Business Support Officer

We’re Hiring: Business Support Officer – Commissioning (Alternative Provision) 📍 Location: Cunard Building, Water Street, Pier Head, Liverpool, L2 2BS 🕒 Hours: 35 hours per week 🏢 Working Pattern: Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week on site) 👥 Roles Available: 3 💷 Pay Rates: * PAY: £17.00 per hour 🌟 The Role We are recruiting experienced Business Support Officers to join the Commissioning team within Children & Young People’s Services, supporting Alternative Provision and Education services. This is a key role supporting the commissioning, financial management, contract monitoring, and placement coordination for children and young people across a wide range of educational and care settings. 🧩 Key Responsibilities 🎓 Arrange and coordinate a wide range of educational and social care placements for young people, including: * Mainstream and alternative education * Tuition services * Residential placements * Online education provision 💷 Provide finance and contract support, including: * Raising and managing limit orders * Checking and processing invoices * Processing uplifts * Handling supplier enquiries * Using the SAP financial management system 📊 Work closely with Finance, Procurement, and internal colleagues to ensure all commissioning and financial processes comply with: * Local Authority procedures * Audit and governance requirements 📈 Support the creation, monitoring, and reporting of placement and contract data using systems such as Capita and Liquid Logic, including: * Risk registers and issue logs * Attendance and engagement data 🤝 Support Contract and Commissioning Managers by: * Issuing placement and tuition requests to providers ✅ Assist with quality assurance and attendance monitoring processes, including: * Issuing quality frameworks to providers * Maintaining registers of returns * Supporting quality monitoring visits 📝 Support tendering and commissioning activity, including: * Preparing specifications * Supporting tender rounds * Minute taking, report writing, and documentation 🎯 About You You will be an experienced Business Support Officer with strong knowledge of Education and Local Authority environments, confident working across finance, commissioning, and data reporting. Essential: ✔️ Experience in a Business Support role within Education or a Local Authority setting ✔️ Strong understanding of Local Authority policies, procedures, and commissioning processes ✔️ Excellent IT skills, including minute taking, report writing, and presentation preparation ✔️ Advanced Excel skills, with experience manipulating data for case tracking and management reporting ✔️ Strong finance support experience ✔️ Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal ✔️ Ability to work as part of a team and manage workloads using your own initiative Desirable: ⭐ Previous experience using SAP financial systems ⭐ Advanced Excel qualification 📌 Why Apply? ✨ Opportunity to work on meaningful projects supporting children and young people ✨ Hybrid working arrangement ✨ Competitive hourly rates ✨ Experience within a high-impact commissioning and safeguarding environment 📨 How to Apply Apply now to be considered for this opportunity. Suitable candidates will be contacted as applications are reviewed