purchasing and brokerage officer

Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024.
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Are you passionate about supporting people get the right care and support
Do you have the skills and experience in brokerage of care and support packages
Do you enjoy working as part of team
If so, you may be the perfect candidate for this role.
We are looking to employ a purchasing and brokerage officer to join our team.
The team provide an effective brokerage, purchasing and placement service for nominated service users in respect of a specific service area (e.g. home care, residential Nursing care) as directed by managers on behalf of social care staff and partners.
To take referrals, identify service purchasing requirements and make arrangements for purchasing and individual placements including by telephone and email contact with providers.
To input and update placement and package information and support the service to maintain high quality data and management information using Council databases and management information systems.
To support the work of Adult Social Care service by providing reports and intelligence from databases, and other information to improve performance monitoring of service capacity and provide analysis of service gaps and performance improvement requirements.
To support the governance, auditing, analysis and presentation of data through providing accurate and timely data to required deadlines.
At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time. There is a requirement for you to attend your work base at least 3 day's per week.
We welcome applications from residents and beyond, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.
Please note sponsorship is not available for this role.
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We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.