Job summary
Funded by NHS England until
July 2025 (with possibility of extension subject to further funding), we are
looking to recruit a confident, committed Programme Lead to drive the Devon and
Cornwall Sexual Violence Trauma Pathfinder project. You will be supporting innovative and
transformational system change to the benefit of people experiencing sexual
violence related trauma.
This is an ambitious and
complex programme of work requiring collaboration with multiple partners
including Plymouth, Devon, Torbay and Cornwall Councils, NHS Devon ICB, Cornwall
CCG, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and Strategic Delivery
partner Victim Support, service providers and people with lived experience.
You will work with a group of
committed, knowledgeable and connected system leaders in the Trauma Pathfinder
Steering Group whose collective ambition is to radically improve our
understanding of - and response to - sexual violence and abuse.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will required to;
·
Work
Peninsular wide across the complex landscape sexual violence service provision.
- Provide support to the
Sexual Violence Trauma Pathfinder Programme Lead in all aspects of
programme delivery
·
Demonstrate
exceptional interpersonal skills, including an ability to diplomatically manage
complex competing needs and interests effectively.
·
Provide and receive highly
complex, sensitive and contentious information, presenting information, to a
wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.
·
Facilitate
and nurture connections with local communities, commissioned and
non-commissioned services and wider VCSE organisations to explore opportunities
to meet the needs of the local population.
·
Work and engage constructively
with internal and external stakeholders.
About us
As an Integrated Care System (ICS), we recognise now more than ever that we can only provide the care that people really need by working together. Together for Devon therefore represents a partnership where health and care services work together with local communities to improve peoples health, wellbeing and care. It aims to transform health and care services so they are clinically, socially and financially sustainable.Our vision is simple: equal chances for everyone in Devon to lead long, happy and healthy lives. To achieve this, we have set out six ambitions for the next five years that will help us transform services including: Effective and efficient care, embedding the Integrated Care Model, the Devon deal (a citizen-led approach to health and care), Children and young people, Digital Devon and ensuring Equality.
For more information, visit our ICS website www.icsdevon.co.uk and our website www.devonccg.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
·
Support
the overall integrity and coherence of projects and programmes delivered under
Pathfinder.
·
Provide
administrative support to the programme.
- Review data and outcome
frameworks and create greater consistency and quality assurance of
services.
- Support the scoping of
our current system and structures to enable us to evolve our commissioning
arrangements.
- develop and maintain
systems to quality assure the commissioning process
- ensure the maintenance of
professional and ethical practice across internal and external partners
- ensure timely and
accurate payments to service providers and partners, preparation of budget
monitoring reports including calculating finances associated with
programme activities
- support the rollout of a
strategy for embedding trauma informed practice across our system (both
Devon and Cornwall) and support organisations in this journey.
- support the rollout of
projects and programmes delivered under Pathfinder.
- coordinate prototyping
projects and new areas of work under the Pathfinder work streams.
- Promote the voice of
lived experience and inspire people to connect
·
Operate in a highly political
and sensitive environment
·
To represent the Programme
Lead in multi-agency meetings as appropriate and participate in local, regional
and national working groups as required.
·
Undertake other duties as
appropriate to the grade of the post
Please see the attached job description for full details of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
·
Support
the overall integrity and coherence of projects and programmes delivered under
Pathfinder.
·
Provide
administrative support to the programme.
- Review data and outcome
frameworks and create greater consistency and quality assurance of
services.
- Support the scoping of
our current system and structures to enable us to evolve our commissioning
arrangements.
- develop and maintain
systems to quality assure the commissioning process
- ensure the maintenance of
professional and ethical practice across internal and external partners
- ensure timely and
accurate payments to service providers and partners, preparation of budget
monitoring reports including calculating finances associated with
programme activities
- support the rollout of a
strategy for embedding trauma informed practice across our system (both
Devon and Cornwall) and support organisations in this journey.
- support the rollout of
projects and programmes delivered under Pathfinder.
- coordinate prototyping
projects and new areas of work under the Pathfinder work streams.
- Promote the voice of
lived experience and inspire people to connect
·
Operate in a highly political
and sensitive environment
·
To represent the Programme
Lead in multi-agency meetings as appropriate and participate in local, regional
and national working groups as required.
·
Undertake other duties as
appropriate to the grade of the post
Please see the attached job description for full details of the role.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholder, people with lived experience, providers, external partners and community organisations
- Experience of undertaking research, analysing data and evaluating
- Understanding and experience of interpreting complex statistical information
- Numerical and analytical skills
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Ability to meet challenging deadlines and work with competing demands across a diverse range of disciplines
- Project management skills
- Experience of maintaining, developing and manipulating spreadsheet and database records
- Experience of delivering projects within set deadlines
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively
- Experience of managing people / projects
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
Desirable
- Experience of performance management systems to achieve continuous service improvement
- Experience of budget management
Other
Essential
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional, calm, diplomatic and efficient manner
- Effective organizer, influencer and networker
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as autonomously and use own initiative
- Ability to observe confidentiality
- Proven organisational and time management skills.
- Empathy and understanding, trauma informed
- Completer/Finisher
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, related to Health, Social Care or Education
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the transformation agenda in Health and Local Government relevant legislation and policy
- Knowledge of monitoring standards
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of current market for health and social care
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of strategic development and change management
- Administrative experience
- Experience of undertaking client involvement activities
- Experience of working with a wide range of partners, stakeholders, and people with lived experience of sexual violence or other trauma
- Experience of maintaining confidentiality / data protection
Desirable
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of project management and continuous service improvement
- Knowledge of contract law
- Experience of dealing with confrontational situations
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholder, people with lived experience, providers, external partners and community organisations
- Experience of undertaking research, analysing data and evaluating
- Understanding and experience of interpreting complex statistical information
- Numerical and analytical skills
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Ability to meet challenging deadlines and work with competing demands across a diverse range of disciplines
- Project management skills
- Experience of maintaining, developing and manipulating spreadsheet and database records
- Experience of delivering projects within set deadlines
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively
- Experience of managing people / projects
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
Desirable
- Experience of performance management systems to achieve continuous service improvement
- Experience of budget management
Other
Essential
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional, calm, diplomatic and efficient manner
- Effective organizer, influencer and networker
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as autonomously and use own initiative
- Ability to observe confidentiality
- Proven organisational and time management skills.
- Empathy and understanding, trauma informed
- Completer/Finisher
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, related to Health, Social Care or Education
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the transformation agenda in Health and Local Government relevant legislation and policy
- Knowledge of monitoring standards
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of current market for health and social care
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of strategic development and change management
- Administrative experience
- Experience of undertaking client involvement activities
- Experience of working with a wide range of partners, stakeholders, and people with lived experience of sexual violence or other trauma
- Experience of maintaining confidentiality / data protection
Desirable
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of project management and continuous service improvement
- Knowledge of contract law
- Experience of dealing with confrontational situations
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.
