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Commissioning Officer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Northampton - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
28 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
25 August 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
3-month contract position with a local authority
Summary
- This is a 3-month contract position with a local authority focused on supporting the commissioning of adult social care and housing services. The role is crucial in ensuring these services align with the Councils strategic priorities and deliver high-quality cost-effective outcomes. It involves contributing to service development market analysis and performance monitoring to meet the needs of residents.
Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of commissioning strategies and projects to improve outcomes for adults and communities.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with partners providers and stakeholders.
- Collect analyse and interpret data to support service planning contract monitoring and performance reporting.
- Coordinate and support commissioning processes including performance monitoring and quality assurance.
- Assist in developing engagement activities to gather feedback from service users carers and communities.
- Support procurement processes including writing service specifications tender documentation and evaluating submissions.
Requirements
- Essential Experience Required:
- Experience in project management including planning coordination and delivery.
- Experience analyzing data and producing reports strategies or business cases.
- Experience working in partnership with multiple stakeholders.
- Experience in commissioning procurement or contract management (desirable).
- Experience in adult social care health or housing services (desirable).
- Experience in project management including planning coordination and delivery.
- Essential Qualifications Required:
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant field (e.g. social care health commissioning).
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant field (e.g. social care health commissioning).
Additional Information
- Working hours: 37 hours per week.
- Remote or on-site: 2 days on-site in Northampton per week 3 remote.
- Standard DBS required.
- We work on a bi-weekly schedule.
The role closes soon apply ASAP.
Required Skills:
To support the commissioning of adult social care and housing services ensuring they align with the Councils strategic priorities and deliver high-quality cost-effective outcomes
Required Education:
To support the commissioning of adult social care and housing services ensuring they align with the Councils strategic priorities and deliver high-quality cost-effective outcomes
