Senior Commissioning Officer

6 months ago

Taunton, United Kingdom Somerset Council Full time

**Some key information**
Well, for a start, we’re a hugely ambitious council, committed to improving lives for the residents, communities, and businesses of Somerset.

And that’s why we’re working so hard to build a sustainable organisation with a culture that rewards, values and recognises our staff, and gives everyone here the opportunity to grow and develop, personally and professionally.

If you’re looking for a place where you work truly matters - where YOU truly matter - we might be just right for you.

We also promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
**What will I be doing?**
As a **Senior Commissioning Officer** in our innovative and supportive Children’s Commissioning Team, you will be supporting children in care and care leavers, so that we have the right homes which are nurturing and caring places for children to grow in. We are currently undergoing an exciting restructure within the team, and this is a great time to join us as we implement an ambitious 5-year strategy to ensure we have the right homes for all our children and young people.

We have a rewarding opportunity to commission services and improve the lives of children in care. You will be part of a supportive, innovative, and **award-winning** team where we are building a culture where amazing people like** **YOU** can do their best work.

Your day-to-day work will involve:

- Implementing and leading on strategies and initiatives to ensure we have nurturing and caring homes for children to grow up in.
- Working closely with both our in-house services and external providers who we commission to deliver homes for children and young people.
- Learning all aspects of commissioning and project management.
- Being outcome focussed and wanting the best for Somerset Children.
- Supervising & developing a small team of Commissioners, ensuring team objectives are delivered.

**What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?**
We offer ongoing support, training, and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

- Can work in a complex challenging environment with competing priorities.
- Have well developed verbal and written communication skills.
- Are a good problem solver with excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
- Are highly organised and resilient.
- Have experience of managing a team.

If you are passionate and have a background in commissioning for people services, then we would love to meet you.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

**What's in it for me?**
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

- We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
- Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Staff discounts in gyms.
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
- Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
- A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
- My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more.

**Anything else I should know?**
30The salary for the role is grade 9, ranging from £39,186 - £43,421 per annum.

You will be based in Taunton with a requirement to travel countywide.

**DBS information**
This role requires a Basic Criminal background check via the Disclosure Procedure.

Job Reference: SCC04601

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