Commissioning Officer

We are working closely alongside with Birmingham Childrens Trust to assist with the appointment of a Commissioning Officer on a 3-months contract highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: 17.59- 22.95 per hour

Summary:

The Childrens Commissioning Service is an integral part of the Trusts efforts to make a positive difference for children young people and families across the city. The service is directly responsible for improving outcomes and services using an evidence-based approach ensuring value for money for the Trust and its partners.The role of the Commissioning Officer is to support the Trusts activity across all areas of the commissioning cycle which includes Analyse Plan Do Review. The Officer will take responsibility for tasks and activities in a broad range of assigned projects or service areas as delegated by the Commissioning Management Team and will contribute to project teams at an appropriate level. The post holder will also maintain stakeholder relationships that support the delivery of contracted activities maximizing their value to the Trust.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the delivery of strategic commissioning intentions identified by the Trust and its partners.
• Assist in the delivery of jointly commissioned services across the health housing and social care economy.
• Undertake quality assurance tasks (including visits) to service providers to ensure compliance with agreed processes and standards including regulatory and inspection frameworks
• Manage specific tasks including written reporting and analysis of specialties functions and projects.
• Utilize contract management tools to ensure data and information are timely accurate and complete
• Assist in the implementation of statutory procedures such as complaints Freedom of Information requests and Subject Access Requests.

Essentials:

• An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence using the English Language as required by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.
• Must be prepared to continue with on-going professional development within the role
• Experience of strategy and policy development and engaging a wide range of stakeholders in this process.
• Experience of writing effective briefings reports and bid submissions
• An understanding of the requirement for commercial awareness that supports the development and implementation of commissioning plans and business cases.
• Experience of working with and supporting Service User groups to participate in the quality assurance of commissioned services and in all aspects of the commissioning cycle.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an Enhanced DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary though opening assignments can be and often are extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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