Commissioning Officer

1 week ago


Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time

What will you be doing?

This role will involve working on projects supporting the SEND Transformation programme. Your focus will also be on working with Independent Special Education Provisions (ISEPs), Out of School Tuition (OoST) and Post-16 Alternative Education Provision commissioned by the team.

Your key responsibilities will include:

· Quality assurance of these services.

· Contract management of these Services.

· To work with the market to grow and develop safe and high-quality provision that drive improvements and positive outcomes.

· To be accountable for all spending being in line with budgets set, and ensure efficiencies are achieved as required.

About you

You are passionate about making a difference to the lives of children, young people and families with SEND. Have a positive outlook, enthusiastic attitude and solution-focused mindset.

You will ideally have some existing knowledge of and experience improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

You will ideally have some experience of commissioning services in social care or education. You will have some understanding of the commissioning cycle and will have some experience of managing contracts as well as Quality Assurance.

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and will have experience of multi-agency working.

You will be skilled in report writing, good analytical skills, as well as organisational and planning skills.

You will be able to work on your own initiative and will be confident managing your time and setting your own priorities.

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.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

Flexible working Flexible Bank Holidays A comprehensive wellbeing package Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts A comprehensive pension scheme. IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network. Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed An employee recognition scheme

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