Care Home Contracts Officer

Following an internal promotion, an exciting opportunity has arisen within the Care Home Contracts Team to support the team in all aspects of Contract Management, including evaluation of new providers wishing to become contracted with the Council for the supply of residential and nursing home services.

The Care Home Contract Officer will be part of a hardworking but supportive team and will be expected to work with minimal supervision. Full training and support will be available to the successful candidate.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are also an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities.

This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service, which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

Location: Based in Stafford but remote working is very much an option with prearranged attendance to Stafford Office.

You will be responsible for creating financial records and resolving a wide range of contractual queries from internal and external sources and therefore excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal will be required.

You will also:

• Responsible for evaluating applications made through the electronic portal from potential new providers of care home services, including scrutiny of information supplied against regulator, Companies House and financial assessor websites to ensure that both Public Procurement regulations and the Council’s procurement rules are adhered to.
• Production and completion of legally binding high quality residential and nursing contract documentation.
• Responsible for creating accurate financial records which will be used by various teams and systems to create financial information to allow a provider to trade with the Council.
• Responsible for accurately maintaining up to date provider financial data and liaising with the Finance Team to ensure payments are made to the correct provider through the Council’s financial management system.
• Processing formal variations (either by agreement or unilateral) of contracts, including the review of requests received from providers, review of new data from Companies House or financial assessor websites requiring variation, acting on instructions from Commissioners, and exercising due diligence, prioritising, issuing and completion of variation documents.

We are therefore looking to recruit someone with proven skills and experience in working directly with internal and external partners in sometimes challenging circumstances. This post will be part of a hardworking and supportive team and will be expected to work with minimal supervision.

Full training and support will be available; an in-depth working knowledge of Care Director and Excel would be beneficial. As would:

• ability to manage conflicting deadlines
• Ability to understand and interpret information from various sources
• Understanding of contract management

Interviews will be held on 3 October 2025.

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Mags Bevan, Care Home Contracts Team Lead, 01785 277070

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.