# Commissioning Officer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- **Location:** North Ormesby Health Village
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Officer (discipline unspecified)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-07T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-23T11:21:00.545Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Middlesbrough/North_East_North_Cumbria_Integrated_Care_Board/Commissioning_Officer/Commissioning_Officer-v8315813
- **Employer website:** https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Band 6 Commissioning Officer to join the Neighbourhood Health South team within the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

As a Commissioning Officer, you will support the planning, commissioning, contracting and continuous improvement of services across women’s, children’s and young people’s health services, working closely with commissioners, providers and key stakeholders.

This vacancy is open to employees of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) and North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) only.

### Main duties of the job

- Manage a portfolio of contracts, projects and commissioning workstreams relating to services for women, children and young people.
- Support the planning, development, commissioning and transformation of services, ensuring they reflect local needs, national priorities and the ICB’s strategic objectives.
- Develop and review service specifications, quality standards, outcomes and performance measures, supporting contract negotiation and management.
- Monitor and analyse provider performance, activity, quality, expenditure and delivery, investigating areas of variation and overseeing agreed improvement actions.
- Prepare clear reports, briefings and recommendations to support collaborative commissioning and informed decision-making.
- Build effective relationships with providers and system partners, including acute and community providers, local authorities and voluntary organisations

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will manage an allocated portfolio of contracts and projects, supporting contract negotiation, performance monitoring, service evaluation and service redesign across Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Word processing and Excel qualifications (intermediate level), or equivalent experience.
- Further training / post-graduate or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector
- Educated to degree level or equivalent

### Planning and Organisational Skills

**Desirable**

- Previous experience in project management and planning

### Communication and Relationship Skills

**Essential**

- Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management

## Documents

- [person specification (pdf, 163.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10636830)

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