SEND Commissioning & Placements Officer

Berkshire Sensory Consortium; Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkshire Sensory Consortium is seeking a policy-driven commissioning professional to support SEND and Post-16 panels, delivering delegated commissioning tasks and cost analyses across education, health, and social care partnerships.

You will work with delivery partners to ensure value for money, manage fee uplifts, and monitor contracts while contributing to strategic commissioning plans and QA activities across complex stakeholder groups.

Qualifications

• Educated to a degree level or with substantial professional experience.
• Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions across diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in market shaping and management, fee negotiations, fee uplifts, SEND placement commissioning and relationship building with stakeholders.
• Proven ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision making.
• Experience in contract management, developing innovative contracting approaches, and cost-effective commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Support decision making at SEND and Post-16 panels and deliver on allocated SEND referrals.
• Handle delegated tasks related to fee uplifts, negotiations, and contract monitoring.
• Develop provider relationships and manage policy/planning activities and quality assurance.
• Assist in cost analysis, multi-agency negotiations, and joint meetings for joint placement reviews.
• Support EOTAS provision commissioning, QA projects, and phase transfer commissioning activities.
• Manage fee increase requests to relevant panels and ensure value for money.

Skills

Partnership building

Contract management

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Cost analysis

Budget monitoring

Negotiation

Education

Degree level or substantial professional experience

Job description

Berkshire Sensory Consortium is seeking a policy-driven commissioning professional to support SEND and Post-16 panels, delivering delegated commissioning tasks and cost analyses across education, health, and social care partnerships.

You will work with delivery partners to ensure value for money, manage fee uplifts, and monitor contracts while contributing to strategic commissioning plans and QA activities across complex stakeholder groups.