Assistant Commissioning Officer

As an Assistant Commissioning Officer, you will play an important role in sourcing and arranging care and support for individuals with a range of needs. You will join the Partnerships and Commissioning Service as part of the Personalised Commissioning Team, a key operational function responsible for brokering suitable care packages and placements.

Working closely with social workers, individuals and their families, you will identify and arrange the most appropriate support to achieve positive outcomes.

• Your primary focus will be on the reablement pathways, working across both our internal Reablement Service and the Sirona P1 Pathway.
• Given the fast-paced nature of the role, you will be able to effectively manage competing priorities and respond to changing demands.
• You will play a key role in supporting the Commissioning Officer to integrate Direct Payments into the Personalised Commissioning Team, assisting with the development and delivery of associated processes and activity.
• To support the wider team, you will undertake duty cover at least once a week, helping to manage incoming contacts and ensuring queries are directed and responded to appropriately.

• It is essential that you have relevant experience of working within an organisation responsible for commissioning in social care or a similar service.
• You will hold a Level 3 qualification, ideally in health or social care.
• We require you to have strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Given the nature of the role, you will be well organised, with excellent time management skills and the ability to manage your own workload, balance competing priorities, and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Excellent teamwork is essential to ensure the delivery of an effective service.

• The is a limited term contract until 31st March 2027.
• This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office in Yate for 2 days per week and working from home.
• You will undertake duty cover at least once a week (8.30am-5.00pm), helping to manage the flow of contacts into the team.

Interviews are likely to held 16th November.

• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. 
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• We trust our team to work in the way which allows them to make the biggest difference, and we continue to invest in technology to help staff do their jobs to the best of their ability and celebrate innovation.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We’re providing essential services across our internal network to ensure we can fully support our community.
• We’re positive and forward thinking, always looking for new and innovative ways of working work and we’re ambitious about the future.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!

To view the full job description, please click this link: Assistant Commissioning Officer - Job Description