Co-Production Lead

Newcastle City Council; North East; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization is seeking a Co-Production Lead to champion co-design and co-production within Adult Social Care. The role focuses on driving inclusive participation and embedding lived experiences in service improvements. The ideal candidate will be dynamic and proactive, ready to make a meaningful impact on the community. This position offers competitive salary and various flexible benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Access to Local Government pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Various flexible working options

Access to Occupational Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Dynamic and self-starting individual.
• Ability to champion co-design and co-production.
• Experience in supporting participation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Drive the commitment to inclusive, meaningful participation.
• Ensure lived experience is central to service improvement.
• Provide expert advice and guidance.

Job description

Are you looking for a role in a great place to work that gives you an opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives? This could be the job for you!



Why work for Newcastle City Council?



Newcastle City Council offers you an exciting opportunity to work in a vibrant city with proactive and committed people who have a genuine desire and motivation to support positive outcomes for the residents of Newcastle, striving to achieve the values of being Proud, Fair and Ambitious.



What do we offer?



As an employee of NCC, you will have access to:

• A competitive salary


• Access to Local Government pension scheme


• Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays, with the ability to buy additional leave annually


• Family Supportive Policies


• A bespoke induction


• Various flexible working options


• Agile working, enabling both home working and office-based working


• A generous Flexi Scheme


• Access to Occupational Health, Mindfulness sessions and other wellbeing initiatives


• Access to various salary sacrifice schemes – covering cars, white electrical goods and tax efficient saving contributions towards your pension


• Discounted travel passes

What about the Team?



You’ll be joining the Quality, Strategy and Innovation service within the Adult Social Care and Prevention Directorate. You’ll work alongside colleagues from across the Directorate to provide expert advice and guidance to support participation initiatives.





What about the Role?

We’re looking for a dynamic, self-starting Co-Production Lead to champion our Working Together approach—embedding co-design and co-production across everything we do in Adult Social Care and Prevention.



This is a new role, created to drive forward our commitment to inclusive, meaningful participation and to ensure that lived experience is at the heart of service improvement and innovation.



Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.



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