Commissioning Officer
Starting Salary: £42,839 progressing to £47,181 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37
Location: Stevenage – Hybrid
Contract Type: Fixed Term until March 2027 – with potential for extension subject to budget approval
Directorate: Public Health
About The Team
The Service Delivery Team consists of 16 colleagues with responsibility for commissioning a range of public health services from external and internal providers. We also provide the department with a project management function and are responsible for managing a wide range of transformational programmes.
About The Role
As a Commissioning Officer, you will work closely with the Commissioning Manager to support the procurement, development and monitoring of public health contracts. These include primary care services, health improvement initiatives and public health data systems. You may also contribute to wider commissioning activity across other service areas, depending on organisational priorities and emerging needs.
You’ll be part of the Service Delivery Team, where you’ll gain valuable insight into the full commissioning cycle. This role involves close collaboration with colleagues across the County Council, district and borough authorities, commissioned providers and NHS partners. You’ll play a key role in ensuring services are well designed, effectively delivered and aligned with our strategic public health goals.
You’ll work both independently and as part of a supportive team, contributing to strategy delivery, advising on best practice and helping shape service design.
About You
We’re looking for an experienced commissioner working across public health and/or the NHS who can operate autonomously in a complex, fast‑paced environment and bring strong commercial and commissioning expertise to the role.
- Highly experienced in public health commissioning and/or the NHS, with a strong understanding of the full commissioning lifecycle – from needs assessment and market development through to procurement, contract mobilisation, performance management and service redesign.
- Confident applying procurement legislation and best practice, with a working knowledge of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) and the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), including appropriate routes to market, governance requirements and risk management.
- Comfortable working independently, managing multiple programmes, contracts and workstreams simultaneously and making sound decisions with minimal supervision.
- Able to prioritise effectively, manage competing deadlines and maintain momentum across complex portfolios.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to triangulate and interpret activity, quality and financial data to support effective commissioning, performance management and decision making.
- Experienced in contract management, monitoring outcomes, managing provider performance and addressing underperformance constructively and proportionately.
- An effective negotiator with the ability to balance quality, value for money and outcomes while maintaining positive provider and partner relationships.
- Experienced in partnership working across local authorities, the NHS, voluntary and community sector and other system partners.
- Committed to reducing health inequalities and ensuring services are equitable, evidence based and shaped by community insight and coproduction where appropriate.
- Confidence using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and the ability to quickly learn commissioning, finance and contract management systems.
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
How To Apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Secondment
This role is open to secondments for eligible employees who work for HCC or a Local Authority. If you wish to apply on a secondment basis, you must have your line manager’s approval before submitting your application. You will be asked to confirm this within your application form. If you are not eligible for a secondment (e.g., you are currently on a fixed‑term contract that would end before this position ends) or you indicate that your manager cannot support a secondment, your application will be considered on a fixed‑term contract basis instead.
Additional Information
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
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