Market Development Officer

Seven Resourcing is looking for a Temporary Market Development Officer to work within west Northamptonshire Council.

This Position is initially contracted until December 2024 and offers Work from home availability.

The pay rates for this role are £17.07 (PAYE) Per hour or £22.19 (Umbrella) Per hour.

The role:

The overall purpose of the role is to support the development of strategic commissioning and market shaping activities in line with priorities for Adults, Communities and Wellbeing Directorate. The role will seek to undertake research and analysis to inform the development and implementation of commissioning strategy and intentions in response to national social care policy and legislation, local care need demand, and care market supply.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support CQO Service Managers and CQO Managers to undertake strategic commissioning projects including evidence-based service development, commissioning intentions and service development strategy to shape the local service offer and provider market in line with Care Act 2014 statutory duties.
• To maximize personal productivity, minimize duplication and errors; and manage our    information efficiently and securely to reduce risk, though effective use of Office 365 and our internal IT systems and applications.
• Contribute to a range of research and analysis activities to inform commissioning and market development approaches including assessing legislative and policy change, service development research and benchmarking, demand and supply analysis, and delivery evaluation across both older people and working age adult care services.
• Support the timely collection and analysis of strategic information, data, intelligence, and delivery insights from across a range of sources and stakeholders to inform strategic market shaping and decision making.
• Facilitate engagement across regulated and voluntary care provider markets to enable consistent market information and knowledge, understand provider view and insights, and stimulate involvement in service change and innovation including effective service development and delivery models.

Applicant Requirements:

• Qualifications: Relevant A levels.
• Experience: 3 years’ experience in a similar position with Experience In health, adults or Children  commissioning
• Compliance: 3 years references.
• Travel: Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.
• Hours: 37 hours p/w.

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