Commissioning Manager - Yate

Joining the Partnerships and Commissioning Service as a Commissioning Manager, you will be part of the Market Management sub-service. As part of this small team, you will assist the completion of reviews, assess contract performance and negotiate with providers. You will also complete data analysis around provider performance and work with colleagues to implement contractual change where needed. 

Being an ambitious and collaborative commissioner, you will ensure high quality meaningful services are delivered across our communities. 

• It will be your responsibility to demonstrate and deliver strong, mature relationships with system partners, VCSE organisations, providers and communities to shape a cohesive and sustainable local market.
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement, you will embed strengths-based and outcomes-focused approaches.
• It will be key for you to negotiate prices and review contractual arrangements of spot purchased support.
• Using your experience and knowledge, you will develop market-shaping strategies, including workforce sustainability, market sufficiency and future demand modelling.
• You will ensure commissioning activity aligns with statutory responsibilities, regional priorities and national direction.

• We require you to hold a degree or professional qualification in social care, health care, public health, housing or business studies or other relevant subject, or comparable experience gained in a relevant professional area such as commissioning, contracting and performance, alongside line management experience.
• Given the elements of this role, you will be confident in negotiation and have a strong ability to lead and promote innovation, new ways of working and collaboration across a wide range of stakeholders.
• It is essential that you can prepare and produce accurate, clear and concise written and verbal reports including performance reports for the senior management team.
• As a self-motivated individual, you will be able to work without close supervision. You must be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, whilst adopting a flexible, problem solving and creative approach to tasks.
• You will have knowledge of the service specific areas and impacts on local authority duties and experience of strategic supplier relationship management, including contract management, this includes understanding and analysing performance data.

• This is for a limited term contract, due to end 31st March 2027.
• This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office in Badminton Road, Yate and from home. 

Interviews will be held on 23rd April 2026.

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance  - whatever that means for them.   
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development  offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave  (pro rata), employee wellbeing support  and you will have access to a range of staff discounts , including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. 
• We recognise that our diverse team  of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities. 

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.  
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life. 
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.  
   

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference. 
We’re making a difference, be part of it!  
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