Coproduction Lead - Homelessness System

Salary: £48,969
Grade: Level 4 Zone 2
Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG
Contract Type: 12 -18 months Fixed-term/ Secondment
Hours: Full Time (36 hours)
Closing Date: Tuesday 26th August 2025; 23:55

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

How You’ll Be Involved

In 2022, Camden launched the Homelessness System Transformation (now called Homelessness System Partnership), a programme of work that recognises that no single organisation or service can address every need of someone experiencing homelessness. The Partnership brings together people and organisations to improve access to and experience of services, shaped by what people with lived experience tell us is important to them. At the heart of this programme is the principle and value of ‘co-production,’ which refers to a way of working where service providers work in equal partnership with people with lived experience of an issue to reach a collective outcome. This approach has been very successful to date and created opportunities for staff and partners to work together with people with experience of homelessness to design, test and implement solutions and influence change.

In this role you will lead on all elements of co-production across the Homelessness System Programme to strengthen the programme and ensure it is shaped by the perspectives of those with lived experience at all levels, including strategic planning and service delivery. The role will include hiring, training, supervising and supporting people with lived experience, the Co-producers, to take part by recognising their strengths and sharing power with them. Alongside the Co-producers, you will use creativity and innovative thinking to formulate solutions to the challenges residents face.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.

To view the Job Profile, please copy and paste the below URL into your browser:
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All About You

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire and motivate people. Be authentic, inspirational and engage others through your personal leadership and ability to make the Council’s vision meaningful to all.
• Ability to identify opportunities for co-production and to design frameworks and strategies to deliver this
• Highly developed communication skills, empathy and sensitivity. You are required to have a well-developed ability to maintain boundaries.
• Emotional maturity and ability to ensure self-preservation in a role that involves uncertainty, and managing a range of emotions and feelings from others
• Ability to meet challenges and barriers to and in co-production with considered, careful and creative problem-solving
• High standard facilitation skills and ability to lead groups through stimulating discussions to find shared solutions for change
• Knowledge & understanding of the issues involved in collaborating with people facing severe exclusion.
• Have a commitment to working flexibly and creatively in response to changing requirements and needs.
• Ability to empower others to be courageous and try coproduction to improve services and outcomes for homeless people.
• Knowledge and experience of research methods, particularly peer research
• The ability to build meaningful relationships with a range of partners and stakeholders, highlighting the voice of those with lived experience and utilising negotiation, facilitation, coaching, and project management skills to agree, develop and implement innovative ways of working.

How To Apply

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

The application process will involve an interview with a panel of colleagues from the Health and Wellbeing Department and wider Council. Interview questions will be shared in advance.

What We Offer

Reflective practice is central to this work, and you will receive individual independent Reflective Practice as part of this role.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important, so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and 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 applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity 

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.