Commissioning Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Commissioning Officer to join our Business Development and Commissioning Team. This role will require the successful candidate to provide operational and administrative support across commissioning, contracting and funding activity, helping to ensure that placement and service funding arrangements are established, documented and maintained accurately and efficiently.

Working closely with the Senior Commissioning Manager, Head of Business Development & Commissioning and wider Business Development & Commissioning Team, the postholder will coordinate contractual documentation, maintain accurate commissioning and placement information across relevant systems, support funding applications and proactively follow up outstanding agreements, funding decisions and commissioner actions.

Staff benefits include, shuttle bus, and more Read more below

Main duties of the job

Role Requirements

Provide general operational support to the Referral Manager and Placement Officer throughout the referral and assessment process, helping to ensure referrals are progressed efficiently from initial enquiry through assessment and towards an appropriate service or placement.

Help minimise financial and contractual risk, improve the timeliness of funding arrangements and support achievement of organisational income, activity and occupancy objectives.

Coordinate the preparation, administration and completion of contractual documentation for placements and commissioned services, ensuring agreements, schedules and associated paperwork are accurate and progressed in a timely manner. Maintain accurate and up-to-date commissioning, contract, placement and funding records across relevant systems and trackers, ensuring information is complete, accessible and supports effective financial and operational management, including taking and circulating accurate minutes and actions from relevant commissioning meetings. Monitor and follow up outstanding contractual and commissioning actions, including unsigned agreements and commissioner responses, escalating delays, risks or non-standard/complex matters to the Senior Commissioning Manager or Head of Business Development & Commissioning.

The Childrens Trust is the UKs leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.

Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, Car Scheme (subject to eligibility), subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive environment.