About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Commissioning and Strategy Service within Northamptonshire Children’s Trust in the role of Commissioning Officer. Working within the Quality and Outcomes Team, you will be part of the team delivering our Quality Assurance Framework for commissioned services driving quality and service improvement to ensure value for money and improved outcomes for children, young people, and families in Northamptonshire.
What will you be doing?
Through regular contract monitoring and quality visits you will work in partnership with providers of vital services for children and young people, such as residential placements for children in care or important services for children with SEND, to improve standards and shape the market by helping to develop existing and new providers.
Whilst some knowledge of children’s services is required, business and commercial experience would also be of value to this role to allow effective service improvement and support for our providers and partner organisations.
About you
The role of Commissioning Officer will also allow you to use your contract management and service improvement skills to really make a difference to the children and young people of the county through supporting Commissioning colleagues with contract monitoring, procurement and tender exercises and projects and activities that allow for the voice of the child to be captured effectively.
The role involves travel to children’s homes and other placement settings which could be located in other counties across the UK and therefore a full clean driving licence is required.
For an informal chat about the role please call Sarah Burr on 07738 459552.
Our benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
- 2 Day Induction Programme
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Local government Pension Scheme
- Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
- Employee Discount Scheme
- 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years’ service
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Monthly quality supervision
About us
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.
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