Trainee Commissioning & Contracts Officer

Trainee Commissioning & Contracts Officer - Fixed Term Contract or Secondment for up to 12 months to cover maternity leave 

Salary: Band 8 - £35,235 - £37,937 p.a. 

37 hours per week    

At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city, but we need the best employees to do so. An exciting opportunity now exists for a fixed term full-time Trainee Commissioning & Contracts Officer within Adult Social Care (ASC). 

The Contracts & Commissioning team support ASC within Portsmouth City Council. The aim of the team is to deliver efficiencies across the service whilst ensuring good provider and contract management is in place.

What is the role?

You will assist in developing, implementing, and monitoring contracts for procured services, whilst working closely with commissioners and service providers. You will support the work of the Contracts Officers in developing service specifications and contracts, as well as contributing to service improvement activity.

You will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of contracts for Public Health and Social Care services with external providers. You will actively work with commissioning colleagues to ensure that appropriate contracts are developed, put in place, and carefully monitored on time.

For all details about the role and what it will involve please see the full job profile HERE!

Who is the person?

You need to:

• Have experience of working in office-based employment ideally in a Health and Social Care setting.
• Have a clear understanding of working on a collaborative basis with different stakeholders in the commissioning and contracting process.
• Be well organised, with the ability to work in a pressurised environment and prioritise workload. 
• Have knowledge and/or experience of tendering and contract management. 
• Can communicate articulately, effectively and in a confident manner with a wide range of people in different settings, forums, and authority levels. 
• Can demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Be computer literate.
• Can work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
• Personal qualities of being trustworthy, reliable, and confident. 
• Can demonstrate fairness, encourage innovation, achieve results, and demonstrate awareness of the demands and sensitivities of working within a public organisation.
• The ability to take responsibility, and work in an anti-discriminatory way.
• An understanding of the issues relating to confidentiality, human rights, and data protection requirements.

Closing date: 6th January 2025.

When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please click HERE for the full job profile!

If you are applying as a secondment please ensure you have permission from your line manager and state this in your application.

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. 

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• A generous pension scheme
• Up to 31 days annual leave per year + bank holidays
• We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Potential to purchase additional annual leave
• Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans

Please click here for all of the benefits of working with us!

Thank you for your interest!

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk