Commissioning and Partnership Manager - Health & Justice South West - Community

The post sits in the Ministry of Justice's National Probation Service community integration team, leading commissioning and partnership work for health and justice services. It covers the full commissioning cycle, from identifying need and designing services to monitoring providers, aimed at cutting reoffending through better health pathways. The base is a community probation office, with regular travel to prisons and probation offices, and new entrants work in the office for their first six months.

• Lead the development, management and implementation of commissioning across the full range of services, managing the full commissioning cycle to deliver regional priorities
• Act as the expert on commissioning outcomes for need areas, advising on regional strategy and alignment with national strategies
• Lead partnership arrangements with internal and external stakeholders nationally, regionally and locally, including joint working and co-commissioning with PCCs, police, local authorities, DWP, NHS and voluntary sector
• Lead the regional legal frameworks for partnerships and commissioned contracts, including MOUs, DPIAs and ISAs, with commercial and legal colleagues
• Oversee financial arrangements for commissioned services, ensuring value for money and budget compliance, and assist with the devolved commissioning budget
• Lead and manage commissioning teams, including recruitment, induction and training of staff
• Lead on service specifications and sourcing strategies with MoJ Commercial, including market engagement, bid evaluation and moderation for regional and national contracts
• Lead cross-regional and multi-agency project groups to develop services at local, regional and national levels
• Deputise for the Head of Community Integration at regional and national meetings
• Lead the mobilisation of regional and national commissioned contracts and support CRS contract mobilisation
• Ensure commissioning activity meets equalities regulations and complete equality analysis for the Regional Commissioning Plan
• Contribute to inspections with OSAG and HMIP inspectors and implement resulting action plans

• Excellent analytical skills
• Stakeholder engagement and collaborative problem solving to reach pragmatic solutions
• Ability to represent the region at senior level across external agencies
• Skilled leadership to influence the health and social care agenda within Probation
• Confidence in all spoken aspects of the role in English, or Welsh where specified

• Security and identity checks before taking up post
• Right to work in the UK, as the role can only be worked in the UK
• Eligibility under Civil Service nationality rules

• Experience evidenced in a statement of suitability of up to 500 words against the essential criteria
• Success profile behaviours, with Working Together as the lead behaviour

• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after five years, plus public holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme run through Greater Manchester Pension Fund
• Hybrid working where business need allows
• Family-friendly policies, including reduced hours and job share
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave
• Access to flexible benefits, vouchers and discounts
• Extensive training and development opportunities
• Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens