Service Development Officer – Southampton

Salary: £23.38 an Hour

Full-Time (37 hours)

Contract: Six Months – Possibly beyond

This is an exciting 6-month opportunity to work within Southampton’s Integrated Commissioning Unit (ICU) across the Council and NHS to commission sustainable, high quality services which meet the needs of local people now, and in the future.

First week in office for IT and training - then 1 day per week office requirement.

You will be joining a small, highly motivated, team led by a Senior Commissioner, that has an impressive track record utilising the disciplines of commissioning and contract management to deliver transformational change and service improvement for the benefit of our local residents.

The successful candidate will have good understanding of health and social care and experience of working within the commissioning cycle to ensure a sufficient, diverse, and sustainable supply of high-quality care and support services to meet the needs of the local population.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with excellent organisational skills and the ability to maintain a substantial and varied workload.
You will be managing a number of tasks and projects at any one time, keeping track of the work, and organising your time appropriately.

This post covers distinct areas of work:

• Home Care – supporting/managing market, contract/performance management, day to day management of procurement vehicle, relationship management, quality improvement
• Direct Payments
• Transport
• Other work as required

You will lead a programme of work which will deliver positive outcomes for the population of Southampton through securing high quality service provision and development of innovative ways of working, ensuring the market is able to respond appropriately to the needs of Southampton’s residents, whilst at all times ensuring cost-effective use of available resources within a challenging financial context.

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy or other vacancies in your area please contact Liam Heddle on liamh@4recruitmentservices.com