Contract Quality Outcomes Officer

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Provider Quality team, Team – Fixed Term / Secondment opportunity for a 1 year contract to cover maternity leave.

What will you be doing?

You will work with the team manager to shape and embed a robust quality offer to our commissioned providers; you will have an allocated portfolio of social care provider services that you will complete annual visits too.

You will be required to respond to Notifications of Concerns and work effectively with system partners internally and externally where necessary. You will lead, support, and engage our people whilst promoting service development and support.

About you

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and tenacious individual who has high aspirations for people in North Northants drawing on social care services, you will have extensive experience in working in provider services or in a quality assurance / inspection function.

Please contact Andy.Woodall-Buchanan@northnorthants.gov.uk or Ruth.Mee@northnorthants.gov.uk for an informal discussion on the role.

The closing date for submitting any expressions of interest is the end of the day Friday 19^th  April and interviews are due to take place w/c Monday 22^nd April.

Our benefits

We offer:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

About us

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

Our priorities are:

• helping people live active fulfilled lives
• caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
• enabling a thriving and successful economy
• leading on a green and sustainable environment
• ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
• providing modern public services

Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.

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