Job Description The Service & Team: This is an exciting opportunity to join the Strategic Commissioning Team at Cornwall Council with priorities for the implementation, commissioning and contracting of the New and innovative Home Care contract. As a Commissioning Officer you will be part of the People Commissioning Services, which is responsible for the commissioning, contracting, quality assurance and purchasing of social care services. The Role The Commissioning Team is responsible for commissioning good quality, safe and cost-effective services that meet the needs of target populations in Cornwall. These range from complex social care services for vulnerable people, education for children and young people with complex needs, through to universal and preventative support services delivered primarily by the voluntary sector. Reporting to the Commissioning Manager, the role holder will be expected to support the engagement with partner organisations and stakeholders to review and deliver the strategic objectives identified by the team. The role will involve all commissioning cycle functions including analysis, planning, reviewing, including contracting and procurement. The role will be responsible for ensuring that all contracts are robustly managed, that they are performing in accordance with the contractual obligations and are delivering value for money. Cornwall needs to ensure that the increased demand for services is managed at a time when resources are diminishing. As such research into best practice and innovative service delivery models will play an important role in meeting future demand in a geographically challenging area. The role holder will need to be able to work independently, take responsibility for complex intelligence relating to specific projects and take a creative approach to stimulating a diverse market. This will include supporting a focus on how coproducing services with service users, communities and partners. This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies. This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check. Working Pattern The working pattern will usually be 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday with a requirement to work two days a week from the office at New County Hall, in Truro. There may be some occasional requirements to work out of hours due to public meetings and engagement. What You’ll Need To Succeed Educated to level 5 standard and/or recognised relevant professional qualification or equivalent (e.g. social work, education, nursing), but not excluding exceptional record of relevant achievement allied with range of practice experience. Willingness to undertake a relevant professional qualification in commissioning Knowledge of the commissioning and procurement of social care / people services, including the ability to develop service specifications and contracts Ability to review and assess performance, outcomes and quality through contract management of engaging with members of the public, young people, people accessing services, carers or other stakeholders Experience of research, analysis, presentation and interpretation of findings, with capacity to devise solutions to complex problems Ability to develop relationships with stakeholders across the health and social care system, including statutory and voluntary sector partners The normal duties of the role may involve travel on a regular or occasional basis. It is a condition of employment that the role holder can exercise satisfactory travel mobility in order to fulfil the obligations of the role. For those journeys where an alternative form of transport is unavailable or impracticable the role holder will be required to provide a suitable vehicle. Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert What You’ll Get In Return Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met. Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include a competitive salary. a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services. Additional Information Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role The full role profile is attached here We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview. For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Penny Mitchell penny.mitchell@cornwall.gov.uk Application Process Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process. Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application. Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.