Commissioning and Contracting Team Leader

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Job Reference /137215/9187

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Full Time

One-year fixed term contract to cover a secondment (there is the potential for the post to be extended/become permanent, but this is not guaranteed)

Salary Range:

38220

Working Hours:

37

Location:

Haylock House

Closing Date:

20/09/2026

Job Category:

Organisation:

North Northamptonshire Council

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 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 (28days, rising to 33days) 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.

We are recruiting a Team Leader to join our Adult Social Care Commissioning and Contracting Team. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced line manager to join our team on a temporary basis (12 month secondment cover). This will be a challenging but rewarding role for the right individual with a genuine commitment to improving service delivery. (There is a possibility the post may be extended / become permanent, but this is not guaranteed.)

In this critical role youwillsupport the team to help shape and deliver strategic commissioning priorities across adult social care, working with a range of stakeholders, to improve outcomes for local people.

If youhavestrong team management skills,have experience in project management, contracting or commissioning and are passionate about driving positive change, we would love to hear from you.

The team is based at Haylock House, Kettering. The ability to travel between sites across North Northamptonshire, and occasionally further afield, is a requirement of this post.

Interviews are planned for Tuesday 13 October 2026.

Join our Commissioning and Contracting team to manage the operation of the contracting support function, includinga team of business support staff. Collectively you will design,coordinate and administer the business processes that support the Commissioning and Contracting service.

You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders, directing staff to deliver aprofessional and timely support service.

You will support a range of projects, as well as leading on your own areas of responsibility.

You will:

• Be responsible for the management and operation of the contracting function.
• Manage contractual arrangements throughout the contract lifecyle , including compiling terms as well as issuing, varying, novating and terminating contracts.
• Interpret and report on a range of information across Commissioning, including national, local and service level data.
• Support the wider Commissioning and Contracting team and other colleagues to develop and deliver services to meet local need.
• Lead a team of business support officers.

You will be expected to attend the office and face to face meetings as needed to support the team and service delivery. The…