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Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024.

We are an Accredited employer under the Liverpool City Region Fair Employment Charter, demonstrating that we are committed to the principle of fair employment and we are dedicated to providing a healthy, fair, inclusive and just workplace.

Come join us and be part of our success.

➛ Are you passionate about supporting people get the right care and support

➛ Do you have the skills and experience in brokerage of care and support packages

➛ Do you enjoy working as part of team

If so, you may be the perfect candidate for this role.

We are looking to employ a purchasing and brokerage officer to join our team.

The team provide an effective brokerage, purchasing and placement service for nominated service users in respect of a specific service area (e.g. home care, residential Nursing care) as directed by managers on behalf of social care staff and partners.

To take referrals, identify service purchasing requirements and make arrangements for purchasing and individual placements including by telephone and email contact with providers.

To input and update placement and package information and support the service to maintain high quality data and management information using Council databases and management information systems.

To support the work of Adult Social Care service by providing reports and intelligence from databases, and other information to improve performance monitoring of service capacity and provide analysis of service gaps and performance improvement requirements.

To support the governance, auditing, analysis and presentation of data through providing accurate and timely data to required deadlines.

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time. There is a requirement for you to attend your work base at least 3 day’s per week.

We welcome applications from residents and beyond, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

Please note sponsorship is not available for this role.

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact:

Ann Morgan (Senior Officer Purchasing and Brokerage team) - Ann.Morgan@Knowsley.gov.uk / 0151 443 4182

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification. Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.

Closing Date: Friday, 31st July 2026 at 5:00pm