Commissioning Officer

Devonandcornwall Pcc; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Devon and Cornwall PCC is seeking an experienced project manager to join the Commissioning Team based at the OPCC in Middlemoor, Exeter. You will manage a complex portfolio of contracts valued over £4 million, providing commercial oversight and ensuring contract performance.

You will chair meetings, engage with suppliers, and use performance data (including Power BI) to identify trends, risks and areas for improvement while working across diverse stakeholders to shape procurement and service

Qualifications

• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to coordinate across multiple partners across complex programmes.
• Experience in contract management and driving commercial oversight to ensure value for money.
• Robust analytical thinking with ability to interrogate data to identify risks and opportunities.
• Experience chairing meetings and engaging with suppliers to deliver outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Chair meetings and engage directly with suppliers to drive performance.
• Provide strong commercial oversight of contracts and monitor performance against KPIs.
• Use performance data to identify trends, risks and areas for improvement across contracts.
• Support commissioning activity and procurement to shape service design and outcomes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Contract management

Analytical thinking

Project governance

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Contract: Secondment or agency appointment until April 2028

We are seeking an experienced and high level project manager to join our established Commissioning Team based at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) in Middlemoor.

You will be managing a complex portfolio of contracts with a combined value in excess of £4million, providing strong commercial oversight and ensuring effective contract performance. The role will require you to work confidently across a diverse range of stakeholders, often balancing competing priorities and interests. You will chair meetings, engage directly with suppliers, undertake visits and use detailed performance data to identify trends, risks and areas for improvement. Strong analytical capability is essential, including the ability to use Power BI to interrogate and analyse complex data. You will bring credibility, confidence and professional gravitas to challenge constructively, influence the stakeholders and represent the organisation.

You will lead and contribute to commissioning activity across a range of services inform procurement and support service design. You will work with partners and providers to develop effective, sustainable outcomes and value for money.

This post is offered on a fixed-term basis until April 2028. The OPCC always welcomes diversity and flexibility of working, subject to business need, however due the nature of the work and the need for strong, visible leadership it will require the role-holder to have a regular presence within the OPCC office, Exeter.