Location: Council House
Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 18/08/2026
Contract Type: Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our newly established Adult Social Care Business Administration Team within the Adults Commissioning, Integration and Market Development service.
As an Adult Social Care Commissioning Activity Coordinator , you'll join a team supporting Adult Social Care services across Derby City Council through business administration, coordination and service improvement.
The Adult Social Care Commissioning Activity Coordinator role offers the opportunity to gain experience across a wide range of Adult Social Care services while developing your knowledge and skills within a supportive team. As an Adult Social Care Commissioning Activity Coordinator, you'll join us at an exciting stage in the team's development, where your ideas and initiative will help shape the way the service continues to grow.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- Hybrid working
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
In the role of Adult Social Care Commissioning Activity Coordinator , here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
- Working across a range of Adult Social Care services, providing business administration and coordination support as part of a collaborative approach to delivering high quality services for Derby's residents.
- Maintaining accurate information within Adult Social Care systems and coordinating work to help ensure services are delivered in a timely and organised way.
- Building positive working relationships with colleagues, providers and partner organisations to coordinate activities, share information and support the delivery of Adult Social Care services.
- Contributing to the development of new processes and consistent ways of working as part of a newly established team.
- Supporting a variety of operational activities and projects across Adult Social Care services, providing opportunities to broaden your knowledge and experience.
- Supporting wider corporate projects, including Derby's School PFI Expiry Programme, by providing business administration and coordination support.
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have...
Excellent organisational skills and enjoy working in a busy, varied environment where priorities can change. You'll be proactive, use your initiative and be comfortable managing a varied workload while maintaining a high standard of accuracy.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues, partner organisations and customers. You'll also be confident using Microsoft Office applications and keen to learn new systems and processes.
Transferable experience gained within local government, health, education or another customer focused environment, together with a positive attitude, a willingness to learn and a commitment to delivering high quality work.
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 18/08/2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to [email protected]. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected] , however this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
