Senior Commissioning Officer - Sexual Health

It’s an exciting time to join Lambeth Council. We have bold ambitions for the future of Lambeth’s communities and residents through our Lambeth 2030 Plan ‘Our Future, Our Lambeth.’ To deliver on these ambitions, we have embarked on our transformational One Lambeth Programme, ensuring we are ‘connected by purpose’ in everything we do to deliver excellence.

We are proud to have recently developed a refreshed set of One Lambeth Values and Behaviours that were developed for staff by staff - Equity, Ambition, Kindness and Accountability.

Located in the heart of South London, Lambeth Borough is a vibrant community of over 317,600 residents. Our diversity is our strength, with more than 130 languages spoken, making Lambeth the home of the Windrush generation, London’s largest LGBTQ+ community and a thriving Portuguese-speaking community.

You will join the Public Health Team – which has over 50 people from a variety of disciplines – and sit as part of the Senior Management Team. Within the Public Health Team you will be part of the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and HIV Team which has approximately eight full-time staff. The SRH/HIV Team work across the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive health and HIV to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes.

Our work has been underpinned by LSLBB’s Sexual Health Strategy 2025 – 2030 that addresses our population’s needs on healthy and fulfilling sexual relationships, good reproductive health across the life course, high quality and innovative STI testing and treatment and living well with HIV. We are now working on a refreshed strategy to take this work forward across the five boroughs that we lead the commissioning for and this role will be able to influence and develop our ambitious vision to respond to the needs of our communities.

We want an eager commissioner to join us on this journey. You do not need to have knowledge or experience of sexual health services. While desirable, you’ll learn the subject area on the job and soon you’ll be talking about LARC and PrEP easily alongside us. What we most want is someone with commissioning or procurement experience and transferable skills – performance and project management, data monitoring, modelling and analysis, relationship management and exceptional communication skills.

Conscientiousness, proactiveness and a hunger to learn and lead are behaviours that will put you in good stead for this role. You’ll know that we are commissioning with less money and within a challenging financial environment. A drive to work efficiently within a fast-paced environment is required. The workload is heavy and ever-changing and you’ll need to churn through it but there is never a dull day.

You will feel rewarded working with services and programmes truly dedicated to providing high-quality and responsive services to the people of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham, Bexley and Bromley.

To be considered for interview, your supporting statement will clearly evidence or include: Lambeth Council’s core values and associated behaviours are equity, ambition, kindness and accountability. Embodying these values and behaviours greatly contributes to workplace success; not only for individuals to achieve personal success but also contribute to the overall effectiveness of their teams and the council.

To be considered for interview, your CV and supporting statement will clearly evidence how you meet the shortlisting criteria on the personal specification marked “A” for application. For the full Job Description and Person Specification, please refer to the provided documentation.

We operate an anonymised application process, so be sure to remove personal details when uploading your CV or personal statement.

At Lambeth, we are dedicated to providing quality services and equal opportunities for all. We are committed to safer recruitment and are proud to be a Stonewall diversity champion, a Living Wage Employer, and to guarantee interviews for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role.