Commissioning Support Officer INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
***Internal Applicants Only***
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: PO2 - £39,951 - £42,840
Contract Type: Full time, 6 months fixed term or secondment
Working hours per week: 36
Application Deadline: 06/10/2024
Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC
Reference:1470
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
About the role:
We are looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Commissioning Officer to provide administrative and coordination support services to our friendly, dynamic and high functioning team. In this role, you will be responsible for assisting in project management, general administration, and stakeholder engagement activities. The ideal candidate will be organized, detail-oriented, and possess excellent communication skills to effectively liaise with internal teams and external stakeholders. The role would be of particular interest to anyone who likes working in a fast paced environment and has an interest in the areas integrated commissioning. This is a great opportunity to get involved in a breadth of areas supporting with the commissioning and co-ordination of the system in these areas.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to provide and coordinate administrative and support services; including for example, the preparation of agendas and minutes, taking appropriate follow-up action as required.
- Supporting the team with the management of projects, contracts and initiatives, gathering information and undertaking enquires as and when is necessary for the head of department, teams and the department
- Administrating communication and support processes including engagement with stakeholders, practices and support processes
- Support projects, procurements, or improvement programmes, and contribute to the delivery of larger programmes of work.
- Identify and contribute to the interpretation of issues, trends and problems, which may have a broad impact both within LBWF, WEL CCGs and for partner organisations, helping with the resolution of these as appropriate and escalating complex problems if necessary.
- Advise supplier relationship managers, integrated commissioning mangers, and heads of integrated commissioning on issues relevant to the service area. Contributing to professional challenge and advice to colleagues, managers and partner organisations.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of continuous improvements in all aspects of the commissioning activity.
- Communicate effectively with internal / external organisations / partners and stakeholders to represent integrated commissioning internally and externally
- Contribute to the preparation and presentation of a full range of reports (both standard and non-standard) covering area of responsibility.
- Be a key member of the team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally
- The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
- The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the directorate and the Organisation.
Qualifications and Requirements:
To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:
- Relevant experience of public sector and/or provider services
- Understanding of quality and performance in the context of health, social care and/or public sector commissioning.
- Experience of working with external care providers
- Understanding of relevant legislative and policy drivers.
- Relevant experience of project management
- Experience of developing professional working relationships both internally and externally.
- Good ICT skills including Microsoft applications and specialist systems.
- Well-developed visual presentation skills including effective use of presentation software
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Research, analysis, interpretation and evaluation skills, demonstrating the ability to identify and diagnose problems/issues / requirements and develop solutions.
- Understanding of public sector procurement systems and processes.
- Ability to support and manage work related to multiple projects simultaneously and prioritise appropriately
- Able to work to and meet deadlines
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
Satisfactory declaration of interest;
This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
Satisfactory DBS check;
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Abigail Garraway - Head of Integrated Commissioning Team - Live Well at Abigail.Garraway@walthamforest.gov.uk
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
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