An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Strategic Commissioning Team on a temporary basis for 12 months as a Senior Strategic Commissioner.
This is an excellent development opportunity for someone who is passionate about improving outcomes for North Lincolnshire residents and wants to gain experience of strategic commissioning, service redesign, procurement and partnership working across Adults, Children's Services, Public Health and the wider council.
Working as part of a supportive and experienced team, you will lead and contribute to a diverse portfolio of commissioning projects, working closely with internal services, health partners, providers, voluntary organisations and people with lived experience to design and commission high-quality, value-for-money services.
What you'll be doing
You'll have the opportunity to:
- Lead strategic commissioning projects from needs analysis through to procurement, mobilisation and review.
- Develop business cases and service specifications.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Council, NHS and voluntary sector.
- Analyse data and evidence to inform service planning and future investment.
- Support procurement exercises and contract development.
- Engage with people who use services, carers and stakeholders to ensure services are co-produced and outcome focused.
- Present reports and recommendations to senior leaders and governance boards.
- Contribute to market development and innovative approaches to service delivery.
About you
We're looking for someone who:
- Has excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
- Can manage complex projects and competing priorities.
- Is analytical and able to interpret data to inform decision making.
- Enjoys working collaboratively with a wide range of partners.
- Has experience in project management, commissioning, service improvement, procurement or contract management.
- Is committed to delivering better outcomes for local people.
Why join us?
This role offers an excellent opportunity to:
- Develop your strategic leadership and commissioning skills.
- Gain experience working on high-profile and complex projects.
- Build relationships across the Council and partner organisations.
- Work in a friendly, supportive and collaborative team.
- Make a real difference to services and outcomes for North Lincolnshire residents.
Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Tracey Belt, Lead Officer – Strategic Commissioning on 01724 297118 or email: [email protected]
Candidates must be able to evidence their right to work in the UK. Please note the council does not hold a sponsor licence to sponsor people to work in the UK.
We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.
