Job summary
Are you passionate about improving access to evidence-based healthcare for under-represented groups? Do you want to work in partnership with NHSE, Ministry of Justice, Home Office, Local Authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners to ensure healthcare delivered in secure settings is of a high quality and delivers value? An exciting opportunity to work in NHS England's Health and Justice Commissioning will help you achieve that.
We have an exciting permanent role within the Yorkshire and Humber Health and Justice Commissioning Team covering the commissioning, procurement, and contracting for the provision of healthcare in criminal justice settings: Prisons, Secure Children's Homes, Liaison and Diversion and Sexual Assault Referral Centres.
Working with the Senior Commissioning Managers of the Yorkshire and Humber Health and Justice Commissioning team, you will support project delivery and contract management across the justice settings, as well as procurements for services.
Main duties of the job
The candidate will have experience in contract and programme management, experience of delivering projects, managing contracts and ability to collate, interpret and analyse data to support contract management and commissioning priorities.
The candidate will have robust skills in partnership across sectors, implementation of project and contract management, and able to deliver successfully through others including managing successful teams.
Working internally and externally to deliver programmes and contracts on time, to budget and requirements. This will include ensuring providers are delivering consistent, high quality and inclusive services that meet contractual requirements, and that these are monitored and reported, using existing contract, performance and quality mechanisms. This will include working closely with partners and co-commissioners of secure services including Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), Public Health England/National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP), Home Office, Local Authorities, Care Quality Commission, Home Office, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service and Offices of Police and Crime Commissioners.
Successful candidates will have a proven background working within a commissioning environment, and knowledge of a range of contracting tools including the NHS Standard contract, Oracle and the latest procurement regulations. Awareness of the Health & Justice commissioning portfolio is essential.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Operational
- Support and manage projects, including procurement projects, that comprise the full project lifecycle.
- Support and manage contracts, that comprise the full contract management lifecycle in line with the Contract Management Framework.
- To support the identification and sharing of best practice in project management and contract management in line with Contract Management Framework, Project and Programme Management Standards, PPM Framework, and Government Project Delivery Profession Technical Competencies.
- To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
Project and Contract Management
- Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified projects and contracts.
- Provide co-ordination and participate in relevant working groups and provide project and contract advice, expertise and support where requested.
- Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own programme and project and contract areas.
Financial and Physical Resources
- To support the portfolio of programmes, projects and contracts in demonstrating value for money for the current spend through tracking, managing and delivering agreed outcomes and benefits with a focus on value management.
- Work in compliance with Standing Financial Instructions, Contract Management Framework, and Procurement Policy
Information Management
- Adheres to organisational policy regarding Information Governance.
- Highlight exceptions and risks ensuring mitigating action can be taken to keep programmes, projects and contracts on track.
- Collate as required qualitative and quantitative information and reports and lead appropriate analysis to develop to provide assurance that providers are meeting their contractual requirements.
- The ability to manage complex and sensitive information
Job description
Job responsibilities
Operational
- Support and manage projects, including procurement projects, that comprise the full project lifecycle.
- Support and manage contracts, that comprise the full contract management lifecycle in line with the Contract Management Framework.
- To support the identification and sharing of best practice in project management and contract management in line with Contract Management Framework, Project and Programme Management Standards, PPM Framework, and Government Project Delivery Profession Technical Competencies.
- To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
Project and Contract Management
- Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified projects and contracts.
- Provide co-ordination and participate in relevant working groups and provide project and contract advice, expertise and support where requested.
- Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own programme and project and contract areas.
Financial and Physical Resources
- To support the portfolio of programmes, projects and contracts in demonstrating value for money for the current spend through tracking, managing and delivering agreed outcomes and benefits with a focus on value management.
- Work in compliance with Standing Financial Instructions, Contract Management Framework, and Procurement Policy
Information Management
- Adheres to organisational policy regarding Information Governance.
- Highlight exceptions and risks ensuring mitigating action can be taken to keep programmes, projects and contracts on track.
- Collate as required qualitative and quantitative information and reports and lead appropriate analysis to develop to provide assurance that providers are meeting their contractual requirements.
- The ability to manage complex and sensitive information
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
- Training and experience in project management and contract management.
- Evidence of relevant and recent continuing professional development.
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience of working within a healthcare environment or comparable organisation.
- Significant experience of managing and delivering projects and contracts.
- Proven ability to develop, collect and analyse performance and quality and assurance information to present accurate levels of assurance to senior managers and key stakeholders.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects and contracts in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level.
Skills
Essential
- Able to work on projects and contracts independently.
- Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
- Training and experience in project management and contract management.
- Evidence of relevant and recent continuing professional development.
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience of working within a healthcare environment or comparable organisation.
- Significant experience of managing and delivering projects and contracts.
- Proven ability to develop, collect and analyse performance and quality and assurance information to present accurate levels of assurance to senior managers and key stakeholders.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects and contracts in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level.
Skills
Essential
- Able to work on projects and contracts independently.
- Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
