Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£55,710 per annum

About the Role
Do you see yourself making a real impact on how health services are shaped and delivered? Can you lead the development and delivery of commissioning projects to reduce health inequalities and ensure value for money? If yes, we have the perfect role for you! Our Public Health Commissioning team is looking for a Senior Commissioning Officer to join us and help shape the future of Public Health services.

This is a twelve-month secondment opportunity/fixed term role for someone looking to lead a high-impact project. Reporting to the Head of Public Health Commissioning, you’ll play a central role informing the future commissioning of public health services in Southwark.

Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and implementing commissioning plans for public health services
- Translating commissioning intentions set out in the division’s business and partnership plans
- Leading on specific areas of commissioning for public health including sexual and reproductive health services, health visiting and school nursing services
- Working with a range of partners across the statutory, private and voluntary sectors, including the NHS
- Producing clear, evidence-based reports to inform future commissioning
- Quality assurance and contract monitoring of services
- Supporting general commissioning and project delivery tasks

This is a 12-month fixed term/secondment role.

Experience
- Experience of commissioning public health or other health-related services
- Experience using project management skills and knowledge of public health methodology to develop, implement and assess policies, programmes and strategies to improve health and wellbeing and/or address health inequalities
- Experience undertaking evaluations to effectively measure the outcome and benefit of public health interventions

About You
- Ability to work collaboratively with partners across health, council services, and the voluntary sector
- Confident in writing reports and presenting findings to influence decision-making
- Assertive yet personable with strong stakeholder management skills
- Passionate about improving outcomes for residents

Qualifications
Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification for full qualification requirements.