Assistant Director Commissioning, Adults and Communities

Grade Chief Officer Grade 5, SCP4 - £85,172 to SCP 9 - £98,578. Extended Points available up to SCP
11 (£107,517)

Contract: Permanent

Role specifics An appropriate management/professional qualification, experience of working at a senior management level in a complex system, experience of commissioning, including needs analysis, public involvement and co-production, procurement, contracting and purchasing procedures.

Interview date
:
Tuesday 13th October 2026, 2nd Stage Members Panel Wednesday 14th October 2026.

For further information about this role
, contact:
Rachel Tanner, Director Adult Services (DASS), Communities & Integration. PA:

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The Role

Bolton has a rich and proud heritage, and a bold plan for a bright and prosperous future, powering this is a £1 billion programme of regeneration in several key residential and commercial developments in our town. In Bolton 2040, we also have a clear vision as a vibrant place, built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses, and healthy residents. We are proud to be rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which highlighted strong governance, committed leadership and well-embedded strengths-based, preventative and partnership approaches that are delivering positive outcomes for people.

To secure Bolton 2040, we are transforming our Council, working in partnership across the Borough and Greater Manchester to modernise and maximise the potential of our people and place.

You’ll be joining at an exciting time and support our journey from 'Good' towards 'Outstanding', coproducing commissioning strategies, market shaping and looking at new ways of working and innovation to enable people to lead glorious ordinarily lives. You will drive delivery of quality and outcomes, to achieve Boltons vision adopted from Social Care Futures and codesigned with people 'We all want to live in the place we call home, with the people and things we love, in communities where we look out for one another, doing things that matter to us'.

About the role:

Reporting to the Director of Adults, Communities and Integration, you will lead Adult’s Social Care and Communities (Community Safety and Housing) Commissioning in the context of integrated working. You will support the Director (DASS) in providing leadership to all aspects of commissioning, including performance management, policy development and the delivery of key projects.

Your leadership and expertise will ensure that all our care commissioning reflects local need and priorities while maximising resources. Engagement and co-production with people and their carers will be at the heart of your approach.

You will be central to the success of our strategic vision for the delivery of health and social care services across adult social care and communities.

You will also be at the forefront of building partnership working to transform health and social care in Bolton.

Your responsibilities will include:

• To support the Director in the delivery of the vision, locality plan and Strategic Commissioning for social care and communities’ priorities for adults and vulnerable people.

• Ensuring commissioning strategies and plans are in place that reflect local need, priorities and maximise resources and best value.

• Challenging conventional approaches to enable greater efficiency, effectiveness through the development of best practices and innovative commissioning and market development.

• Ensures Bolton meets our statutory responsibilities, CQC assurance compliance and wider system commissioning expectations (e.g. GM Plan and NHS Long Term Plan).

• Participation in the Council’s strategic oncall rota for civil contingencies.

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