Commissioning and Partnerships Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 250461**Salary**:

- £37,909 - £42,251**Job grade**:

- Other- NPS Pay Band 5 National**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

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- East of EnglandAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- This position is based at COLCHESTER MAGISTRATES COURT COLCHESTER, CO2 7EF, NPS 16-22 KING STREET WATFORD, WD1 8BP, NPS 20 OXFORD STREET WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 4HY, NPS 203 WHAPLOAD ROAD LOWESTOFT, NR32 1UL, NPS 4 MITRE BUILDINGS HARLOW, CM20 1DR, NPS 41 HARPUR STREET BEDFORD, MK40 1LY, NPS 43-47 BRIDGE STREET NORTHAMPTON, NN1 1NS, NPS 5 WESLEYAN ROAD PETERBOROUGH, PE1 3RW, NPS ARGYLE HOUSE STEVENAGE, SG1 2AD, NPS CARRAWAY HOUSE BASILDON, SS15 6PH, NPS EAST HEART CENTRE CHESHUNT, EN8 9XL, NPS FIVE WELLS THURROCK, RM17 6XR, NPS GODWIN HOUSE HUNTINGDON, PE29 3BD, NPS MID HERTS CENTRE ST ALBANS, AL1 3XH, NPS PENINSULAR HOUSE IPSWICH, IP4 1AQ, NPS PETERBOROUGH MAGISTRATES COURT PETERBOROUGH, PE1 1ED, NPS PROBATION OFFICE KINGS LYNN, PE30 1HP, NPS WEST SUFFOLK HOUSE BURY ST EDMUNDS, IP33 3YU, NMS MID ESSEX Gemini Centre, CM2 0YN, NMS Clemitson House, LU1 2RP, NPS SOUTH WEST HERTS CENTRE WATFORD WATFORD, WD18 0BN**Job description**:
**Overview of the job**

The purpose of the Commissioning and Partnerships team is to work closely with operational and contract managers within the region, commercial colleagues, policy leads, external partners/commissioners, providers and service users to identify service needs, review existing services, build partnerships, develop knowledge and build expertise within the business, design new services, source providers and then monitor the effectiveness of commissioned services to promote innovative and strategic solutions and deliver quality, value for money services that meet service user needs and reduces reoffending.

The Commissioning and Partnerships Manager will lead in the development and implementation of strategic commissioning for a specific portfolio of services or need areas, managing activities across the full commissioning cycle to deliver the regional priorities working closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

They will report into the Head of Community Integration and line manage Commissioning and Partnerships Officer(s).

**Summary**

The post holder will review, manage and deliver commissioning and/or recommissioning of services or projects within their given portfolio, for example accommodation or personal well-being.

They will act as the expert in relation to the strategic commissioning of outcomes for need areas within given portfolio, providing professional advice and recommendations to support the delivery of the regional strategy.

They will lead on the development and implementation of partnership arrangements with key stakeholders, nationally, regionally and locally, in relation to commissioned projects and services within their portfolio.

**Responsibilities, Activities & Duties**

**Their key responsibilities include**:

- Production and implementation of service/need specific commissioning plans within specific portfolio as part of short, medium and long-term regional commissioning strategy.
- Ensuring service/need specific commissioning plans align with regional, national and wider community safety and criminal justice priorities.
- Ensuring commissioning plans within given portfolio meets the diverse needs of service users, are financially robust, offer value-for-money, incorporates innovative approaches and builds on best practice.
- Where relevant, manage delegated budget for commissioning projects within specific portfolio.
- Leading and managing team to deliver agreed activities.
- Supporting operational staff and managers to deliver their responsibilities for the portfolio area. This may include offering consultancy and advice, developing training plans for teams/region, delivering local training and briefings.
- Responsible for providing a clear evidence base to inform review of services, recommendations, and commissioning planning.
- Responsible for understanding the effectiveness of current NPS and wider

service delivery within portfolio area and identifying best practice for commissioning future services, current recommendations and new specifications.
- Responsible for leading the development of a portfolio of evidence-based service specifications and the development of any new service specifications required, engaging with service users, operational leads and other stakeholders as appropriate.
- Responsible for joint working with MoJ Commercial to develop competition strategies for services/needs within portfolio.
- Responsible for establishing and leading cross-regional and multi-agency project groups to support development of services within specific portfolio.
- Responsible for establishing productive