Policy and Commissioning Manager

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (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 is recruiting a variety of Policy and Commissioning Manager roles across its Commissioning and Partnerships Directorate. These roles will be made up of full and part‑time, permanent and fixed‑term/secondment opportunities, and they will be offered to suitable candidates upon interview outcomes. MOPAC also operates 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 Manager roles to take this opportunity to apply.

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 safe city. The Commissioning and Partnerships Directorate delivers over 200 programmes and projects at any one time, focusing 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 reduce reoffending and making improvements to how the justice system works.

The successful candidate will be an experienced and innovative commissioner or policy maker responsible for the development of policy, managing the commissioning of services and strengthening effective relationships with partners across a focused portfolio of priorities. As a Policy & Commissioning Manager in our directorate, you will work alongside teams and partners, designing policy and services that support some of London’s most vulnerable communities. You’ll drive delivery activity and policy development across areas such as victims of crime, tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), children & young people, and criminal justice. Leading on a portfolio of programmes, you will work together with teams across MOPAC, the Met, VRU and the GLA. As well as being a key point of engagement with Local Authorities, NHS and our CJS Statutory partners (including Probation and Prisons), you will 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.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Strong experience of policy development and evidence-based commissioning, with a proven track record of successfully delivering outcomes.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of VAWG, children & young people’s or CJS policy, alongside an understanding of crime prevention and policing.
• Experience of developing and implementing programmes at pace, through developing strategic plans, managing resource and working flexibly to meet Mayoral priorities.
• Experience of managing budgets and strong financial awareness and scrutiny to ensure effective accountability for public spend.
• Exceptional ability to build relationships, influence and negotiate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including the MPS and CJS partners, to deliver programme objectives and problem solve within complex systems and relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.