Contracts and Commissioning Officer

Contracts and Commissioning Officer - Adult Social Care

37 hours per week

Office attendance is required minimum 2-days a week for full time staff, this remains flexible, subject to business needs.

Contract: Secondment/fixed term opportunity for up to 2 years due to funding

Your new role

The Contracts & Commissioning Team plays a key role in achieving outcomes by ensuring high-quality, sustainable services through effective commissioning and contract management.

This role will support the development, implementation, and monitoring of contracts for externally commissioned ASC services. Working closely with commissioners, providers, and senior managers, you will help ensure effective procurement processes, improve quality, support market development, market oversight and manage performance.

It will involve managing a diverse portfolio of Adult Social Care contracts such as residential, nursing, supported living and community-based services, alongside supporting tendering and procurement activities in line with legislation and council procedures.

Who is the person summary:

With substantial proven experience within a contract management, procurement, commissioning role or similar, you will have experience or a strong understanding of managing a portfolio of contracts across adult social care. You will hold a relevant degree such as CIPS or have equivalent experience. With strong leadership skills and the ability to work under pressure you will have experience of managing stakeholders, leading projects and collaborative working with different stakeholders. You will be able to encourage innovation, achieve results and demonstrate an awareness of the demands and understand the sensitivities of working in the public sector.

For full details, please review 'who is the person' on the job profile below attached.

About Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.

Additional Information

Please ensure that you read the job profile for full details on the post. We offer hybrid working with the expectation to attend the office minimum 2 days a week, this remains flexible, depending on the role and subject to business needs.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.

Interview date: 7/8 July 2026

Our recruitment process

Full information about our recruitment process can be found on our support for applicants' page:Support for applicants - Careers portal

You must demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person'points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.If you apply without a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that you will be successful.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we have a large number of applications.

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found atEquality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our career's portal homepage:Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contactrecruit@portsmouthcc.gov.ukor call the recruitment team on 023 92 616 800.