Commissioning Officer

2 weeks ago


Huntingdon PE PY, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time
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
About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Children's Commissioning Team, for a permanent position, as a Commissioning Officer, supporting the commissioning of services for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

This is an exciting time for the Commissioning Directorate in Cambridgeshire where we have the rare opportunity to establish the service in a new and innovative manner.

This role will be focused on commissioning, contract monitoring and quality assurance of Independent Special Education Provisions (ISEPs), Out of School Tuition (OoST) and Post-16 Alternative Education Provision, improving the outcomes for the children and young people with SEND and those with Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs).

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact .

Interviews are planned for week commencing 1/7/24.

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.

About us 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.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. 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.
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