Quality & Contracts Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Cwmni: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 5471 |
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Quality and Contract Officer
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Primary Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA
Salary: £34,350 - £37,950 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Contract Type: Permanent
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 27/06/2025
Description for candidates: One Permanent full-time post
About the Role
We are looking to recruit a Quality and Contract Officer whose role is to:
• Monitor service providers and contractual arrangements to address issues of performance and compliance
• Effectively support providers of adult social care services to improve practice and performance
• Proactively support providers to meet objectives, improving the quality of services
• Ensuring positive outcomes for people and carers are achieved by supporting commissioned service providers to adhere to contractual terms and conditions.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
• NVQ level 4 qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent level of relevant experience
• Experience and knowledge of providing social care or health services
• Experience in preparing written and financial reports
• Understanding of risk management at an operational level
• Ability to recognise good performance and address poor performance collaboratively using the provider's knowledge and expertise to develop an outcome-based solution.
• Experience in successfully managing relationships with internal/external customers and partners
• Self-motivation and the ability to meet demanding timescales and work under pressure.
We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to provide evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Natalie Smith Tel: 0116 305 2848 Email: Natalie.X.Smith@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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