How you'll make a difference

Working within the friendly Brokerage team within South Gloucestershire, you will make a difference as the Assistant Commissioning Officer working with colleagues and people that receive Direct Payments checking that direct payment funding is spent appropriately. Working at pace you will have specific responsibility for procurement and commissioning a range of social care, housing or health services appropriate for adults, children and young people in our community.

What will you be doing?

Under the guidance of a Commissioning Officer, you will assist with ensuring effective packages of services meet pre-identified needs to help improve the provision of care and supportive of our residents living in South Gloucestershire.
You will be required to maintain and update information systems and databases. This includes carrying out research; collation of data and presenting information.
You will provide advice to customers, contacts, external organisations, and colleagues ensuring that they receive appropriate guidance about policies, procedures and processes whilst ensuring effective working relationships are maintained.
You will be responding to queries, complaints and requests from initial contact with the customer.
You will deliver a wide range of administrative tasks accurately and efficiently. This includes recording, monitoring and maintaining budgets and/financial information which help in decision making.

What we need from you

You will have relevant knowledge and experience of working in an organisation that commissions and contracts in social care or similar services.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills, in establishing positive relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders’ contacts and customers.
You will require excellent written and numeracy skills with the ability to undertake effective research and being able to present findings in a clear and concise format
You will need be competent in the use of databases and be able to record accurate information on spreadsheets.
You will hold NVQ level 3 or equivalent
Ideally, you will have an understanding of Direct Payments.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance
We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities
We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We’re making a difference, be part of it!

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Assistant Commissioning Officer - Brokerage

How you'll make a difference

What we need from you

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

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