Senior Commissioning Officer

at  Essex County Council

SENIOR COMMISSIONING OFFICER

Fixed Term / Secondment, Full Time
Up to £40,130 per annum
Location: Chelmsford
Working Style: Anywhere worker
This is a 12 month fixed term contract or secondment opportunity.
Commissioning activity is a key capability function within ECC, to work across the Council to deliver results and bring about significant change to manage future challenges, leveraging expertise and capability to enable a more flexible and agile environment to succeed in meeting ECC strategic objectives.
Working closely with the Commissioning Manager, this role is focused on providing support, insight and capacity to Heads of Strategic Commissioning and Policy within Adults and Children and Families, to enable the collaborative delivery of outcomes for citizens, using relevant and specific subject matter expertise.
With a range of experience across programme delivery, stakeholder management and business processes, this role will be responsible for the effective delivery of commissioning activity, working collaboratively across the wider Council with stakeholders and external partners to deliver a more flexible and agile approach to delivering outcomes.
Key activity will include research, data and needs analysis, coproduction and collaboration with key stakeholders including those with lived experience, specification development, invitation to tender (ITT) development, award of contract/s, mobilisation of contracts, performance management, and business as usual.

You will bring…

• Educated to degree level or equivalent by experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge in relevant business, process or professional area.
• Knowledge and experience of the commissioning cycle together with experience in using a project methodology approach.
• Evidence of engaging local communities and citizens and incorporating such insights and intelligence into plans.
• Proven ability of developing a learning culture based on best practice.
• Experience of working within a political and complex environment, working effectively with a range of stakeholder and partner agencies at all levels.
• Pro-active and innovative with a proven track record of delivery within timescales.

Pay and Reward

You’ll also have access to the MyReward, a unique platform for Essex County Council employees to take advantage of including:

• Healthcare and Dental Plans at corporate rates
• Discounts and benefits at many local and national outlets including supermarkets, shopping, restaurants, technology purchases and holidays
• Discounts across Essex County Council’s businesses, including Country Park Membership, ACL and more
• Generous holiday and special leave allowances (including the option to purchase extra holiday)
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance of three times annual salary
• Employee wellbeing and counselling
• Travel discounts & season ticket loans
• Learning and Development opportunities/coaching & mentoring
• Payment of professional fees for approved professions
• Eye care vouchers

You can read more here: https://workingforessex.com/working-here/pay-reward
Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here.
What you should do next
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.
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