Commissioning Officer x 2 - Children's Services

Job Description What's involved with this role: Interim Commissioning Officer x 2 - Children’s Services Job Ref: Bournemouth 5260060 Basic DBS disclosure required for this role Full UK driving licence required. Skills & Experience:

• Knowledge of key national issues & programmes relevant to client group and specified outcome/service area.
• Experience of commissioning projects including undertaking needs assessment for commissioning purposes, performance management and monitoring and review reporting, with a focus on children’s services.
• Experience of using management information, needs assessment for commissioning, performance management and monitoring and review reporting.
• Experience of service development, options appraisal and system change using demonstrable programme
• Management skills including financial management.
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

The purpose of the role is to contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of commissioning plans to deliver the Council's strategic and operational direction for children and young people, with a special focus on SEND and Alternative Education Provision. Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the joint commissioning agenda to improve delivery and outcomes of commissioned services.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of commissioning plans that address sufficiency issues within SEND and Alternative Provision.
• Contribute to reports on progress against identified objectives.
• provide support to commissioning managers who have responsibility for producing and reviewing strategies related to children’s services.

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us direct via by quoting the job reference and exact job title. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please