Commissioning and Contracts Manager

What will you be doing?

Responsible for the development of joint commissioning strategies to develop and improve services across the older people, working age adults and community areas. 

The key objectives are:

-    Development and implementation of strategies 

-    Procurement of services 

-    Management and development of contracts across a range of service providers

-    Ensure service needs meets duties under the Care Act 

-    Leading the management of internal and external relationships 

-    Effective strategic planning across all commissioning activity 

About you

For this role you will be required to hold the following 

-    Degree or professional qualification or equivalent experience in Adult Social Care 

-    Degree or qualification or equivalent experience in contract management frameworks 

-    Understanding of risk assessment and management 

-    Practical and legal knowledge of contractual compliance 

-    Able to develop strong relationships 

-    Excellent communication skills, influencing and negotiation 

-    Understand relevant regulatory and legal requirements

-    Have good attention to detail, particularly in reviewing legal documents

-    Able to work as part of a team and support others 

Interviews are currently planned for Monday 2 February 2026 (subject to change)

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)