Job Description

Commissioning and Service Development Manager | 10533 | Permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £50,166 to £54,277 per annum | Grade L | Norwich - hybrid

Norfolk County Council Public Health Children and Young People's Team have a vacancy for a Commissioning and Service Development Manager.

In this role, you will be the responsible lead for the commissioning and service development of the Norfolk Healthy Child Programme and all related commissioned services.

You will need to be an experienced service commissioner in related fields, have strong partnership working and engagement skills and be able to demonstrate how you have identified and driven forward service developments and improvements with providers and partners.

The Norfolk Healthy Child Programme is embedded within Norfolk's approach to Best Start Family Hubs and School Zone approach and you will need to work with existing and future service providers to ensure delivery is embedded within integrated approaches both at a place and strategic level.

You must have a clear understanding of health inequalities and their impacts on health and wellbeing and be committed to supporting improvements in children and young people's outcomes in Norfolk.

The post has a countywide remit, with the main office base being County Hall in Norwich. You will need to be able to travel across Norfolk and will be expected to regularly attend team meetings, as well as provider and wider partnership meetings, in person.

For more information about the role please contact Anne-Louise Schofield: a.schofield@norfolk.gov.uk or 01603 22168

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

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 – dependent 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 find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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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: Friday 29 May 2026 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: Sunday 7 June 2026 at 23:59