Contract Officer

2 months ago


Huntingdon, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time

About the role
Are you an ambitious and inspirational individual with the capability to make a difference to people’s lives?

Then we want to hear from you

Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for a Contract Officer to support our Contracts Team. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an established high performing team with an outstanding reputation for leading the way in our Adult’s Commissioning Directorate.

Can you rise to the challenge? If you have the passion for putting social care at the heart of everything you do and the ambition to help shape our future, we would love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?
Work with Contract and Account Managers to develop and use appropriate systems and tools to manage and monitor contractual compliance with internal and external providers to ensure that quality services are provided to service users

Identify contractual compliance shortfalls and recommend the appropriate course of action.

Professionally challenge poor practice and work with providers to ensure improvement of service and quality whilst managing and mitigating against risk.

Carry out supplier visits and report performance, concerns and other issues to key stakeholders in the event of provider failure.

Ensure providers are aware of and comply with all relevant legislation and contract requirements as well as current priorities and strategies across both Councils.

Support Contract and Account Managers with information to assist with the commissioning of services and the development of commissioning strategies, specifications, monitoring tools and other associated documents.
Act as a member off tender project groups as appropriate.

Support the review of Commissioned Services through providing intelligence which identifies gaps in service provision and trends in service user need.

Provide information which will assist in the development of the relevant market, including networking with other local authorities.

Research and review legislation, policy guidance, new initiatives, and best practice in relation to personalised models of service that increase choice and control and ensure staff, providers and other stakeholders are aware of any relevant current and future government policy and initiatives.

Promote good practice and service quality through the provision of guidance, information, and education to care providers.

Work closely with providers across the statutory, voluntary, and independent sector to develop productive relationships and co-production of service delivery and improvement.

Provide support and information to social care teams in relation to commissioning and contract arrangements and liaise with external agencies, including but not limited to CQC, health partners, district councils and other statutory and non-statutory organisations.

Contribute to the delivery of provider events.

Ensure the demands of the service are met: a requirement of this role is to provide emergency support during weekend and bank holiday periods.

About you
Be educated to A Level / NVQ Level 3 and have GCSE Maths and English Grade C

Have a good level of knowledge and understanding relating to commissioning and contract management.

Have an ability to problem solve on a wide range of issues and to seek the necessary information and guidance to make an appropriate decision or recommended course of action

Have good analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and utilise it to inform strategy development.

Have the ability to build effective working relationships and work in partnership with a range of individuals and groups.

Have excellent communication Skills

Be proficient in the use of IT packages including Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, and have experience of producing good quality data in a variety of formats.

Have the ability to present information clearly and concisely to a range of people.

Have demonstrable evidence of partnership working and collaboration.

Have knowledge of Data Protection and Equal Opportunities legislation and their requirements

Be able to prioritise workload and consistently produce work of a high standard

Be able to work on own initiative with mínimal supervision

Be adaptable and flexible to the needs of the Team with a willingness to learn and develop

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.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand


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