Commissioning Officer

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title:                           Commissioning Officer
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall
• Salary:                              £38,510 - £42,123 per annum
• Hours per Week:                37.00
• Contract Type:                   Permanent
• Closing Date:                    29/10/2026
• Job Requisition Number:    14999
• This post is not open to job share

Do you have the passion, skills and ambition to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable adults in Gloucestershire? If so, the Contracts Team wants to hear from you.

About the Team & Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy, dynamic Adult Social Care Commissioning team as we embed our new Contract Management Framework. As a Commissioning Officer (Contracts), you will support the Framework’s implementation and ongoing development, helping to establish effective monitoring and assurance across Adult Social Care contracts.

You will coordinate key contract management processes, including provider self-assessments, performance information, KPI monitoring and compliance reporting. Working closely with colleagues who oversee Adult Social Care contracts, you will help centralise and standardise processes, strengthen risk and performance oversight, and ensure commissioned services deliver value for money and positive outcomes for Gloucestershire residents.

You will analyse and interpret contract and performance data, maintain monitoring information, and support the development of reporting tools that strengthen provider intelligence and decision-making. You will also help develop new processes and ways of working, enabling the team to respond to emerging challenges and deliver innovative solutions in a complex, evolving environment.

About You:

To succeed in this role, you will need experience in health and/or social care, commissioning, contract management, assurance or a related field. You will understand the importance of governance, compliance and risk management and be confident managing multiple workstreams and priorities.

You will have strong analytical and organisational skills, with experience of using large, complex datasets to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement. Experience with Power BI or similar reporting and data visualisation tools would be advantageous, together with a commitment to further developing these skills through training and professional development.

You will be proactive, solution focused and able to think creatively to overcome challenges and improve processes. With excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills, you will work effectively with colleagues, providers and partners to support continuous improvement and deliver contract management and assurance activities. Most importantly, you will champion team and organisational aims, keeping effective contract management, robust assurance and continuous improvement at the heart of high-quality services for vulnerable adults in Gloucestershire.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about.  See more about our Values on our website.

If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.

About Us:

Gloucestershire County Council provides the following rewards package in return for your hard work:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service. Plus, an option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff).
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family.
• Career development and qualification opportunities.
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service.
• Employee discount scheme.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply).
• Discounts at a number of major supermarket chains and high street retailers

Applying:

Please write your application with consideration for the criteria in the Job Description. This should include examples of why you should be considered and the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post. 

For an informal discussion, please, contact ASCRecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk

To start your journey with us, click ‘Apply now’ today!

Additional Information:

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

Commissioning Officer Job Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.    By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.   

*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.

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