Strategic Commissioning Manager

Bath & North East Somerset Council; Keynsham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading council in the UK seeks a Strategic Commissioning Manager to enhance service delivery through strategic commissioning. The role involves collaboration with residents and stakeholders to develop effective strategies, ensuring healthy commissioning relationships. This hybrid position requires travel within the region.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in developing strategic commissioning plans.
• Proven ability to collaborate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team of strategic commissioners.
• Develop long-term strategic commissioning plans.

Skills

Collaboration

Strategic Planning

Education

Degree in Social Care or related field

Job description

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At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose to improve people’s lives.

About The Team

B&NES Council launched last year the new Strategic Commissioning Hub, taking a strategic step to improve efficiency, standardise commissioning processes, and enhance service delivery for the residents of B&NES.

The Strategic Commissioning Hub brought together the commissioning, contract management, quality assurance and market oversight functions of Early Help, Children’s Services, and Adult Services into one integrated team.

About The Role

Establishment of the Strategic Commissioning Hub created an exciting opportunity to enhance strategic commissioning by taking long term cross policy areas view. We are seeking a Strategic Commissioning Manager to lead the team of strategic commissioners and collaborate with B&NES residents, partners and stakeholders to develop ambitious strategies to achieve population outcomes.

Priorities will include developing long term strategic commissioning plans for B&NES population, ensuring our commissioning and contractual relationships are healthy and effective, are building on achievements made in 2024 to embed co-production in commissioning practice.

About You

You will need extensive experience in developing strategic commissioning plans in early help, children social care or adult social care, and a sophisticated grasp of emerging delivery models. Proven ability to collaborate with people and delivering what is important to them will be an advantage.

If you are looking for an organisation with clarity of purpose, and the role to develop your commissioning career, this could be the one for you.

This is a hybrid role that will require someone to work from different office locations within B&NES for part of the week. This role may also require occasional travel to visit other locations within B&NES. Therefore, the role will either require someone who can drive or is able to travel between different locations when required.

and will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.

If you are interested in this post and would like to talk through the role and what’s involved, please contact Natalia Lachkou, Assistant Director of Commissioning, by email at or by telephone on 07811 062303.

Interview date: 06/06/2025

About Bath & North East Somerset Council.

Working at Bath & North East Somerset provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

Why Bath & North East Somerset Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. Go to

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose to improve peoples live. Find out more about our values at

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. Find out more on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at

We are a Disability Confident Employer find out more at

Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Safeguarding Statement: The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

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