P545936 Contract Management Officer

2 weeks ago


Gateshead, United Kingdom Gateshead Council Full time

**Kickstart your career with Gateshead Council’s Commissioning Team**

We are looking for
- Contract Support Officer (X4) (Full Time, Grade F SCP 34 - 37 £27,334 - £29,777)
- Contract Management Officer (X1) (Full Time, Grade I SCP 28-31 £36,648 - £39,186)
- Commissioning Officer (X1) (Full Time, Grade K SCP 34 - 37 £42,403 - £45,441)

Do you want a role that sets you up for a career? A role where you’re recognised; can thrive and develop; and where you work with a diverse range of people across social care, health, the voluntary sector, and the wider community?
- Most of all_: Do you want to make a real impact on vulnerable people’s lives, working with them to improve services and outcomes while learning a wide range of transferrable skills that will boost your future potential?

If the answer is ’yes’ then starting your career in commissioning could be for you

**The team**

The Commissioning team is responsible for a wide range of services including the commissioning and contract management of services across all ages. This is an exciting time to join our expanding team: with clear vision and priorities to create a vibrant, good quality and sustainable care and support market to help people live their best lives. In our supportive and inclusive team environment, we will give you the opportunity, skills, and training to equip you to excel in your role and progress to more strategic positions.

**About the role.**

There are a number of ways you can join our team as it grows in size and ambition, through these challenging but rewarding roles.

**About You**
- Knowledge_
- Knowledge of general office practise and procedures including world processing and data input.
- Knowledge/understanding of current Health and Social Care issues, policy and legislation and awareness of the commissioning cycle.
- Knowledge and understanding of anti-discriminatory practices.
- Regulation, monitoring, and inspection frameworks.
- Qualifications_
- GCSE Maths and English Grade 9-5 or A-C, or equivalent.
- Relevant health or social care related qualification.
- Experience_
- Communicating to a wide variety of individuals.
- Liaison with other statutory, independent and third sector organisations.
- Developing effective working relationships.
- Ability to collect and analyse data and information, creative thinking and proactive problem solving.
- Producing written reports for internal and external dissemination.
- The ability to work as an effective team member as well as working independently and prioritise own workload and delivering tasks to agreed timescales.
- Highly developed numeracy skills.
- Competent in use of IT, in particular Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Abilities_
- Form good working relationships with providers and service users
- Accurately gather, record, and collate clear evidence-based information
- Understand, follow, and implement procedures
- Creative thinking and proactive problem solving
- Deliver tasks to agreed timescales
- Organise and prioritise own workload
- Deliver polite, courteous, and efficient customer service
- Work as part of a team, and on own initiative with mínimal supervision
- Prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs and priorities of the service
- Willing to attend training and development events where required

**_ Knowledge_**
- **Health and Social Care policy and legislation.**:

- **Regulation, monitoring, and inspection frameworks.**

**Qualifications**
- **5 GCSE’s including Maths or English at Grade C/Level 5 or above or equivalent.**:

- **2 A Levels of equivalent vocational experience**

**Experience of**
- Communicating to a wide variety of individuals, including service users and senior colleagues.
- Developing effective working relationships.
- Ability to collect and analyse data and information.
- Producing written reports for internal and external dissemination.
- Decision making.
- The ability to work as an effective team member as well as working independently and prioritise own workload and delivering tasks to agreed timescales.
- Budget Management or highly developed numeracy skills.
- Competent in use of IT.
- Working in health and social care or community sector.
- Ability to demonstrate service improvement.
- Qualifications_
- Educated to degree standard or equivalent professional experience.
- Knowledge_
- Health and social care policy and legislation.
- Experience_
- Interagency partnership working/collaboration.
- Developing and maintaining relationships.
- Communicating and presenting to a range of audiences.
- Regulation, monitoring, and inspection frameworks.
- Project management.
- Change management.
- Decision making.
- Demonstrating leadership.
- Managing staff/teams.
- Analysis and interpretation of complex data and information.
- Budget management or highly developed numeracy skills.
- Producing reports and making evidence-based recommendations.
- Ability to self-manage and use own initiative.
- Competent in use of IT.

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