Commissioning Support Officer

**Organisation**
- Southampton City Council

**Service Area**
- Quality & Integration

**Job Location**
- Civic Centre

**Contract Length**
- Permanent

**Work Hours**
- 37 hours per week and 18.5 hours per week

**Salary**
- £45,718 - £49,764 per annum (Pro Rata)

**Special Requirements**
- DBS will be required

**Closing Date**
- 15/06/2025

**Job Reference**
- 15766
- Job Description and Person Specification

We are looking for highly motivated, passionate individuals for the role of Commissioning Support Officer to support us on our exciting journey of transforming and improving services for local residents.

**About Southampton**:
Southampton is a city of hope, history and diversity. The city is located on the South Coast within an hour of London, twenty minutes to the beautiful New Forest and only 30 minutes to the fabulous beaches of Bournemouth and Poole.

Southampton is a city of culture, with a diverse population, vibrant arts and music scene, a premiership football club and a busy international port.

Southampton, like many cities in the UK, has its challenges austerity and the cost-of-living crisis is affecting many families and organisations.

**About the team**:
You will be joining a new commissioning service within the Council’s Adult Social Care Services to deliver transformational change and service improvement for the benefit of our residents. We have one full-time and one part-time position available within our Whole Life Pathway commissioning team.

Adult Social Care are two years into their transformation programme and have far reaching and ambitious plans to build a sustainable service that supports our residents to live independent and fulfilling lives in communities that work together for the benefit of all.

The Commissioning Support Officer role offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of our ongoing transformation journey and provides significant opportunities for professional development within a supportive and collaborative culture.

**About the role**:
The Commissioning Support Officer role will have a broad and varied portfolio. Working in the Whole Life Pathway team, this will include the design and commissioning of services for people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions, including supported living, respite/short breaks and care and support that promotes people’s independence, employment opportunities and engagement with their local communities.

You will play a key role in transforming commissioned services to improve outcomes for Southampton residents. The role will be responsible for service re-design and performance in identified areas to ensure delivery of the best possible care within the resources available. This will include managing discrete projects, undertaking needs assessment to inform planning, undertaking service reviews and developing option appraisals to support commissioning decisions, producing detailed service specifications which are based on clear measurable outcomes and include arrangements for monitoring and review, writing business plans and business cases and developing and monitoring project plans and risk logs.

For further information about the role please view the job description.

**About you**:
We are looking for highly motivated, creative individuals, with experience of service redesign and commissioning, excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to maintain a substantial and varied workload. Key skills will include:

- Experience of leading service development and change
- Experience of producing strategies and/or policies
- Ability to engage and negotiate with a range of stakeholders,
- Ability to write clearly and concisely, producing reports for internal and external audiences,
- Excellent presentation skills,
- Project Management Skills
- Good analytical skills, ability to analyse complex issues where materials conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Understanding of principles of commissioning

If you feel you have the necessary background, experience, and skills to undertake this role we would like to hear from you.

**W**hat we can offer you**:
Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.
- A generous local government pension scheme.
- Flexible working. Up to 13 days of Flexi Leave.
- Contractual car user allowance plus mileage.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- 25 days annual leave (pro rata), plus bank holidays.
- Online Benefits - salary sacrifice schemes, benefits and discounts.
- Great local transport links.
- Employee assistance programme with access to our health wellbeing and support.

**F**or further information on our benefits package please visit**:Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)**

If you feel you have the necessary background, experience, and skills to undertake this role we would like to hear from you.

**Contact details for informal discussion**:
**Recruitment contact details**:
Tel: 023 8083 4033

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