Greater London Authority
Policy and Commissioning Officer

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About The Role
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 Mayor and Metropolitan Police Service to deliver the priorities that will create safer London communities.
MOPAC are recruiting a variety of Policy and Commissioning Officer roles across 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 also operate a Merit List, whereby if similar roles become vacant in the next 12 months, appointable candidates may be considered and offered a role. We therefore encourage anyone interested in the Policy and Commissioning Officer roles to take this opportunity to apply.
Role
You will have a key role in delivering on the Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan and his Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, supporting MOPAC’s overall mission to make London a safer city. The Commissioning and Partnerships Directorate delivers over 200 programmes and projects at any one time, focussing on system change and delivering better outcomes for Londoners. This could include:
- Better and more integrated services for victims, including specialist support for child victims of abuse and exploitation
- Transforming London’s system response to sexual violence
- Driving a Child 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.
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The successful candidate will have knowledge of commissioning and/or policy making with experience of managing projects.
As a Policy and Commissioning Officer in our directorate, you will work alongside teams and partners, supporting the design of policy and services that support some of London’s most vulnerable communities. You’ll help drive delivery activity and policy development across areas such as victims of crime, tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), children and young adults, and criminal justice.
Supporting a 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, NHS and our justice partners, you may also work 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 that impact on the outcomes for Londoners in our strategies, ensuring that any disproportionate impact on, and the specific needs of, minoritised communities are addressed.


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We Are Looking For Someone Who Has
- 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
Application Process
Candidates Must Submit Their CV And Employment History And Must Answer (around 1,500 Characters Per Answer) The Supplementary Questions Which Are:
- Please give an example of where you have successfully developed and implemented a policy, project or programme.
- Explain, through an example of your work, how you have built effective relationships with stakeholders
- Please describe a time when you have used analysis to advise and/or guide a colleague(s), or wider audience, to better understand a complex or sensitive issue.
- The Policy and Commissioning Officer will be required to effectively deliver against multiple programme areas simultaneously. Please provide an example when you have successfully delivered against competing priorities
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