Principal Commissioning Officer - Live Well

Grade J £46,142 - £50,269

Contract: Permanent, Full Time.

Role specifics Qualified to degree level or equivalent OR significant relevant experience in a commissioning role within a health or social care environment.

Interview date: TBC

For further information about this role, contact: recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

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The Role

£46,142 - £50,269 per annum pay award pending.

You will provide project and strategic support across Live Well commissioning programmes, leading and developing a team of Commissioning and Project Improvement Officers to deliver highquality, responsive services. The role requires building strong, collaborative relationships with providers, service users and key partners, as well as deputising for the Head of Service when needed.

The Mental Health and Learning Disabilities & Autism roles focus on commissioning highquality, outcomebased services through strong project management, data analysis and marketshaping. You will work closely with partners to improve and integrate services while ensuring compliance with legislation and policy. Responsibilities include contract negotiation, contract management, performance monitoring, report writing, strategic planning and leading commissioning officers to drive continuous improvement. You will also need to work effectively with Brokerage and Placement Officers to ensure effective sourcing of accommodation-based services and complex care packages based on internally quality assured referrals from Social Work teams.

The Community Housing and Community Safety role focuses on the strategic development of specialist Supported Housing, ensuring effective, wellmanaged contracted services. You will lead strategic commissioning by aligning workplans with regional and regulatory priorities, working with key housing and care partners, and using population and market intelligence to shape highquality supported accommodation and homelessness services. You will also oversee commissioning for domestic abuse and community safety services, ensuring legal compliance and delivering multiagency, traumainformed, coproduced approaches that respond to local needs and emerging risks.

About You

You will be an experienced and confident professional with a strong understanding of local authority legal, policy and financial frameworks. You will bring sound knowledge of legislation and regulatory requirements relevant to Live Well commissioning, with a clear grasp of outcomebased commissioning and effective contract management. You will be interested in applying for one of the three roles within the Live Well Commissioning team, covering Mental Health, Learning Disabilities & Autism, or Community Housing & Community Safety.

You will have excellent project management skills, with a proven ability to lead and deliver complex projects within wider programmes of work. Skilled in analysing, interpreting and presenting data, you will use evidence to inform decisionmaking and drive improvements in service delivery. Your communication skills in both written and verbal form, will be of a high standard, enabling you to present information clearly and build effective relationships across a wide range of partners.

You will be adept at forming productive working relationships within the Council, with external providers, and with wider stakeholders. Your ICT skills will be strong, and you will be confident using a range of digital tools, research methods and data sources to support commissioning activities. A sound understanding of the needs of vulnerable client groups will underpin your approach.

You will bring significant experience in commissioning, contract management, project delivery or comparable work within health or social care environments. You will be degreequalified or able to demonstrate substantial equivalent experience. Evidence of your continuous professional development will show your commitment to maintaining and strengthening your expertise.

When applying for this post, please use your covering letter to answer the following questions:

1. Can you describe a time when you led the commissioning or redesign of a working age adult (16-64) service and how you ensured it delivered improved outcomes for service users?

2. How do you ensure compliance with statutory frameworks (e.g., Domestic Abuse Act 2021, Care Act, SEND, Building the Right Support) while balancing financial pressures and service demand?

3. How do you use data, evidence and stakeholder insight (including lived experience) to shape service models and influence decisionmaking?

4. There are three Live Well commissioning roles available. You must specify which post(s) you are applying for: a) Mental Health, b) Learning Disabilities & Autism, and c) Community Housing & Community Safety.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

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For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk