Commissioning Support Officer (CDC)

October 27, 2025

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Based at: Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster

Salary details: Grade 6 25,981 - 26,815

Contract Type: Temporary Fixed Term for 1-year (with potential to extend),

Hours: Full Time- 37 hours per week

Closing date: 9th November 2025

Should you be interested in this opportunity as a secondment, in the first instance please contact your line manager to discuss.

The City of Doncaster Council is a confident, ambitious organisation which puts improving the life of its residents at the centre of everything we do. You have an opportunity to be part of this in the role of Commissioning Support Officer.

There has never been a more exciting time to join the Children Young People and Families Directorate and help ensure that children and families in Doncaster have access to the very best services.

We currently have an opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated individual who has the right skills and a can-do attitude to join us as a Commissioning Support Officer to work within the Childrens Commissioning Team. This post will support the delivery of effective commissioning in Doncaster in line with national and local agendas to ensure improved outcomes for children, young people and their families.

Doncaster Council ensures that all services are commissioned against evidenced local need in line with the priorities of the Children and Young Peoples Plan. We continue to work proactively with all our partners and stakeholders to make the very best use of available resources and continuously review services to ensure they are high quality and value for money.

The post holders duties will include:

To support and co-ordinate consultation for Independent School Education placements.
To support all commissioning, contract compliance and quality assurance activity across a range of commissioned services, ensuring that contract management is delivered in a timely and efficient manner as per organisational policies and procedures and to ensure services are safe and achieve the best outcomes for children and families.
To support consultation exercises and engagement of a wide range of stakeholders and partners for the commissioning of services
To support engagement with service users, carers, voluntary organisations and external providers in market development and management.

The successful candidate will have:

Experience in supporting projects.
Organisational and problem-solving skills to ensure support is timely and effective.
Experience of partnership working with service users, providers, and partner agencies
Proven IT skills in the production of reports, data, and presentations

This is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge and develop skills in a dynamic, creative and nurturing environment, whilst truly making a difference to the communities we serve.If you are seeking a development opportunity this role could be ideal as we welcome applications from those who are willing to learn and advance their skills or who are looking to embrace a new role within a Childrens Commissioning environment.

In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you the chance to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring that all people in Doncaster thrive. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, a generous local government pension scheme, a wide range of well-being support and development opportunities. You will also have access to a range of staff discount and benefits schemes. More information on the benefits available to you as a City of Doncaster Council employee can be found in the attached benefits book.

Please ensure you view the job summary and job profile as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.

For further details or an informal chat please contact: Jessica Whitworth Tel: 01302 734208, email Jessica.Whitworth@doncaster.gov.uk

Shortlisting will take place from week commencing 10th November 2025.

If you require support with completing the application or with interview skills in general, please contact the Advance team via email advanceemploymenthub@doncaster.gov.uk or visit their website www.advancedoncaster.co.uk for further details.

Doncaster Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community where we strive to improve the quality of life for all. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share these commitments.

City of Doncaster Council is a disability confident employer committed to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job, are flexible when assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate they can do the job and make reasonable adjustments as required.

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