Commissioning Manager / Housing and Adult Social Care
| Posting date: | 05 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £59,009 to £64,673 per year |
| Additional salary information: | + Benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2025 |
| Location: | Wokingham, Berkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | AWD online |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | AWDO-C13828 |
Summary
Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager who has excellent working knowledge of utilising the built environment to achieve the objectives set out within the Care Act is required for a well-established organisation based in Wokingham, Berkshire.
SALARY: £59,009 - £64,673 per annum + Benefits
LOCATION: Wokingham, Berkshire (RG40)
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Contract
WORKING HOURS: 37 hours per week
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager who has excellent working knowledge of utilising the built environment to achieve the objectives set out within the Care Act.
Working as the Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager you will work closely with the Head of Strategic Commissioning and other members of the Strategy, Commissioning and Performance Team, to drive and implement the continuous improvement programme in Adult Social Care.
As the Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager you will have a clear emphasis upon specialist accommodation, the drive is to deliver better opportunities and outcomes, whilst ensuring value for money and sustainable, high quality Adult Social Care services for the people of Wokingham Borough, in line with their strategic priorities set out in the Adult Social Care Strategy.
DUTIES
Your duties as a Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager will include:
• To ensure that everyone in the Wokingham Borough has the support, resources and opportunities to live in a place they call home, with the people and things they love, in the communities where they look out for one another, doing the things that matter most
• Supporting the delivery of their ambitious Adult Social Care continuous improvement plan, with a focus upon Specialist Accommodation and Housing programme
• Working across Commissioning, Strategy, Housing and Operational Adult Social Care Services to strategically co-ordinate developments and operationally support good outcomes
• Working with their Business Change Team and colleagues from Adults Social Care to deliver an ambitious capital programme
• Ensuring that the services they commission are high quality, effective, demonstrate value for money and enable us to meet the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and future social care reforms
• To ensure that their approach to co-production is embedded to unlock a place that they call home
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
• Degree-level, equivalent relevant professional qualifications or expertise
• Excellent working knowledge of utilising the built environment to achieve the objectives set out within the Care Act
• Ability to interrogate and analyse data & information; Experience of market and demographic analysis
• Experience of delivering capital projects and programmes
• Experience of developing and implementing policies and strategies
BENEFITS
• A generous annual leave entitlement of days 31 (rising to 36 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
• An excellent local government pension scheme
• An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline
• A range of local & lifestyle discounts
• Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office)
• Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
And much more!
APPLY TODAY…
By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-C13828
Full-Time, Contract Property / Housing / Social Care Jobs, Careers and Vacancies. Find a new job and work in Wokingham, Berkshire. Multi-Job Board Advertising and CV Sourcing Recruitment Services provided by AWD online.
AWD online specialise in sourcing candidates and advertising vacancies on multiple job boards for companies on a non-commission basis. AWD online operates as an employment agency.
awd online | http://www.awdo.co.uk
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SALARY: £59,009 - £64,673 per annum + Benefits
LOCATION: Wokingham, Berkshire (RG40)
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Contract
WORKING HOURS: 37 hours per week
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager who has excellent working knowledge of utilising the built environment to achieve the objectives set out within the Care Act.
Working as the Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager you will work closely with the Head of Strategic Commissioning and other members of the Strategy, Commissioning and Performance Team, to drive and implement the continuous improvement programme in Adult Social Care.
As the Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager you will have a clear emphasis upon specialist accommodation, the drive is to deliver better opportunities and outcomes, whilst ensuring value for money and sustainable, high quality Adult Social Care services for the people of Wokingham Borough, in line with their strategic priorities set out in the Adult Social Care Strategy.
DUTIES
Your duties as a Housing and Adult Social Care Commissioning Manager will include:
• To ensure that everyone in the Wokingham Borough has the support, resources and opportunities to live in a place they call home, with the people and things they love, in the communities where they look out for one another, doing the things that matter most
• Supporting the delivery of their ambitious Adult Social Care continuous improvement plan, with a focus upon Specialist Accommodation and Housing programme
• Working across Commissioning, Strategy, Housing and Operational Adult Social Care Services to strategically co-ordinate developments and operationally support good outcomes
• Working with their Business Change Team and colleagues from Adults Social Care to deliver an ambitious capital programme
• Ensuring that the services they commission are high quality, effective, demonstrate value for money and enable us to meet the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and future social care reforms
• To ensure that their approach to co-production is embedded to unlock a place that they call home
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
• Degree-level, equivalent relevant professional qualifications or expertise
• Excellent working knowledge of utilising the built environment to achieve the objectives set out within the Care Act
• Ability to interrogate and analyse data & information; Experience of market and demographic analysis
• Experience of delivering capital projects and programmes
• Experience of developing and implementing policies and strategies
BENEFITS
• A generous annual leave entitlement of days 31 (rising to 36 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
• An excellent local government pension scheme
• An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline
• A range of local & lifestyle discounts
• Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office)
• Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
And much more!
APPLY TODAY…
By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-C13828
Full-Time, Contract Property / Housing / Social Care Jobs, Careers and Vacancies. Find a new job and work in Wokingham, Berkshire. Multi-Job Board Advertising and CV Sourcing Recruitment Services provided by AWD online.
AWD online specialise in sourcing candidates and advertising vacancies on multiple job boards for companies on a non-commission basis. AWD online operates as an employment agency.
awd online | http://www.awdo.co.uk
AWD-IN-SPJ