more going on here, including world-class cultural assets like the Mappa Mundi, vibrant theatres and a thriving food and drink sector. One of Herefordshire's biggest assets is the strong and diverse communities. Our Talk Community approach brings that together supporting people to help themselves, encouraging them to help their communities and identifying how communities can help individuals. Our ambitious transformation programme aims to further build on this to offer an all-age approach. We're excited about the potential of what we can achieve for the benefit of all residents of Herefordshire, stronger together and building brighter futures.

Don't meet all parts of the job description?

Herefordshire Council is committed to strengthening a diverse and inclusive work environment which reflects the communities of Herefordshire. If you are looking at the next stage of your career and have a broad base of fieldwork experience, we can provide supportive and welcoming opportunities to help you develop your professional, management & supervisory skills.

Reasonable Adjustments

Our recruitment process runs in partnership with Hoople Resourcing. If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative methods for the online application process, please contact the resourcing team by email: [email protected].

Creating an inclusive workplace

Employee Network Groups play an important role in strengthening the voices of employees at Herefordshire Council. Embedded in the Council's values is a commitment to listen to people's views and needs. Employee Network Groups are a collective of colleagues who often share identities, life experiences or cultures and who come together to initiate positive change in their work place. Our groups include: Black and Asian Staff Networking Group, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Climate and Nature Emergency, Diff-abilities and Armed Forces/ Veterans. For more information on our Employee Network Groups please click here.

How to apply

To apply for a position, please upload an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement demonstrating your experience, skills and abilities for the role Be sure to include reference to the job description and person specification! If you are successfully shortlisted, Hoople Resourcing will contact you via email to arrange your interview and/or assessment. They will confirm the date, time and location of your interview, so please keep an eye on your email inbox. Good luck, we're looking forward to meeting you!

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