Contract Monitoring Officer (Care Home)
Kirklees Council
Huddersfield, HD1 2NFView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,481 to £42,123
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time
Closing date
7 November 2026
19 days leftJob description
We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
Hours
37
Number of Jobs
1
Across Kirklees
Position type
Salary
£39,481 - £42,123
The Contract Monitoring Team work within the Kirklees Adult and Health Service within Kirklees Council. Working within the Council’s values, the team are passionate about working with the Independent Care Sector Providers to ensure good quality care provision for Service Users. The goal of the team being to ensure service users receive good quality care that meets their desired outcomes, and the care providers are supported to do this.
There is currently an opportunity within the team which involves monitoring Care Homes. Please see the individual Focus Sheet alongside the Job Profile.
- Monitoring, supporting and advising providers and signposting them for further support/training as appropriate with the aim of striving for continual improvement for the benefit of service users.
- Liaising with providers, service users, informal carers, and a wide range of stakeholder professionals both internal and external to the Council.
- Undertaking Contract Support and Quality Monitoring meetings both electronically and on site at the providers office and gaining feedback from service users and informal carers about their experience of the service as an important part of this process.
- Producing Quality Monitoring reports and advising and supporting providers in relation to contract compliance.
- Mobile / Hybrid working
For a full list of the role requirements please see the attached Job Profile.
- Have the relevant knowledge and supportive and motivational skills to work with Registered Managers and owners to improve the quality of support being delivered.
- Use excellent communication skills to engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Manage your own workload, have excellent organisational skills, be comfortable with multi-tasking and have robust time management skills.
Our employees are at the very heart of the services we provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the best possible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great range of staff benefits to support you in and out of work.
Shortlisting to commence on the 9th November and face to face interviews planned for the 24th November.
Dorota Nurkiewicz is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process. We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any supportcompleting an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email:jobs@kirklees.gov.ukor phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We encourage you to read our AI Guidance before submitting your application to ensure your supporting statements reflect your own authentic experience.
Closing date
Important Information
Job profile/description
Contract Officer - Adults & Health Job Profile.pdf – 57KB
Additional document 1
Contract Officer - Care Homes Focus Sheet.pdf – 74KB
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
LG Jobs
First seen
8 October 2026
Last checked
18 October 2026
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