Start Well Commissioning Officer

Grade H SCP 27 £38,220- SCP 31 £41,771
Contract: Permanent, 37 Hours per week.
Interview date: TBC
For further information about this role, contact Stuart Smythe Stuart.smythe@bolton.gov.uk

Please note: This interview process include a 10 minute presentation.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role
Are you able to shape and build relationships with partners?
Are you resourceful, adaptable innovative, and able to problem solve?
Are you able to work across the commissioning cycle to develop services in the community?
Do you understand the needs of the local community?

If this sounds like you, why not come and join Bolton Council’s Start Well Commissioning Team and help us transform services and support for the people of Bolton.

The Start Well Commissioning Officer post remit includes ensuring services deliver the best outcomes for children and young people. You would assist in the planning, development, co-ordination, and delivery of an ongoing programme of commissioning projects, providing effective challenge, support, and project management on a range of existing programmes of work to improve the lives of the people of Bolton.

About You
We are looking for highly motivated, energetic people with great people skills and the capacity to forge excellent relationships and effective multi-agency working. You will be enthusiastic and can work strategically on a range of projects. You will have the ability to deliver multiple projects within timescales while achieving required outcomes.

You will have excellent analytical skills and lateral thinking to develop creative and innovative solutions. You will also have excellent IT skills, in particular Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel. You will be a team player who is able to work effectively with others to improve and change services across Children’s Services. You will have experience of overcoming barriers to deliver successful outcomes. You must be capable of working on your own initiative to help drive and enable improved outcomes for the people of Bolton.

We will require a CV, plus a response to the two points below, maximum of 500 words per statement.

Please describe your understanding of the Commissioning Cycle and what is your experience of commissioning children’s social care and health services?

Please describe your experience of working with partners, key stakeholders and service users to co-design services or your experience of working on projects or specific programmes of work?

If you would like to find out more about the post, please contact 01204 332410 and your request will be directed to the appropriate officer.

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.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

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