Date: 28 Jul 2026
Job Location:
Gloucester
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This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Job Title: Commissioning Officer
Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 2nd Floor
Salary: £37.280 - £40,777 per annum
Hours per Week: 37.00
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 09/08/2026
Job Requisition Number: 14614
This post is open to job share
About The Role
The core role is to manage contracts within the commissioning team. This could be relating to foster home, residential homes, or supported accommodation for our older Young People.
Key tasks:
Work as part of a placement (home) finding, and contracts management team
Lead on specific area of contract monitoring, eg residential care.
Attend stability meetings for children and young people where necessary, ensuring contactual compliance to notice periods etc.
Liaising with Social Workers and providers to ensure any requests to change existing contracts is derived from the needs of the child/YP.
Complete record keeping and paperwork for each child.
Be part of a duty rota to manage emergency placement searches for same day home finding.
Work alongside GCC’s inhouse fostering service
About You
It is a busy and fast paced role, working to tight deadlines and you need to be able to work in this way. You will be part of a team of staff undertaking placement finding & contract monitoring to support with managing existing homes (contracts) for children, alongside admin support. The team work closely together with daily MS teams calls and a lively MS teams chat stream.
Everyone works together and we are all passionate about finding the right home for every child or young person.
We have monthly team meetings and work in the office 1 to 2 days a week. You can work in the office daily if this suits. We are based at Shire hall.
Core hours at 9am to 5pm and this is required to manage the demands of the service provision.
The role involves handling confidential information about children, therefore appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and a check of Local GCC records.
About Us
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
Flexible and agile working opportunities
25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
Career development and qualification opportunities
Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for
employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
An in-house Occupational Health service
Employee discount scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
How to apply
If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please express an interest in this position by submitting a CV today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Lara Wiseman -
[email protected]
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below: -
Commissioning Officer - Job Profile
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
