Commissioning Officer (Learning Disability and Mental Health)

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Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making A Difference as a Commissioning Officer in the Integrated Commissioning Team

Do you have the skills, commitment, ambition, and determination to play a significant role in one of the top performing Councils in the country?

We have a vacancy for a highly motivated individual who wants to play a key role in responding to the challenges and opportunities facing working age adults with learning disabilities and mental health challenges (including children & young people transitioning from Children’s Services provision).

As a Commissioning Officer you will be responsible for ensuring evidence-based, high-quality, and cost-effective commissioning of services in line with the priorities set in the St Helens and working alongside commissioners delivering key strategies across a wider all-age approach, including fostering and developing strong partnerships with our wider strategic partners including health, housing and voluntary sector.

You will be a strong leader and team player who has a high level of intellectual rigor, negotiation, and motivational skills and is flexible and adaptable to change. Experience in commissioning services for Adult's is essential however, experience across an all-age portfolio of commissioned services would be advantageous. In this key role, you will join an All-Age Commissioning Hub and be expected to work collaboratively with wider Council departments and partners.

The successful candidate should be educated to Degree level and/or have experience of working in a Commissioning role.

Interviews for this exciting opportunity are expected to take place during July 2026.

What we are looking for:

• A genuine understanding of learning disabilities and mental health care and support.
• Sound understanding of the Commissioning frameworks.
• Ability to manage a complex and varied portfolio with competing deadlines and shifting priorities
• Strong commissioning skills, from needs assessment and market development through to procurement, contract management, and co-production with service users
• The ability to build effective partnerships across the NHS, housing and voluntary sector.
• Ability to work independently with strong written and analytical skills
• You will join a talented and committed commissioning team working across adults, children, and public health with a shared commitment to commissioning that genuinely improves lives.

The successful candidate should be educated to degree level and/or have relevant experience in a commissioning, technology, or prevention role in health or social care.

Interested to Find Out More?

If you are interested in this role and would like a chat you are welcome to contact us before applying by emailing the Head of Commissioning, Darren Persand at [email removed], or Florence Olojede, All-Age Commissioning Team Manager at [email removed]

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.

Making a Difference

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Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

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The details contained within this job description reflect the content of the job at the date it was prepared. However, it is inevitable that the nature of the job may change over time. Existing duties may no longer be required, and other duties may be gained without changing the general nature of the post or the level of responsibility entailed. Consequently, the Council will expect to revise this job description occasionally and consult the post holder/s at the appropriate time.

We reserve the right to close the advert early, with sufficient applications. Apply early to avoid disappointment.

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Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

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