Job Introduction
The Education Commissioning Team are seeking an enthusiastic and organised person to take on the role of Commissioning Officer. You will join a friendly, hardworking and committed team with a passion to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people.
This post will take a lead on performance managing, supporting and developing the Staffordshire Enhanced District Inclusion Support (SEDIS) teams across Staffordshire districts, along with other contracts, and support alternative provision commissions. The SEDIS teams provide early support to schools to meet the needs of children and young people who experience barriers to learning and inclusion.
This is a hybrid working role, some office working will be required.
Main Responsibility
You will be involved in :
- Performance managing and developing the Staffordshire Enhanced District Inclusion Support (SEDIS) Teams across the county
- Monitoring outcomes achieved
- Leading on the delivery of agreed aspects of the commissioning cycle
- Supporting contract management of other contracts
- Supporting the commissioning of alternative provision
- Assisting in the monitoring of financial information and resource allocation
The Ideal Candidate
You will develop this role and take forward this area of work.
You will:
- have experience of working in children and young peoples services or the education sector,
- be able to use your initiative,
- have excellent communication skills,
- be experienced in working with range of different stakeholders
- and most importantly want to help improve outcomes for children and young people we want you to hear from you.
Interviews will take place week commencing 4 and 11 May 2026.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Carolyn Knight, Senior Partnerships and Commissioning Manager at: carolyn.knight@staffordshire.gov.uk
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.
About Staffordshire County Council
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.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
