Commissioning Officer

North East & North Cumbria ICB; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Commissioning Officer role sits within the Central Neighbourhood team at North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board. You will help ensure smooth operation, work with colleagues across the ICB, and help meet deadlines amid a changing workload.

The post covers Sunderland, South Tyneside and Durham, and involves engaging with partners and stakeholders while contributing to health service commissioning and performance management.

Qualifications

• Word processing and Excel qualifications (intermediate level), or equivalent experience.
• Word processing and Excel qualifications (advanced level), or equivalent experience
• Further training / post-graduate or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
• Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
• Experience in communications and stakeholder management
• NHS contracting, commissioning and performance management experience.
• Experience of service change/redesign and success at delivering programmes of change
• Experience in contract management, including performance management and quality assurance
• Previous experience in similar role in public sector
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Responsibilities

• The post holder will contribute to the smooth and efficient running of the Central Neighbourhood team, working with colleagues across the NENC ICB to ensure deadlines are met while managing a constantly changing workload.
• The role covers Sunderland, South Tyneside and Durham.

Skills

Word processing

Excel

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic team player to join the Central Neighbourhood team as a Commissioning Officer. At North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, we are committed to providing high-quality care and support to our community.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date once the required number of suitable applications has been received.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to the smooth and efficient running of the Central Neighbourhood team, working with colleagues across the NENC ICB to ensure deadlines are met while managing a constantly changing workload. The role covers Sunderland, South Tyneside and Durham.

About us

Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.

The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.

With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.

The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Word processing and Excel qualifications (intermediate level), or equivalent experience.
• Word processing and Excel qualifications (advanced level), or equivalent experience
• Further training / post-graduate or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
• Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
• Experience in communications and stakeholder management
• NHS contracting, commissioning and performance management experience.
• Experience of service change/redesign and success at delivering programmes of change
• Experience in contract management, including performance management and quality assurance
• Previous experience in similar role in public sector
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

• Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management

PLANNING AND ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS

• Previous experience in project management and planning

PHYSICAL SKILLS

• Advanced keyboard skills
• Ability to travel independently

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.