Commissioning Officer

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Job details

**Salary**

£32,076 - £33,945

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full Time

**Date posted**

12/08/2024

**Job reference**

REQ000011

**Job title**:Commissioning Coordinator x 2

**Salary**: SO1 £32,076 - £33,945

**Hours**: 37

**Contract**:Permanent

**Location**: Kernel House

You’ll will be part of our Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ rated Children and Families service and employed by Leeds City Council where we have a culture of excellence and are continually striving to drive up standards.

It’s not a traditional transactional commissioning role, it is a child focused, transformational commissioning role that delivers outstanding outcomes for children, cost improvement and value for money using innovative approaches and agile responses in a challenging external market.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

**About you**

As a Commissioning Coordinator, you will bring to the role:

- An organised approach to your work.
- Being able to work as part of a team.
- Flexibility to support all aspects of commissioning, contract management and quality assurance across the Children and Families Directorate.
- A restorative mind-set, focussed on improving outcomes for children and young people.
- The ability to use own initiative and take ownership of work programme.

**About the role**

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Children and Families Commissioning Service. The service has a critical role as a core function in the directorate and with its partners to deliver priorities in the Children and Young People’s Plan and obtain the best possible outcomes for children and families.

The service covers a wide range of different commissioning areas including value for money, family support, early help, placements, SEND, regional and national adoption, youth services, learning inclusion and regional commissioning. The team is responsible for commissioning 100+ different contracts worth approximately £20 million per year in addition to over £50 million spend on placements and SEND learning.

We ensure the voice of children and families is at the heart of what we do. We work with partners and young people to help design our services. We engage with internal services and providers to ensure there is a strong market able to deliver our services. We use a range of monitoring and contract management methods to measure performance and outcomes and drive continuous improvement. We work with partners such as the NHS to achieve the best outcomes and make the most effective use of resources, including joint commissioning. We embed safeguarding, equality and quality assurance across our commissioning activity and service delivery. We commission services based on evidence and value for money. We have a bespoke brokerage team.

These two posts are entry level commissioning roles, and we are keen to recruit the right people that have the ingredients to develop into exceptional commissioners. This could be the start of your career in commissioning with opportunity to progress.

There will be a full induction to develop people who can demonstrate the right knowledge and aptitude.

**What we offer you**

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

**How to apply**

**We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.**

**We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. Leeds City Council is recognised in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2024. **We are also an Age-friendly Employer, a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Leader**.**

**This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.**

**Job purpose**

Working either as part of the Placements Service or the wider Contracting & Strategic Investment function you will model values and behaviours to help us to achieve our ambition to become the best city council in the country, and our partnership aspiration to become the first child friendly city. You will del