Commissioning Support Officer

**About us and the role**

People Strategy and Commissioning (PSC) are looking for a dynamic individual who is passionate about delivering improved outcomes to support the needs of Warwickshire’s residents. Are you a person looking to bring innovation and drive to a new challenge? Do you have experience of partnership and matrix working across local authorities and NHS settings? If so, we’d like to hear from you.

You will progress the delivery of robust commissioning intentions and frameworks which will encompass extensive needs assessment and evidence-based research, service redesign, efficient use of resources and positive outcomes for children and families.

You will develop strong and robust partnerships within the Council and with other stakeholders in particular health, to deliver integrated commissioning intentions and strategies and to shape future commissioning activity.

The postholder will embrace coproduction as the basis for all commissioning and project work undertaken.

**Commissioning Support Officer - Family Wellbeing**

The People Strategy and Commissioning Business (PSC) Unit at Warwickshire County Council have a wonderful opportunity to join them as a Commissioning Support Officer - Family Wellbeing. It’s an exciting time to join our team. Our focus is on improving and protecting the health of the people of Warwickshire and reducing preventable differences in health outcomes. This role is a real opportunity to make a difference to the lives of our residents and families. PSC is a high performing service, focused on ensuring quality health and care outcomes for the residents of Warwickshire. We value our staff and seek to offer a supportive working environment that enables you to look after your own wellbeing, whilst delivering in a role that is demanding and fast paced.

An opportunity has arisen for a Commissioning Support Officer (12 month fixed-term contract) within the Family Wellbeing Team, Health Wellbeing and Self-care. The role is diverse and complex working in an area that includes a range of responsibilities including:

- The Healthy Child Programme (0 - 19)
- Prevention and ‘wrap around’ support for children and families
- Early Help and Children and Family Centres

You will gain experience of working with stakeholders and partners across the Local Authority and the NHS and you will lead on:
**Key requirements**
- Support the Development of long-term plans for the recommissioning of the 0-5 Public Health Nursing Service and the development of an integrated model for 0-5 provision across health, early help and children and family's services
- Support the development of prevention and ‘wrap around’ support for children and families
- Work closely with Public Health, Early Years and Children Services to ensure services meet the needs of children and families in Warwickshire
- Supporting Commissioners on a range of projects by providing advice and support in all elements of commissioning, needs assessment and service design to achieve better outcomes.
- Undertaking recommissioning activities aligned to contract terms and the Commissioning Cycle
- Maintain and delivery effective partnership working with all key stakeholders
- Monitor and respond to service performance reports in collaboration with the Commissioning Support Unit
- Support with other commissioning priorities within the Family Wellbeing Team
- This role will require you to work effectively with a range of stakeholders, internally and externally, have excellent project management skills, and have experience of commissioning complex services.

**For further details, please see the attached Job Descriptions and Person Specifications.**

**Additional Information**

**Closing date**:Midnight on 4th July