Project Support Officer - Commissioning, Business and Planning

Help Staffordshire achieve our ambition of good health and wellbeing for all.

We’ve got a vision at Staffordshire – we want our county to be an innovative, ambitious and sustainable county, where everyone has the opportunity to prosper, be healthy and happy.

About Us: You'll be working in the Public Health Team within the Health and Care Directorate focusing on priorities including diabetes prevention and healthy lifestyles.

Our team provides oversight and delivery of the county’s public health responsibilities.

We provide specialist input, technical expertise, and leadership for a range of programme areas, working ‘upstream’ to prevent ill health and enable good health and wellbeing. Our focus is on reducing health inequities and achieving the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes for all of Staffordshire’s residents.

The Public Health and Prevention team of Staffordshire County Council is seeking a passionate and self-motivated individual to help shape, influence and deliver our prevention programme priorities.

This is a 18-month fixed-term contract.

You will:

• support colleagues across Public Health and Prevention to plan, deliver and monitor the implementation of projects to ensure programmes deliver better health outcomes for Staffordshire residents.
• need to influence, support and collaborate with a range of stakeholders, such as, GP’s, Integrated Care Boards, Primary Care Networks, Pharmacists, providers and the public.
• be required to support the team with financial payments using the My Finance system, to include the processing of invoices and answering related finance queries.
• support with performance management of contracted service providers to help ensure value for money principles are embedded into work practices.
• report to a Senior Commissioning Manager and will be required to provide effective GP engagement to meet our prevention programme priorities.

You will need to meet the travel requirements of the role. This is mainly locally (Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent) but there may be a need to travel regionally and nationally on occasion.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate and self-motivated to help shape, influence and deliver our prevention programme priorities.

We are looking for someone who has the following experience and skills:

• Excellent Communication Skills - Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders, with excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills to build and maintain strong working relationships.
• Organisation – Good organisation skills, with the ability to work under pressure and on own initiative.
• Passionate - Passionate about improving public health and reducing health inequalities and be committed to community engagement and coproduction.

“We’re happy to talk flexible working”

Application form closing dates may be brought forward if we have a high volume of applicants for this role.

Interviews will be held on either the 29 September or 2 October 2025.

For an informal chat about the role please contact: Ann Gray, Commissioning Officer at Ann.gray@staffordshire.gov.uk or Joanna Robinson, Senior Commissioning Manager at Joanna.robinson@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.