Wokingham Council - Children\'s Commissioning Manager

Wokingham Council – Children\’s Commissioning Manager

Main Accountabilities

1. Strategic Planning and Programme Delivery

   • Lead key transformation programmes aligned to strategic priorities and local needs.
   • Develop and implement commissioning strategies.
   • Monitor and evaluate programme impact, ensuring delivery against agreed outcomes, timelines, and budgets.

2. Commissioning Excellence and Market Development

   • Undertake needs assessments and gap analyses to inform commissioning decisions.
   • Develop and manage commissioning cycles, including service specifications, procurement, contract management, and monitoring.
   • Provide performance reports for commissioned services.
   • Support market shaping and provider development to ensure a diverse, high-quality, and sustainable service offer.

3. Partnership, System Leadership and Engagement

   • Work in collaboration with other Managers in the team to lead the strategic direction, development, and delivery of commissioning activity across the department, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and fostering a culture of shared leadership and continuous improvement.
   • Facilitate collaborative working across internal teams and external partners to deliver integrated services.
   • Lead relational commissioning approaches, fostering trust-based partnerships and co-production.
   • Represent the service in multi-agency forums and strategic boards.
   • Ensure children, young people, and families are meaningfully involved in commissioning and transformation activity; embed participation and feedback mechanisms to inform service design and evaluation.
   • Promote inclusive and equitable approaches that reflect the diversity of the local population.

4. Governance and Performance

   • Provide high-quality reports, briefings, and presentations to senior leaders, elected members, and stakeholders.
   • Ensure compliance with statutory duties, procurement regulations, and safeguarding requirements.
   • Monitor performance indicators and contribute to strategic planning and reporting.

5. Innovation and Continuous Improvement

   • Identify opportunities for innovation and service redesign/commissioned services, drawing on best practice, research, and lived experience to improve outcomes and efficiency.
   • Lead complex programmes of change/commissioning, ensuring effective governance, stakeholder engagement, and delivery.
   • Embed a culture of learning and improvement across commissioned services.
   • Lead service reviews and transformation projects to improve quality, efficiency, and outcomes.

If you are interested in this role, please send your updated CV in the first instance.

Job Information

• Job Title: Wokingham Council – Children\’s Commissioning Manager
• Company: Remedy Medical
• Location: (Not specified)
• Posted: Mar 3rd 2026
• Closes: Apr 3rd 2026
• Sector: Public Sector
• Contract: Temporary
• Hours: Full Time