Senior Leadership
Recruitment

Join us on our transformation journey in our Commissioning division, supporting Nottingham’s children and vulnerable adults

We are Nottingham…

Nottingham is a vibrant and diverse city. As a Council, we are ambitious and pushing for Nottingham to be national leaders on a number of fronts so that our city, our communities and our services are the best that they can possibly be. From our ambition to be the first Carbon Neutral City by 2028, our celebrated transport system, the work to redesign our city centre in to an open & vibrant space at our ‘Broadmarsh’ site through to our award winning parks, leisure and cultural facilities; we are a city with a lot to offer. 

If you are looking to make a real difference in our communities in your next role, look no further! Nottingham City Council want you to be part of our pioneering work to transform our relationships with communities and suppliers and drive excellence and results for our communities through our commissioning and contracting functions.

At Nottingham City Council we pride ourselves in being an employer of choice across a diverse range of people. We intentionally offer and actively promote an inclusive culture for you to thrive and feel valued within your working environment.  Nottingham City Council is an exciting, dynamic, and innovating place to work, where your work will be quite challenging, yet, incredibly rewarding within a diverse and cultured city environment. We would like you to be part of NCC’s Transformational Journey to promote excellence, in an inclusive, creative culture, that every employee can thrive and reach their full potential.

What will you do?

You will play an integral role in our transformation journey; supporting us to grow our Commissioning and Partnerships Division. We pride ourselves on getting to know communities, their needs and working with suppliers and providers to put in place the right support, to enable and empower communities and individuals. We work across the whole life course, co-designing preventative support and solutions for when children, families and vulnerable adults needs more help, using the best evidence and in partnership with health, education, housing, and the voluntary sector.

The Commissioning and Partnerships Division is a core function for future success. We are investing heavily in our team with a suite of new roles and offer enviable training and support. Your work will focus on implementing new approaches to give children, families, vulnerable adults and communities a voice, improve the quality of services, work with partners to deliver change and best value, enhance prevention and early intervention and improve commissioned services’ impact on the lives of Nottingham’s residents. Your role will help to drive a move away from traditional models of commissioning and look at new ways of delivering commissioned services to deliver better outcomes. So, if you are an out-of-the box thinker and are up for a new challenge, apply now!

What we can give you…

We are a leading employer within the region for our employee benefits, we provide our workforce with a generous annual leave package, starting at 26 days plus bank holidays, and the opportunity to purchase more. We actively promote flexible and modern ways of working, including Hybrid working, and we will double your monthly pension contributions via the Local Government Pension Scheme. As an employer we place high value in investing in our people and we have a wide range of development programmes in place to support people across all of our job roles, from senior managers to those delivering services directly to our citizens

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We are a disability confident employer.

For more information, please view the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications which are found on the Apply page.