Commissioning and Service Development Manager

Job Description

Commissioning and Service Development Manager | 10698 | Secondment Opportunity / Temporary Fixed term Contract for 12 Months | Part-time 22.2 hours per week | £50,166 to £54,277 per annum pro rata | Grade L | Norwich (Hybrid working)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Integrated Commissioning team (Children's Services) in the Specialist and Complex commissioning team.

Our service plays a critical role in helping to deliver innovative solutions for families across Norfolk. We have ambitious plans to place children, young people, families and relationship-based practice at the heart of what we do, providing better and more integrated services to meet needs across education, health and social care.

We are recruiting for a Commissioning and Service Development Manager to work with the specialist and complex commissioning team, developing support for children and young people with various needs, including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

Your role will be to manage and lead a range of commissioning and service development projects on behalf of the Assistant Directors of Children's Integrated Commissioning and the Strategic Commissioners, ensuring that provision is integrated with service development, provides value for money and is demonstrably contributing to improved outcomes and impact for children, young people and families.

The focus of this role will be to work with other stakeholders to produce regional frameworks to joint timelines. You will support senior managers across the department to make use of data and evidence to inform departmental priorities for service development, working collaboratively with commissioning and operational colleagues, service users and providers to address service development priorities.

With experience of commissioning and/or operationally delivering services for children and young people and their families, you will be passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people. Direct experience in Education, Health or Social Care would be advantageous.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have good Broadband connectivity in place.

We might be biased, but we think it's a great role in a great place. If you think you have what it takes, we would love to hear from you.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

For an informal conversation about this vacancy please contact Ian Jansens, Strategic Commissioner at View email address on energyjobsearch.com.

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

You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

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: 17 June 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 25 June 2026 at 23:55

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.


We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.


We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.


We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.