Senior Placement and Commissioning Officer

2 weeks ago


Worthing, United Kingdom WSCC Full time

**The Opportunity** Salary**: £37,336 to £40,221 per annum
**Working Pattern**: Full Time (37 hours)
**Contract Length**: Temporary until 31 August 2025
**Location**: Bridge House, Worthing

**Interviews**: 1st May 2024

This role will work across all areas of team, supporting with contract related work and striving to ensure consistency across the teams. We have a number of exciting projects and this role will also support this work and so you will have a varied and exciting workload.

Effective communication is key to developing good working relationships with providers, key stakeholders, and colleagues to provide specialist advice and information. You will use your analytical skills to interpret, manipulate and evidence varied and complex data information relating to services and suppliers, whilst having excellent communication skills to be able to negotiate effectively and have the confidence to challenge others.
**Experience and Skills** Key Skills**:

- Ability to present information clearly, and in ways that promote understanding. Including the ability to persuade and successfully convince others of the need to take a specific course of action.
- Good analytical skills to interpret complex tender/financial information, with the ability to organise, plan and meet set targets
- Good communication and negotiation skills to work with partners including the ability to negotiate solutions across wide areas of the business to achieve best outcomes and value for money.
- Solution focussed with the ability to analyse complex situations and provide forward thinking strategies and solutions that consider a variety of possible solutions and balance risks/resources and desired outcomes
- Ability to work flexibly as required across different areas within the Children’s Services Commissioning Team, embrace change and have the flexibility to respond to the needs of the service.

**Qualifications and/or experience**:

- Degree or equivalent qualification or significant experience in brokerage / contract management, demonstrating that level of applied knowledge
- Relevant advanced theoretical or organisational knowledge of systems, procedures and policies associated with operating a demanding procurement/contract management service.
- Experience of providing mentoring / coaching / on-the-job training to colleagues to maximise their specific capabilities and to meet objectives
- Knowledge of Children’s Services and the associated provider market would be advantageous - Desirable
- Knowledge of The Children and Families Act 2014 - Desirable
- Knowledge of Project Management to effectively manage the procurement process and contract portfolio - Desirable

**Rewards and Benefits**
As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

In addition to working within a great team and a brilliant opportunity you will receive:
For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.
**Further Information**
The reference number for this role is **CAFHE05098.**

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you

Job Reference: CAFHE05098



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