Senior Commissioning Officer Children's and Families

About the role
Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for a Senior Commissioning Officer within the Children’s Commissioning Service, supporting the commissioning of services for children, young people and families in Cambridgeshire.

The focus will be on services to children and young people, leading and supporting on the delivery of commissioned projects and services.

This is a hybrid working role, working from an Alconbury office base and from home.

What will you be doing?
In this role you will support the Commissioning Manger to manage a varied portfolio of commissioned services for children and families where you will lead on specific commissioning projects and activities within the children and families portfolio. This could involve working on our children’s occupational therapy and speech and language provisions, the council’s translation contract, and mental health services

You will ensure specific provisions are contract managed robustly, and challenged where necessary, working closely with operational colleagues, particularly with procurement colleagues on tenders and will be required to work with a wide range of stakeholders and partners to achieve optimal service implementation.

The role requires you to analyse data and collate information to inform decisions, shape and improve services and deputise for the Commissioning Manager ensuring continuity and integrity, also having direct line management of a Commissioning Officer.

About you
You will have a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people with experience of supporting significant commissioning projects, particularly within the context of children’s services.

You will be someone able to interpret and present data and information to a variety of audiences and who can take a lead to deliver specific commissioning projects/services.

You will have strong verbal and concise writing abilities and the ability to tailor communications to different audiences from contributing to Provider Engagement Forums, producing options appraisals and presenting reports to decision makers. You will also have confident communication, negotiation and resolution skills.

You will be able to work independently and as part of a team, be able to prioritise and allocate time efficiently while at the safe time be flexible in responding to changing circumstances.

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 the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

Visit 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.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive **wellbeing package** to cover **all aspects of wellbeing**, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to **4 weeks additional annual leave** (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays **flexibly** to better suit **your personal circumstances**:

- Make **Additional Voluntary Contributions** (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to **development opportunities**, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support **your personal and professional growth**:

- ** Paid volunteering hours** each year so you can make a **positive impact on our community** during your normal working day
- Access to **Peer Support Groups** through our IDEAL staff **equality, diversity and inclusion** network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive **Employee Recognition Awards**:

- An **Our Cambs Rewards** account, giving you access to in-store and online **discounts** as well as our **Car Lease** and **Cycle to Work** schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.