Commissioning Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

Cambridgeshire County Council is looking to appoint a Commissioning Officer on a Fixed Term basis until March 2026 to its Adult Commissioning Team.

The post will be based at our offices at Alconbury/Huntingdon, and we offer hybrid working, supported by flexible and agile working practices. Some travel will be required across the county.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Alison Bourne, Senior Commissioning Manager on 07795 012732 or Anne Betts Walker, Commissioning Manager - anne.bettswalker@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

You will support Commissioners and/or Contract Managers to deliver efficient and effective operation of the Adults & Health commissioning function with a specialism in Adult Social Care, ensuring delivery of strategic priorities and commissioning intentions.

You will support the development and implementation of commissioning plans and strategies across the commissioning cycle.

You will be supporting market management and the ongoing development of service provision and quality through facilitating effective collaboration and joint working throughout the procurement process, including people and stakeholder engagement events.

You will understand how commissioned services are performance managed and support commissioners and contract managers are to develop innovative and effective ways to improve services throughout contract lifetimes.

You will have the ability to build effective working relationships with a range of partners and stakeholders. You will have excellent communication skills that enable you to present, sometimes complex information, clearly and concisely to a range of people. You will have strong analytical and strategic thinking skills that enable problem solving across a wide range of issues.

You will have some knowledge of the legislation and guidance that governs adult social care (Care Act 2014) and an understanding of the pressures and opportunities facing local authorities and the adult social care market in Cambridgeshire.

You will understand contract management and a general knowledge of Cambridgeshire County Council.

Please use the supporting statement in your application to outline how your skills and experience meet the criteria required in the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

It is anticipated that shortlisting for this job will take place by 30th May 2025 and interviews will be the following week.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.If you dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire County Council

Address

Huntingdon

PE29 6EL

Employer's website

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)