Commissioning Officer

apartmentCorus Consultancy placeCardiff schedulePart-time calendar_month 
The Children’s Services Commissioning Team are responsible for the delivery of externally commissioned services to children, young people and their families known to, or involved with Children’s Services. The service is committed to working with and developing the market to increase the quantity and quality of services available to Cardiff Children, Young People, and their families.The Children’s Services Commissioning Team are responsible for the delivery of externally commissioned services to children, young people and their families known to, or involved with Children’s Services.

The service is committed to working with and developing the market to increase the quantity and quality of services available to Cardiff Children, Young People, and their families.

The Children’s Services Commissioning Strategy: Right Home, Right Support and Children’s Services Directorate Strategy, Delivering Excellent Outcomes in Children’s Services provides the basis for the activity we are undertaking. The Children’s Services Commissioning Team wish to appoint a Quality Assurance and Contract Monitoring Officer work within the Children’s Services commissioning function.
This is an exciting opportunity to enhance how Children’s Services work with local providers, the wider market, stakeholders, and external agencies ensuring quality of provision and identifying opportunities for improvement in the services available to our children, young people and their families.
The successful candidate will be expected to oversee contract management, collaborate with project teams and stakeholders to develop commissioning plans and ensure compliance with regulations and standards. This will involve drafting contracts, taking part in contract monitoring meetings, service mobilisations and dealing with requests in relation to contract service delivery.

Reviewing, interpreting and advising on commissioning and contract queries in partnership with Procurement, Legal and Finance colleagues will be an important part of the role.

The successful candidate will be integral to strengthening and maintaining the relationships with providers, understanding the pressures within the sector and supporting them to meet the current and changing needs of our children, young people and their families and will be crucial in the delivery of cost effective and high-quality outcomes.
We wish to appoint an individual who can demonstrate effective analytical, communication and engagement skills. Experience of commissioning, procurement and contract writing, monitoring and management, preferably in the public sector, is an essential requirement of this post.

This is a hybrid role with requirements to attend the office and visit sites to do inspections so the ability to travel around Cardiff if essential.

Location: Cardiff

Hours per week: 37 hours per week mon to fri 9am to 5pm

If interested, please submit CV and call Varsha at 02036913890 between 9am to 5pm for more details

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