Policy and Commissioning Officer

Salary: 50,918.,144.00 GBP annually

MOPAC is the organisation through which the Mayor of London exercises his role as the Police and Crime Commissioner for London and is led by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. MOPAC undertakes a broad range of statutory duties and works closely with the Mayor of London, Deputy Mayorand Metropolitan Police Service to deliver the priorities that will create safer London communities.

MOPAC are recruiting a variety of Policy and Commissioning Officerrolesacross its Commissioning and Partnerships Directorate. These roles will be made up of permanent and fixed term/secondment opportunities, and they will be offered to suitable candidates upon interview outcomes.

MOPAC alsooperatea Merit List, whereby if similar roles become vacantin the next 12 months, appointable candidates may be considered and offered a role.

Wethereforeencourageanyoneinterested in the Policy and Commissioning Officer roles totake thisopportunityto apply.

You will have a key role in delivering on the Mayor's Police and Crime Plan and his Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy,supportingMOPAC's overall mission to make London a safercity. The Commissioning and Partnerships Directorate delivers over 200 programmes and projects at any one time, focussing onsystem change and delivering better outcomes for Londoners. This could include:

• better and more integrated services for victims, including specialist support for childvictimsof abuse and exploitation
• transforming London's system response to sexual violence
• driving aChild
  
  First approach for those involved and affected by the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in London,
• convening partners and delivering services to improve safeguarding,reduce reoffending and making improvements to how the justice system works.

The successful candidate willhave knowledge of commissioning and/or policy making with experience of managing projects.

As a Policyand Commissioning Officer  inour directorate,you willwork alongside teams and partners,supporting the design ofpolicy and services that support some of London's most vulnerable communities.

You'llhelpdrive delivery activityandpolicy development across areas such asvictims of crime,tackling violence against women and girls(VAWG),children and young adults,and criminal justice.

Supportinga portfolio of programmes, you will work together with teams across MOPAC, the Met, Violence Reduction Unit  (VRU) and the Greater London Authority  (GLA). As well as being a key point of engagement with partners such as Local Authorities,NHSand ourjusticepartners, youmay alsowork with central government and organisations in the Voluntary and Community Sector.

With a relentless focus on equality,diversity and inclusion, you will collaboratively design commissioned services thatimpacton the outcomes for Londoners in our strategies, ensuring that any disproportionate impact on, and the specific needs of, minoritised communities are addressed.

• Experience of policy development and implementation
• Knowledge of commissioning, in the context of delivering outcomes for citizens
• Experience of managing projects and producing project and delivery plans.
• Experience of producing briefings and policy advice for senior officers or political leaders
• IT literacy including MS Office