We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.
The Public Health team is part of the Public Health, Insight and Migration Division.
Reporting to the Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, the team helps people to stay healthy and protect them from threats to their health.
The Public Health team commissions and delivers a wide range of services and programmes that tackle health inequalities and help people to live healthier lives including:
Alcohol and drugs misuse strategy, treatment and recovery services
Sexual health services including sexually transmitted infections and contraception
Healthy lifestyles support with losing weight, getting more active, giving up smoking, cutting down on alcohol and improving your well being
Physical activity strategy and projects including school based exercise, parks and cycling
Family health including health visiting, infant feeding, school nurses, teenage pregnancy support, family weight management and services supporting BME families
Health protection strategy and services including air quality, blood borne virus testing, screening & immunisations, infection control, emergency planning and outbreak management
The Marmot City strategy, reducing health inequalities across the city
Domestic abuse and sexual abuse strategies and support services
Youth violence reduction
This is an exciting and challenging time to work in the Public Health Team. If you are an individual that is committed to achieving the best outcomes for people across Coventry our team can help you make a difference through high-quality professional support, supervision, excellent learning and development opportunities
Our ValuesIn line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.
Our Values are:
Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
What is the job role?We are looking to appoint a talented Senior Commissioning Manager to lead commissioning of Adults’ Public Health services for Coventry.
The Public Health team are responsible for commissioning and managing clinical services including Drugs & Alcohol Misuse, Sexual Health and Lifestyles support including NHS Health Checks, Stop Smoking Support and Weight Management interventions. An opportunity has arisen to lead the commissioning of these services in the role of Senior Commissioning Manager.
You will have a lead role in providing advice and support to the Public Health Leadership Team on commissioning activity. This includes leading and supporting your colleagues with commissioning key service contracts, engaging with the market and building good relationships with providers.
You’ll be leading a small team, ensuring quality assurance, monitoring and effective contract management. You'll use data and insight to drive commissioning activities and provide regular updates on service outcomes to senior managers and government departments.
Who are we looking for?We are looking for someone with experience in public sector commissioning and a solid understanding of Public Health services, policies and legislation. You will be committed to engagement and consultation with Coventry residents, promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. You will be able to lead a team to deliver key outcomes, manage complex projects and negotiate effectively with service providers ensuring cost and quality are well-managed.
Strong relationship-building skills with stakeholders are therefore crucial, as well as the ability to provide constructive challenge when necessary.
In order to shape and deliver our services in an effective way, we want to ensure that we have employees from a range of different backgrounds, identities and different lived experiences so that we are able to meet the needs of all the communities that we serve.
Our workforce data shows that men, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQ+ community are under-represented, so we encourage applicants from these backgrounds to apply. This does not prevent individuals with other protected characteristics as set out within the Equalities Act 2010 from applying for this post.
For an informal conversation about this role please contact Mark.Woods@Coventry.gov.uk
If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
Are currently in care or have previously been in care
If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date(s): 27th February 2025
About CoventryCoventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.
If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies
