Commissioning Officer
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Job Description
Children & Families
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA/Home
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: per annum (pro rata for part time)
Working Hours:37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 2nd June 2025
Interview Date(s): 12th June 2025
Are you passionate about ensuring that children/young people and their families/carers receive highquality support when needed and achieve their full potential
Would you like to help make a difference to the lives of children and young people through commissioning including procurement brokerage of services quality assurance and monitoring of contractual arrangements
Do you have an awareness of the Commissioning Cycle and commissioning practices
If so then this is potentially the role for you
About the Role
We are looking to recruit a permanent full time Commissioning Officer to join the Children and Family Service Commissioning Service.
Because of where we have a vacancy in the service initially the role will focus on the brokering of services to support children and young people directly working in our Brokerage sub team. In this area of our work duties and responsibilities will include.
- Brokering of services for young people using an existing framework. These services include Childrens Residential Homes Independent Fostering Agencies Childrens Supported Accommodation Independent Specialist School Placements and Short Break and Domiciliary Care Packages
- Negotiation with providers to achieve the best value whilst ensuring the best outcomes for the young people of Leicestershire.
- Working under pressure on a fast paced busy duty desk where no two days are the same.
The role may alsoinclude work undertaken elsewhere in other sub teams across the service such as undertaking contract management of providers review of existing contracts/packages of support undertaking a new commissioning exercise or undertaking quality assurance work.
About You
To apply for this post you must have:
Please refer to the below points when making your application giving examples as evidence of how you meet them.
- Previous professional experience or familiarity with settings as named above and an understanding of the current markets in relation to the support being brokered.
- Knowledge and understanding of working with and meeting the needs of children and young people (and their families/carers) with complex needs including Children in Care children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities and the ability to work with operational staff and providers and build relationships
- Excellent communication skills be tenacious able to follow processes and be emotionally resilient
- Excellent literacy skills with an ability to proof read referrals and be confident in challenging colleagues on the quality of their referrals to ensure we are seeking the right placement the first time for the children/Young People of Leicestershire and where attention to detail is critical.
- An understanding of the role of different teams within Leicestershire County Council Childrens services and how brokerage fits into the wider arena
- A full understanding of desired outcomes to ensure meaningful activities for Young People and respite for families/carers care packages and educational placements
- The ability to offer flexibility and out of hours working in emergencies and demonstrate an ability of working under pressure
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Kim Sherriff Commissioning Manager / Leanne Cluley Commissioning G2R & Brokerage Team Leader
Telephone: 0 / 0
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How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Commission
