Commissioning Officer

Commissioning Officer in the Childrens Commissioning Team

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and ambitious Children's Commissioning Team at Bury Council. As part of a significant investment in commissioning capacity, we have expanded our team to strengthen our ability to shape services, improve outcomes for children, young people and families across the borough and ensure value for money .

The Children's Commissioning Team plays a vital role in ensuring that high quality services are available to meet the needs of children and young people. The wider service includes Commissioning Officers, Quality Assurance and Improvement Officers, Placement Finding and Brokerage Officers and an Assistant Contracts Officer, working together to influence how services are designed, commissioned and improved.

As a Commissioning Officer, you will play a key role in coordinating the commissioning cycle across a portfolio of services, leading projects and supporting the delivery of strategic priorities. Working closely with the Strategic Lead, operational services, finance, procurement, providers and partners, you will help develop and implement strategies, business cases and commissioning plans that achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.

The focus of this role will be on commissioning services for children and young people who may be in need or in the care of the Council, have additional or complex needs and children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). You will contribute to service development, market management, contract monitoring, procurement activity and transformation programmes, ensuring services are high quality, sustainable and responsive to local needs.

A key aspect of the role will be supporting the continued development of our commissioning function through the implementation of new tools, approaches and methodologies, including Care Cubed and other evidence-based approaches to commissioning, value for money and commissioning intelligence.

We are looking for someone who combines analytical thinking with creativity and innovation. You will have experience of delivering complex pieces of work, managing competing priorities and working collaboratively across organisations. You will be skilled in building productive relationships, influencing stakeholders and providing constructive challenge where change is needed.

This is a demanding but highly rewarding role. The decisions you influence will have a direct impact on the lives of children, young people and their families. We are looking for someone who is child-centred, outcome focused and committed to securing the very best services for Bury's children and young people.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes, driving innovation and helping shape the future of children's services, we would love to hear from you.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.