Commissioning Support Officer - Permanent

Warwickshire County Council; Warwick; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

Generous annual leave

Bank holidays and Christmas day

Vivup benefits and discounts

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a Commissioning Support Officer to help design and deliver commissioning activity across health and wellbeing services in Warwickshire. You will evaluate contracted services, support research, and use data to inform decisions.

The role requires team work, attention to detail and experience in commissioning, ideally with local authority exposure. This permanent full-time post offers agile working and a generous benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects from start to finish.
• A qualification in a relevant subject would be desirable.
• Experience of working in a local authority.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating the quality and effectiveness of our contracted services.
• Completing research and learning from people with lived experience of services to improve them.
• Using data and evidence to support decision making.

Job description

Commissioning Support Officer

Full-time permanent (main areas - domestic abuse; sexual assault; drug and alcohol; mental health)

Do you want to be part of a team that designs and delivers a diverse and impactful range of services, helping people across Warwickshire stay healthy and live well? If so, these roles could be the perfect opportunity for you.

About us.

We are a 40-strong team of friendly,committedand inclusive people who care about what we do. We work with partners within the council as well as outside, spanning the public,communityand private sectors. Warwickshire Public Health’s vision istoimprove and protect the health and wellbeing of peopleliving and working in Warwickshire and to reduce inequalities.

Public Health is both a strategic andoperational service, andhas a wide span of interests. Our core business areas include:

• drug and alcohol;

• mental health, and

• domestic abuse.

We commission services for many of these areas, and have a core group of staff which the successful applicant will work alongside.

The work our services does makes a major contribution to the council's strategic plan to improve lives for people of all ages and our local neighbourhood areas.

The successful candidates will report to one of the two Public Health Commissioning Managers, and work alongside Commissioners as well as Public Health practitioners.

About the role

We are looking for enthusiastic team players who are interested in commissioning work and who want to support all stages of the commissioning cycle. Day to day work ranges from evaluating the quality and effectiveness of our contracted services, completing research, learning from people with lived experience of services to improve them in the future, and using data and evidence to support decision making.

Successful applicants will have experience of delivering projects from start to finish, and have a keen desire to work as part of a wider team on all aspects of commissioning activity. They will have great people skills and an eye for detail. A qualification in a relevant subject would be desirable, alongside experience of working in a local authority.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feelsvalued, included, safe, supported,andwelcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Additional Information

If you have any questions, please contact:

Louise Birta: Public Health Commissioning Manager

[e-mail]

Jane Coates: Head of Inequalities and Public Health Commissioning [e-mail]

Join us in shaping and delivering services effectively to meet the needs of all communities we serve.

Closing date: midnight, 2 November 2026
Interview date: Week commencing 9 November 2026, in person (Warwick)

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more