Strategic Commissioning and Systems Development Lead – AR

JOB DESCRIPTION

Introduction

The Royal Borough of Greenwich Council and the South East London Integrated Care Board have come together to create an integrated approach to commissioning services within Greenwich, this postholder has a key role in implementing this new approach.

Equality and Diversity

RBG/ICB are committed to providing services and employment to a community with an increasing variety of backgrounds. To do this effectively it is essential that we promote equality, equity and pro-actively tackle discrimination and treat everyone with dignity and respect.

Disability Confident Employer

We are a Disability Confident Employer and support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the Government’s Access to Work Scheme.

We welcome applications from all sections of our community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

1. Job Purpose

Manages up to 6 directly managed staff.

To be responsible to the Head of Integrated Commissioning and Systems Development or Associate Director of Integrated Commissioning & System Development (Early Help, Social Care and Personalised Commissioning).

The Postholder will be responsible for:

1. Developing and implementing our integrated commissioning approach across the Council and the NHS, which enables strong partnerships and high-quality services that support Greenwich people to lead healthy, fulfilling and independent lives.
2. Supporting colleagues through partnership and co-production, continued design and implementation of our integrated commissioning framework for adult/children’s services that incorporates appropriate governance structures, and which supports an integrated, outcome focused approach to health and social care.

• Working collaboratively with the market, residents and colleagues across the system to implement transformational change through commissioning for outcomes, including further integration of health, care and other forms of support.

1. The Strategic Commissioning and System Development Lead will have responsibility for delivering all commissioning activities in high value projects and will be accountable for the activities of the officers they manage.
2. Main Duties
3. To be the strategic commissioning and system development lead for services for adults/children, with the direct responsibility for strategic management, you will be aligned to one of the following commissioning functions:
   • Home First incl Home Care – Adults
   • Ageing Well, incl Accommodation Based Care – Adults
   • Early Help, incl Carers/Integrated Community Equipment Services/Assistive Technology Enabled Care – Adults
   • Learning Disability Partnerships – Adults
   • Mental Health and Complex Care inc Physical Disabilites – Partnerships – Adults Transitions and Autism, Across Children’s and Adults
   • Prevention and Maternity – Children
   • Social Care – Children
   • SEND – Children
   • Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing – Children.

Policy, Service Development, Transformation and Re-design

1. To be the nominated lead on specific policy areas and ensure strategic development.
2. To be accountable to the Head of Service (HoS) or Associate Director and responsible for the development of strategic commissioning action plans in line with our commissioning approach for the borough.
3. Interpret and apply legislation, guidance, local and national priorities to inform the development of plans and strategies and advise colleagues, partners and senior managers; make informed commissioning decisions that are good value for money, address local need and outcomes and deliver local priorities.
4. To work collaboratively with partners and residents to develop outcome focused strategies and service specifications with clear priorities and targets for achievement that support strategic development.
5. To work with other teams and partners to lead and manage time-limited projects as required, for example, transformation projects and procurements.
6. To work collaboratively with people in Greenwich to plan and support the implementation of transformational pieces of work, including the commissioning of services in response to various reforms across children and/or adult services.

Financial and Physical Resources

1. Be responsible for financial planning and budget areas across the Council and NHS relating to key client groups and services.
2. To review and make effective interventions where there are known financial and budgetary issues.
3. Identify and implement opportunities for better use of public sector resources across organisational budgets.
4. Assure the Council and ICB achieve efficient services and value for money across all commissioned services.

Collaboration, Communities and Relationships

1. Develop relationships and work collaboratively with stakeholders such as colleagues in care management, public health, and service user groups to ensure their engagement in service development.
2. Co-produce and facilitate stakeholder forums and ensure that the forum decisions influence service improvement and lead on ensuring that their concerns are escalated to the relevant senior managers when needed.
3. To establish collaborative relationships with providers and establish networks including provider forums which are managed effectively to implement change and deliver outcomes for Greenwich residents.

Insight and Planning

1. By mapping and reviewing service provision and developing good business relationships with providers in the market, develop an understanding of provider strengths and weakness and identify opportunities for improvement also using best practice.
2. Responsible for developing a strategic level understanding of local demand and future trends and developments in the needs of the population, using a range of techniques, including interpretation of data, focus groups with service users and providers and desk top research.
3. Be responsible for the collation of data, interpreting trends in demand and underperformance of providers and produce performance reports.
4. To work with service users, to put in place mechanisms that ensure their feedback is a key aspect of monitoring and that users are engaged with commissioning, influencing delivery and future planning.

Innovation, Quality and Performance Improvement

1. To be responsible for service and contract management and performance of a specific range of business and operational services, that support the delivery of the Council and ICB’s statutory duties, promoting well-being, independence and choice.
2. Promote with partners and existing services, innovation and a continuous improvement approach with existing partners or services.
3. In line with our commissioning approach, work collaboratively with providers to trial innovation through working with them to identify and mitigate risk, and evaluate the imp