Senior Commissioning Manager

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Job Description

Senior Commissioning Manager | 9649 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £56,912 to £62,618 per annum | (Grade M) | County Hall, Norwich

We are looking for a Senior Commissioning Manager to join our Commissioning and Care Markets team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead on the development and delivery of key social care and health commissioning strategies across Norfolk. Working across a number of diverse provider markets to manage commissioning and funding arrangements for a range of contracts, ensuring that key services across our health and social care system are delivering positive outcomes for local people.

Areas of work in which you will be leading include:

• Home Support
• Transformation of Nursing Care and Residential Care
• Day Opportunities provision for Older People

You will be strategic and dynamic. You should have strong experience managing complex commissioning projects and have the ability to create and manage a successful partnership environment.

For an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact Chris Jones, Assistant Director Commissioning and Care Markets, chris.jones@norfolk.gov.uk or call 01603 222279.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • 'Norfolk Rewards' our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: Sunday 11 January 2026 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: Sunday 18 January 2026 at 23:59