Commissioning Officer

**Employer**: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- **Salary**: Grade I (SCP 31 - 35) £41,771 - £46,142 per annum
- **Location**: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- **Contract**: Permanent
- **Working Pattern**: Flexible Hours/Full Time
- **Hours**: 36 hours per week.
- **DBS Check**: No
- **Closing Date**: 08/10/2025 at 23:59
- **Reference**: ASC/25/322501

Sefton’s Adult Social Care Commissioning & Transformation Team have an exciting opportunity available for two Commissioning Officer posts.

You will support the Strategic Commissioning Managers on a range of strategic priorities across commissioning with a current focus on Residential & Nursing Care and Home Care / Reablement.

The posts will work within the ASC Commissioning and Transformation Team, and you will need an excellent understanding of commissioning, a well-developed commissioning skill set and experience in delivering commissioning outcomes to a range of vulnerable people or groups within Adult Social Care. You will support the commissioning function to ensure that a strategic approach is taken, in line with Council priorities and with local and national policy objectives.

Here in Sefton our communities look out for each other. We focus on our similarities and diversities but never on our differences, working together to live a fruitful life.

Provisional interview date week commencing 20th October 2025

**Equal Opportunities**:
**EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES**

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

**GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME**

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.

Please note, we do not accept CV’s (unless specified on the advert).