Head of Housing Support Services - Community Integration - East of England (Ref: 22228)

The Senior Commissioning and Partnerships Manager SCPM will lead and oversee regional commissioning and partnership activity ensuring the development of a comprehensive and equitable range of commissioned services to support rehabilitation and resettlement, taking a whole system approach by building local partnerships, joint working opportunities and co-commissioning. They will directly contribute to the delivery of regional reducing reoffending priorities, including but not limited to homelessness prevention, dependency and recovery, health and social care and employment opportunities.

The SCPM will report into the Head of Community Integration, be part of the senior management structure within the Region and provide leadership and management to partnership teams sitting in Community Integration such as homelessness prevention, health justice, and commissioning and partnership teams. The post holder will have sufficient seniority and authority to work with senior and strategic commissioning partners on behalf of the Head of Community Integration.

Summary

The SCPM will be accountable for the oversight of all commissioning arrangements in the region and related partnering with other commissioners, statutory bodies, and stakeholders, leading the development and implementation of the regional commissioning and partnership strategies.

The SCPM will develop and manage key external relationships with statutory partners, including but not limited to the Police and Crime Commissioner, Local Authorities, Health Boards at a regional and sub-regional level, and ensure the full engagement of voluntary and private sector organisations. They will promote, develop, and manage co-commissioning activity with partners to deliver rehabilitative services, with an essential and pivotal role in aligning regional activity with national policy and government regulatory frameworks, ensuring both compliance and best practice.

They will work closely with operational senior leaders and managers, counterparts on a pan-regional basis, national HMPPS commercial, CRS strategy, commissioning, and contract management functions, MoJ policy, finance and legal teams and other government departments to fulfil the duties of this role.

Person specification

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Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Technical 1 Stage

Benefits

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

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Selection process details

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This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check.

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Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check.

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Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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The Civil Service embraces diversity