Commissioning Officers

Ceredigion County Council; United States; Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Pension scheme with 14.6% employer

Learning and development

Flexi-time

Job summary

Ceredigion County Council is recruiting two Commissioning Officers to join our team. One permanent post and one temporary post to cover maternity leave, both 37 hours per week.

Secondment is welcome, with permissions advised to return to your substantive post after secondment ends. You will provide commissioning and brokerage advice for age social care services, contribute to contract management, and work closely with operational teams and health board colleagues to deliver high-quality,

Qualifications

• Provide commissioning and brokerage advice to arrange and commission age social care services, ensuring needs are met.
• Contribute to commissioning and contract management with partners to ensure high-quality, value-for-money services.
• Welsh language support available with funded lessons to reach required standard during work time.

Responsibilities

• Provide commissioning and brokerage advice to arrange and commission age social care services.
• Contribute to procurement, contract management and partnership work with health boards and stakeholders to ensure quality and value for money.

Skills

Social care knowledge

Work under pressure

Negotiation skills

Multi-agency communication

Job description

We are looking to recruit two Commissioning Officers to join our team. One post is a permanent position working 37 hours per week, and the other is a temporary 37 hour per week position to cover maternity leave. We welcome applications from candidates seeking a secondment. It is recommended that line manager/employer permission is sought before applying to ensure you may return to your substantive post once the secondment has ceased. On a day to day basis you will:

• Provide commissioning and brokerage advice to arrange and commission through age social care services in a timely, cost-effective manner, ensuring assessed needs and specified requirements are met.
• Contribute to the commissioning and contract management of social care services, including working in partnership and collaboratively with operational teams, care providers, Health Board colleagues and other stakeholders to ensure the provision and delivery of high-quality, person-centred services that achieve value for money., We welcome applications from non-Welsh speakers. All successful applicants requiring support to learn/improve their Welsh language skills will be offered funded lessons, during work time, to help reach the desired standard.

Our offer to you We are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role's key areas of responsibility but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.

• With Knowledge of Social Care Sector.
• With an ability to work under pressure.
• With negotiation skills.
• With an ability to communicate in a multi-agency context.

• In exchange for your skills and commitment we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible working, competitive annual leave allowance, pension scheme with 14.6% employer contribution, enhanced family benefits, lifestyle savings and employee health and wellbeing packages.

More information about our wide-ranging employee benefits can be found here. We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

• Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
• Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs., What we offer

Work-life balance Lifestyle savings scheme Generous employer pension scheme Cycle to work scheme Learning and developmentWhere you'll work Finance and Procurement We ensure the Council remains financially resilient through careful and responsible monitoring of funds, effective corporate procurement, prompt and accurate payments of financial assessments/creditors and timely collection of local taxation/debts.

Canolfan Rheidol Our Aberystwyth office, Canolfan Rheidol is an award winning building. The office, with its open plan design, provides an excellent space for collaborative working.