Strategy and Commissioning Manager DSVA/VAWG

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week, flexible working is available

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £58,602 rising to £62,109 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

The DSVA/VAWG Strategy and Commissioning Manager will provide strategic leadership for the Council’s approach to Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse and Violence Against Women and Girls and will support strategic partnerships working across Nottingham and the region.

The post holder will lead on the delivery of partnership commissioning to improve DSVA/VAWG outcomes for all survivors, communities and perpetrators in our diverse city of Nottingham.

The post holder will also provide effective leadership to the DSVA/VAWG team, and to multi-disciplinary project teams and partnerships, ensuring effective planning and decision making.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Specialist DSVA/VAWG gender informed expertise and experience of developing and delivering innovative ideas collaboratively.
• Diplomacy and be able to appropriately speak truth to power to deliver strategy, policy and outcomes for all citizens in Nottingham.
• Experience of survivor focussed commissioning and performance management of DSVA/VAWG services to deliver DSVA Strategy and Statutory Duties.
• Experience of developing and delivering a strategic approach to identifying and exploiting funding opportunities to commission specialist DSVA/VAWG services.
• Experience of line management of an expert team, and of managing partnership and project teams collaboratively through change.
• Evidence of driving improvements for survivors including holding perpetrators to account through collaboration with the local DSVA/VAWG partnership.
• A thorough knowledge and understanding of DSVA/VAWG legislation and local, regional and national DSVA/VAWG strategy, policy, research and good practice.

- This post is politically restricted.

- NPPV (Non-Police Personnel Vetting) is required for this post

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Philip Broxholme, Strategic Lead for Community Safety, by telephone on 07940210834 or by email at philip.broxholme@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 15th November 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: Week commencing 30th November 2026

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.