Commissioning Officer - Housing

Are you looking for a new, exciting challenge that delivers our housing agenda and improves the lives of island residents?  If so, we have just the role for you.

We are changing things at pace in commissioning and our sights are set on being a national exemplar of innovation and excellence, delivering the very best person-centred outcomes for people living on the Isle of Wight.  We have made huge progress, but in many ways our journey to great is just beginning.

We have an exciting opening for a creative, motivated, and solution-focussed Commissioning Officer to join our Team. With the skills to build strong relationships, a commitment to improving outcomes and the ability to work proactively, you will work as an integral part of a team of experienced commissioners. 

You will have your own portfolio of work with responsibility for designing, commissioning, and monitoring a range of housing and homelessness services.  You will also have the opportunity to work alongside colleagues in both adult social care and housing, developing a range of innovate solutions to support vulnerable island residents.

Ideally you will have knowledge and experience of working in either housing, homelessness or youth services, in the public or voluntary sectors. You will have the ability to manage competing priorities, a strong sense of creativity and innovation and the communication skills to build collaborative partnerships with the people who access our services, colleagues, and stakeholders, working together to co-design and co-produce outcome focussed commissioning solutions

You will be confident creating complex but concise documents for broad audiences, seeking out and facilitating funding opportunities, undertaking informal research and evidence gathering and using appropriate data sources to supplement your ideas.

You will receive regular 1-1 supervision, have support from your line manager and attend regular team meetings. There will also be opportunities for training to support your professional development.

As a team, we strongly believe in and apply the following principles:

• We see the potential in all people and work with their strengths

• We listen, learn, and respond through co-production

• We apply national best practice

• We work together

• We see people, not labels

If you share our vision and values and are interested in this role, we would love to hear from you.

PLEASE NOTE: Out of Hours Standby and Call Out

You will be required to take part in the Out of Hours Stand-by Duty Rota as and when requested by management.  Standby and call out duties are paid in accordance with the IWC Terms and Conditions 2012 document.

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

A relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available to new employees subject to qualifying criteria. Further details are available upon request.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, who is proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

If you have difficulty completing your online application or if you need further information about how to apply, telephone 01983 823134 or email callcentre@iow.gov.uk. Please note only applications completed and submitted online by the closing date will be accepted.

We often receive a high volume of applicants for our vacancies. If you do not hear from the recruiting manager within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application will not have been successful on this occasion. If unsuccessful, we actively encourage you to revisit our job pages and apply to alternate posts that may be suitable.