Commissioning Officer - Children's Care


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Eastleigh, SO50 5PB
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Aug 2026
Closing date:	21 Aug 2026

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Summary

Analytical and judgement skills Contribute to the detailed information analysis of specific projects/reports requiring high levels of concentration. Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice. Monitor and tracking risks and issues tracking mechanism and its proactive resolution and escalation processes. Contribute to the information management of performance, taking a lead for specific projects. Provide coordination of and participate in relevant meetings, drafting agendas and recording key actions and support where requested. Planning and organisation Support implementation of strategic commissioning strategies and any associated action plans, in accordance with the agreed priorities of the team. Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes. Contribute to the delivery against objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines. Develop detailed project plans, action trackers, risk and issues logs that are in line with the agreed milestones and key projects. Provide relevant and timely advice and guidance on own portfolio of projects and provide reporting as required. Work with members of the Team to investigate the causes of any variance from target/plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions. Support the development and implementation of plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the initiatives and ensure that measures and mechanisms are in place at the outset to support the evaluation. Policy and service development Ensure that data collected is analysed, reported as appropriate and monitor the processing of data and information. Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems and contribute to the development of an integrated approach to project management. Financial and physical resources Deliver against organisational objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines. Support and inform teams on the targeting of resources, monitoring, implementing, evaluating and delivery of plans by providing high quality information and analysis. Comply with the principles of Sustainability and Social Value and use resources in an efficient and responsible manner. Information management Contribute for the development and maintenance of project planning reports. Lead on development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of new information systems as required. Carry out timely and accurate information analysis and reporting on agreed areas of portfolio. Research and development Actively supports and contributes to the development of key performance indicators for the successful assessment of performance Test and review new concepts, models, methods, practices and products. Contributes to ensuring there are processes in place for spreading and sharing learning and outcomes. The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide, information and analytical advice and expertise. Work with members of the team to develop and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data. Communicate information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefings and reports to project teams, sponsors and a range of internal and external staff.

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