Job Description

Job description
Sheffield City Council's Children's Commissioning Team have an exciting opportunity for two temporary Commissioning Officer for Children's Services within the Integrated Commissioning and Public Health Directorate. The posts arewell suited to peoplewho haveexperience of working within a and SEND or social care environment, particularly within contract management, procurement, managing service level agreements and/or quality assurance or related areas of work.



At the heart of our work is the Council Plan and its ambition for Sheffield to be a place where all children belong and all young people can build a successful future.



In role1you will undertake market engagement and due diligence with new social care Providers and support contract negotiations and performance management with existing external Providers to support sufficiency of high quality children's placements. This includes Children's Residential Homes and Independent Foster Agencies, working closely with the Placements Team and Quality Assurance Team as well as finance, procurement and legal services.


I role 2 you will work with a range of local Providers who deliver short breaks to the families of children with disabilities, ensuring sufficiency and high quality through contract management, working closely with the SNIPS team and social care. You will also work with the Youth Justice Service to support their external contracts, including working with procurement to commission new services.



You will need to be motivated, enjoy new challenges, have good analytical and communication skills, be equally able to work individually and as part of a team. You will need to be able to gather, analyse and present complex data and information from a range of sources to a varied audience. You will have an ability to prioritise your own work, taking into account both team and organisational requirements and be able to negotiate and resolve complex problems.



Please contact Janine.dalley@sheffield.gov.uk for further information



We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.



It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.



Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.



Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.



We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.



If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.



Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more here New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003767
Date posted
06/10/2025
Application closing date
19/10/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 9 47,181 to 51,356
Package
Temporary for 12 months
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Blank
Job category/type
Public Health