Administrator (Commissioning)
Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Administrator (Commissioning)
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 4, 2nd Floor
- Salary: £26,403 - £27,694 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 31/07/2026
- Job Requisition Number: 14262
- This post is not open to job share
About Us
This is an exciting time to join the Children and Families Commissioning Hub as we continue to grow and strengthen our friendly, supportive, and high‑performing team.
About the Role
We are seeking an Administrator to deliver high-quality support across the Children and Families Commissioning Hub, working collaboratively across multiple areas of the service including:
Strategic Commissioning
You will play a key role in supporting commissioning processes. This includes organising and administering meetings, processing financial documentation, maintaining accurate records, and delivering excellent customer service in person, by telephone, and via email.
Key Duties Include:
Monitoring generic mailboxes and responding professionally to customer enquiries and service referrals.
Processing invoices and goods receipting using the SAP system.
Creating and updating electronic records using spreadsheets, databases, Liquid Logic, and Proactis (training provided).
Preparing documents using Microsoft Word.
Managing and updating spreadsheets using Excel.
Combines creativity with practical expertise in SharePoint to design engaging and user-friendly digital resources.
Booking meetings via Microsoft Teams and the internal room‑booking system.
Providing flexible support across the team, including cover during staff absence and during peak workload periods.
The role is based at Shire Hall, Gloucester. Initially, you will be office‑based while completing induction and training. Following this, there will be an opportunity for hybrid working using GCC’s secure IT equipment. There is an expectation that the post holder works on site for part of each week to support effective team collaboration. Agile working remains subject to the needs of the service.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience using Microsoft SharePoint and Teams.
- Experience of SAP or similar systems.
- Strong IT skills, with confidence across a range of systems and software.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet statutory and departmental deadlines.
- A customer-focused approach, with the ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including schools, parents, suppliers, public sector partners and early years settings.
- A flexible and proactive approach to managing your workload.
About Us
For all your hard work, you will receive the following;
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
- Plus, an option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff)
- Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network. Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
How to apply
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we look forward to receiving your application.
Please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Debbie Marks via email at Debbie.marks@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Additional Information
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The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.