Senior Commissioning Officer

2 weeks ago

Taunton, United Kingdom Somerset County Council Full time

Main Responsibilities & Duties 1. Work with the Service Manager and other team members to develop a shared understanding of the specific objectives set for the Service and to design/implement a work programme that will deliver them. Undertake the full range of tasks within the commissioning process. 2.

Analysis Gather qualitative and quantitative evidence and trends. Understand the market and the extent to which it can meet needs. Understand financial data. Use the full range of qualitative and quantitative techniques available to evaluate the effectiveness or likely effectiveness of existing or alternative services against the full range of outcomes sought.

Use expert knowledge, co-production skills, and thorough in-depth and meaningful engagement and analyse with existing and potential service users and other stakeholders. 3. Design Specify the nature and scope of the services/provision required. Set the vision and context of area of commission, define outcomes and consider available options, resources, equality and risk implications.

Research and analyse other organisations practice and consider how this could be applied within the Council where this would be beneficial. Produce clear and concise proposals and recommendations for consideration by decision makers, which achieve the range of outcomes sought within the budgetary constraints specified. Design the work programme to meet the range of service objectives delegated. Establish and build upon connections with related strands of work, initiatives and projects within the Service and the Councils wider commissioning function.

Engage with senior officers/Members to assess and test outcomes to ensure acceptance. 4. Prepare Work with staff, providers and potential providers to ensure that the right services are available to meet current and future needs. Influence staff at senior levels within internal and external providers.

5. Implement Ensure that the right service is in place and that outcomes can be met. Ensure a highly structured approach is in place to manage tender or other procurement processes. Put in place appropriate Service Level Agreements or Contracts, governance structures, transition plans, and oversee the mobilisation of a service to go live point or the de-mobilisation of a service no longer required.

Manage the contract, the relationship with the supplier, define key performance indicators (KPIs) that enable success to be quantified and measured, and ensure that effective systems are in place to monitor KPIs and report on performance. Work with technical specialists in the Customers and Communities team, to ensure that customers are at the heart of this process. Ensure continuous improvement and put in place structure programmes to meet these. Lead and facilitate an appropriate work programme with key stakeholders and partner organisations to enhance quality, value for money and achieve financial savings in commissioned services and co-produce ideas for new models of delivery.

Recommend changes to policy, procedures and practice and identify likely costs, timetable and resource implications and savings. Provide support to a Commissioning Officer (CO). Participate in a specific area of Adult & Health (A&H) commissioning, eg long term care and support, personalisation, prevention and early intervention, community safety. Work on assignments in other areas of the A&H commissioning function or manage staff from other areas on short term assignments.

Play a key role in developing and sustaining the commissioning culture within SCC and partner agencies. 7. Understand, uphold and promote the aims of the Councils equality, diversity and inclusion policies; health, safety and well-being of self and others; and organisational values in everything you do. Equality and Diversity practice covers both interaction with staff, service users and communities and includes challenging discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity for all.

Contacts & Relationships Report to a Service Manager to undertake an individual work programme aimed at delivering specific objectives delegated to the Service, which involves a high degree of self-management and project management (including overseeing the work of others when required). Work collaboratively with other officers within the Service and officers in other business areas of the Council, eg Operations, Customers and Communities, Business Development, and with partners and stakeholders. Maintain a network of peer professionals working within or related to the field of commissioning, both within the Council and wider. Represent the Council at inter-agency forums and events in a non-decision-making capacity, as required.

Maintain effective working relationships with providers (internal or external), which involves being aware of and observing the boundaries of the commissioning relationship and establishing a basis for meaningful feedback and the practice of co-production. Communicate and demons

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