Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC621950
Salary Range: £40,643 - £45,077 per annum
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Temporary (12 months)
Closing Date: 5 September 2025
Interview Date: 17 September 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Commissioning Support Officer to join our Strategic Commissioning team at Hampshire County Council.
Are you looking for a challenging and diverse role working as part of a friendly and supportive team, with an opportunity to make a real difference?
The Strategic Commissioning Team plays an important role in helping to ensure the care and support needs of residents of Hampshire can be met. Responsible for both shaping the care market within Hampshire and overseeing providers contractual obligations, the team works in partnership with a variety of stakeholders to ensure the best possible outcomes for Hampshire’s residents.
The Role:
The past few years has brought into even sharper focus the importance of building and maintaining strong working relationships with independent providers, working across Hampshire to deliver care to some of our most vulnerable residents.
As we face continuing cost pressures and changes to ways of working, we will need to maintain and review how we work with the market to respond to these challenges, while continuing to ensure that we maintain high standards of care delivery. We are looking for an individual who will bring the right blend of strategic, commercial and relationship building skills to this role, to ensure that we are working with our partners in the right way to meet the departments strategic objectives. The primary focus for this role will be working with our Care Home Framework (CHF) providers but also supporting into our Short-Term Services (STS) providers.
You will be based in our offices in Winchester 1 day a week on a specified day, working in a hybrid way the rest of the time; including travel across the County to visit providers.
What you’ll do:
- Support and maintain relationships with our CHF and STS providers
- Manage supplier performance and contract compliance
- Support operational colleagues with local issues
- Manage CHF, STS and other data on a weekly basis
- Evidence positive service change as required
What we’re looking for:
- Experience working in Partnership with other organisations
- A team player with strong collaborative skills
- Excellent communication skills for building positive relationships with a diverse range of people, including internal and external stakeholders
- IT skills and able to accurately record information
- Analytical skills utilising data and information available
- Drive to constantly search for new ways to improve
- A “can do” attitude
Why join us?
Our benefits package includes details of the holiday entitlement, pension scheme, flexi-time scheme, family friendly policies and interest free travel loans and discounts. We offer a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace. We have created an environment that you can look forward to being a part of, where you are empowered to be your best and a workplace built on teamwork where people can grow and develop in their roles.
Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.
Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance.
If you think you have what it takes to make a real difference in Hampshire, get in touch!
Additional Information:
Commissioning Support Officer Candidate Pack
Vetting Requirements:
This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Gillian Towler, Strategic Commissioning Manager on [email protected] or Denise Graham, Strategic Commissioning Lead on [email protected]
Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
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