Commissioning Officer
| Posting date: | 11 May 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 June 2026 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7694 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 24th May 2026
Interview Date(s): W/c 1st June 2026
Make a Difference Where It Matters Most
Are you passionate about helping children and young people get the right support at the right time and about enabling families and carers to help them thrive?
Do you want to play a key role in shaping and commissioning high‑quality services that genuinely improve outcomes, while ensuring all spending is compliant and delivers real value for money? If you understand the commissioning cycle and want your work to make a tangible difference, this could be the role for you.
About the Role
We are recruiting a full‑time Commissioning Officer to join our Children and Family Services Commissioning Team. This is a highly impactful role with a strong focus on commissioning new services and ensuring full compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 and local Contract Procedure Rules.
Key responsibilities include:
- Commissioning services across Children and Family Services in line with statutory and local procurement requirements
- Providing internal commissioning support, coordinating requests that focus on outcomes and value for money
- Building strong, positive relationships with providers through meaningful market engagement
- Collecting, recording, and analysing commissioning data to shape future commissioning plans
- Managing and reporting risks in line with regulations and departmental procedures
- Helping to develop the local market by encouraging new providers to work with Leicestershire County Council
- Producing high‑quality reports, dashboards, and insight from quantitative and qualitative data
- Maintaining clear, effective communication with internal teams and external partners
- Supporting the Council to improve outcomes for children and families across Leicestershire
The role may also include opportunities to support wider service activity, such as home brokering, contract monitoring, provider reviews, and quality assurance work.
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About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- NVQ4 or equivalent qualification or equivalent work experience in a relevant area
- Previous experience of commissioning and contracting work/performance monitoring
- Experience of working in partnership with agencies, stakeholders, children/young people and parent/carers
- Knowledge and understanding of working with and meeting the needs of children and young people (and their families/carers) with complex needs, including Children in Care, children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities
- Proven experience of analysis/evaluation of data, preparation of written and financial reports
- Ability to prioritise, work to deadlines and deliver a number of smaller projects simultaneously. Ability to problem-solve and to constructively challenge existing customs and practices.
- Ability to develop credible and collaborative relationships with internal and external partners and across multi-disciplinary boundaries and stakeholders
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Kim Sherriff – Commissioning Manager
Telephone: 0116 305 7464
Email: Kim.Sherriff@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.
If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, 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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