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Commissioning Officer

About the role

Please note this role is Fixed Term until 30th December 2025.

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.

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.

What will you be doing?

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.

When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education

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:

28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
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
Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

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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