Commissioning and Service Development Manager

Commissioning and Service Development Manager

North Yorkshire is onan ambitious journey to transform the way care and support is delivered, creatinga vibrant, resilient and person centred care market that enables people to livethe lives they want to lead. We believe the best solutions arebuilt with communities, not for them. Rooted in strengths, local assets, andlived experience.

If you are a dynamic leader with a passion for asset based community support, co-production, partnership working and shaping high performing care markets, this is your opportunity tomake a profound and lasting impact.

As a Commissioning and Service Development Manager, you will play a pivotal role in co-designing, commissioning,leading and improving a diverse portfolio of healthcare and community support services across a North Yorkshire. You will champion community strength, strategic development and co-production, with a particular focus on maximising community and asset-based support.

We have two vacancieswith portfolios covering:

Community and Asset Based Support

• Community Based Support - day services
• Shared Lives
• Advocacy
• Personalisation,including Individual Service Funds and micro-commissioning

Strategy development and service transformation

• Dementia strategy,implementation, and support services
• Learning disabilities, strategy, and development
• Autism Strategy,implementation, and development of community of interest group
• Carers Strategy,commissioning carers breaks and support services
• VCSE commissioning strategy and approach for future

What You will Lead:

Strategic Commissioning and Market Shaping

You will lead the commissioning, procurement and ongoing improvement of services, ensuring they deliver outstanding outcomes and value for money. You will shape the Market Position Statement, influence strategic plans for your portfolio, and develop a diverse and sustainable provider landscape to meet future needs.

Co Production and Community Engagement

You will champion meaningful engagement with people with lived experience, carers, community groups,providers and partners. Their voices will help you create responsive, high quality services tailored to local strengths and community assets.

Insight Driven Improvement

You will turn complex data into actionable insights, driving performance, quality, transformation and innovation. Using robust monitoring frameworks, evidence and research to ensure services are safe, effective, and continuously improving.

Leadership and Partnership Working

You will build strong relationships across the care market, NHS, housing partners, VCSE organisations and internal teams representing the Council at senior levels and spearheading collaborative solutions.

You will directly influence multi-million-pound budgets, lead a motivated team, ensure regulatory and policy compliance, champion safeguarding, and embed efficient systems and processes that support strong market oversight.

Were looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in commissioning, service development or transformation within Adult Social Careor Health
• Skilled inco-production, partnership working and community engagement
• Confident using data,insight and evidence to drive decisions
• A strong leader supportive, motivating, and collaborative
• A strategic thinker with excellent communication, influencing and problem solving skills
• Passionate about equality, diversity, human rights and strengths based practice
• Able to manage budgets, mitigate risk, and deliver high impact programmes
• Flexible, proactive and able to travel across the county

This is your chanceto lead real transformation and to build a North Yorkshire where everyone has the support, opportunities and connections they need to thrive.

This is a hybrid role, with the expectation to travel across the County, including a minimum oftwo office-based days per week at County Hall, Northallerton.

Job Context

North Yorkshire is committed to developing and supporting avibrant and diverse care market that delivers the best possible outcomes andvalue for money for the people of North Yorkshire.

The Commissioning and Service Development Lead will lead a teamthat specialises in co-producing and commissioning innovative health and care services within one or more of the following portfolios:

• Prevention
• Home First (services that support people to remain in their ownhome)
• Community Based Support
• Residential Care
• Housing with care (extra care, supported living, supported housing)
• Complexities (mental health, substance use, suicide,neurodiversity, carers, Dementia)

The postholder will work flexibly across thecounty, building strong, collaborative relationship with stakeholders including care and support teams, independent sector providers, voluntary, community andfaith sector organisations, NHS partners and housing providers. They will use actionable insight and involve local people to develop the market and co-design localised, high quality services that enable people to live the lives they want to lead.

Job Purpose

The Commissioning and…