Senior Contract Officer
Our Values
In 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.
About the team we are recruiting to
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
What is the job role?
We have an exciting opportunity to join Coventry City Council within the Public Health Team and make a real difference for those living in the city by ensuring quality services are commissioned and delivered.
We are looking for a Senior Contract Officer to support the Senior Commissioning Managers in commissioning, monitoring and ensuring contract compliance of Public Health commissioned services.
(For an informal chat about the role, don't hesitate to get in touch with the Senior Commissioning Manager at Hannah.shaw@Coventry.gov.uk)
Who are we looking for?
- You’ll have excellent organisational skills to be able to manage conflicting priorities and work under pressure within agreed deadlines.
- You’ll have excellent communication skills and have the ability to develop good working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including providers and children and young people.
- You’ll have a track record in reviewing and monitoring services against specific requirements and supporting service improvements.
- You’ll be able to work on your own initiative and have excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
When applying for this role you will be asked to write a personal statement, please include the following information in your statement:
- Knowledge and understanding of the different types of Public Health provision, and relevant national legislation and regulatory bodies.
- Skill in reviewing and monitoring services and supporting improvements where required.
- Ability to work on own initiative, across a range of situations including investigations that relate to service delivery.
- Knowledge in relation to the financial and legislative requirements of contracting.
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.
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 dates: 24th / 25th July 2025
About Coventry
Coventry 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
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