Senior Commissioning Officer
| Posting date: | 16 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £23.0 to £26.0 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £26 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 December 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 1BB |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4756058_1765900410 |
Summary
Location: Solihull
Contract: Initial 6-month contract Hybrid Work Pattern
Hays are recruiting for an experienced Senior Commissioning Officer to join the Adult Care and Support Directorate on an initial 6-month contract.
Role Overview
You will be responsible for commissioning a range of social care services, using the commissioning cycle to review, plan, and design services. The role involves researching, engaging, planning, and delivering commissioning projects within agreed parameters of quality, timescale, and budget, as well as managing a suite of designated contracts.
Key Responsibilities
- Work as part of an operational commissioning team to deliver strategies on time, ensuring quality, value for money, and customer satisfaction.
- Engage service users in the design, monitoring, and review of services.
- Promote independence and well-being through person-centred approaches to people, carers, and families.
- Drive and support local needs analysis by gathering intelligence on service requirements and gaps.
- Ensure compliance with legal requirements and national policy for adult social care.
- Develop and apply best practice knowledge to redesign and specify commissioned services.
- Understand service costs, value, and budget pressures, following Council Financial Regulations.
- Support commissioning managers in developing services to meet local needs.
- Seek evidence-based, innovative solutions that maximise independence and choice.
Experience & Skills Required
- Experience working in adult care services, health, or the voluntary/community sector.
- Strong knowledge of the commissioning cycle and collaborative commissioning approaches.
- Proven experience in contract management to deliver agreed outcomes.
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex data sets and present findings clearly.
- Skilled in writing and presenting high-level reports, using evidence bases and financial modelling to recommend commissioning options.
Interested? Apply today by sending your updated CV
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