# Commissioning Manager - INTERNAL TO NHS WALES > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/commissioning-manager-internal-to-nhs-wales/e1505cd1-7794-4da7-be70-78c30383994c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/commissioning-manager-internal-to-nhs-wales/e1505cd1-7794-4da7-be70-78c30383994c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 9 months (to cover a secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T14:32:15.978Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merthyr_Tydfil/Pontypridd/Cwm_Taf_Morgannwg_University_Health_Board/Commissioning/Commissioning-v8034000 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8034000?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://ctmuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Join Our Team at NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee Position: Commissioning Manager -  Specialised Services Directorate (NWJCC) Following the establishment of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) on 1st April 2024 and a recent organisational restructure, we are seeking a Commissioning Manager - Specialised Services Directorate (NWJCC), Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) to support our journey as a newly formed organisation. The NWJCC is a joint committee of the seven health boards in Wales, with a Chair and Lay Members. We support collaborative commissioning across Wales, with around 120 staff based in Mold and Nantgarw/Treforest. Our mission to be The Centre of Excellence for Collaborative Commissioning, improving health and care outcomes across Wales. We commission around 220 services, from NHS 111 and ambulance services to specialised rare disease services, and mental health, operating a £1.14bn budget. In this role, you will join a supportive, inclusive team, working with NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and UK provider organisations. We are seeking individuals who reflect our values of respect, trust, collaboration, and excellence—those who put patients and quality at the centre of everything they do. If you're passionate about improving lives and want to be part of a forward-thinking, ambitious team, we’d love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job PLEASE NOTE WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NHS WALES - Support the Head of Commissioning to manage a designated portfolio within a Commissioning Directorate, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred services. - Co-ordinate the planning, stakeholder engagement, and performance management of the delegated portfolio to achieve the best outcomes for patients and the organisation. - Support the overarching contract management and review, leading on specific services or contracts across the Directorate, utilising strong commissioning skills, collaborating with the Head of Commissioning to ensure appropriateness and consistency to deliver high quality, equitable services delivering improved outcomes for patients and value for money. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac ## Job Details Join Our Team at NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee Position: Commissioning Manager -  Specialised Services Directorate (NWJCC) Following the establishment of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) on 1st April 2024 and a recent organisational restructure, we are seeking a Commissioning Manager - Specialised Services Directorate (NWJCC), Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) to support our journey as a newly formed organisation. The NWJCC is a joint committee of the seven health boards in Wales, with a Chair and Lay Members. We support collaborative commissioning across Wales, with around 120 staff based in Mold and Nantgarw/Treforest. Our mission to be The Centre of Excellence for Collaborative Commissioning, improving health and care outcomes across Wales. We commission around 220 services, from NHS 111 and ambulance services to specialised rare disease services, and mental health, operating a £1.14bn budget. In this role, you will join a supportive, inclusive team, working with NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and UK provider organisations. We are seeking individuals who reflect our values of respect, trust, collaboration, and excellence—those who put patients and quality at the centre of everything they do. If you're passionate about improving lives and want to be part of a forward-thinking, ambitious team, we’d love to hear from you. ## Job Description PLEASE NOTE WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NHS WALES ·        Support the Head of Commissioning to manage a designated portfolio within a Commissioning Directorate, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred services. ·        Co-ordinate the planning, stakeholder engagement, and performance management of the delegated portfolio to achieve the best outcomes for patients and the organisation. ·        Support the overarching contract management and review, leading on specific services or contracts across the Directorate, utilising strong commissioning skills, collaborating with the Head of Commissioning to ensure appropriateness and consistency to deliver high quality, equitable services delivering improved outcomes for patients and value for money. ## Responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in a large and complex organisation. - Evidence of successfully working in a highly complex environment with a multiplicity of stakeholders. - Working within a commissioning environment. - Performance monitoring at national levels. - Contract and performance monitoring and management. - Working in a challenging and busy environment. **Desirable** - Change management and transformation. ### Skills and Attributes **Essential** - Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to influence at senior levels. - Demonstrate a constructive and creative approach to problem solving. - Financial and budget management skills. - Ability to articulate the key elements that encapsulate high quality and safe patient care. - Well-developed IT skills. - Strong commissioning, contracting and performance management skills - Be able gain insights and understanding from multiple sources of complex sources. - Able to demonstrate a focus upon outcomes. - Committed to the continuous development of staff and self. - Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership. - Commitment to improving quality of patient care. - Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards achieving this level. - Articulate with strong communication and presentation skills. - Leadership and management skills at a team level. **Desirable** - Change management and transformation skills. ### Other Role Requirements **Essential** - Motivated, self-starter with a commitment to the values of NHS Wales - Passion for providing high quality care for patients. - Ability to relate to staff at all levels of the JCC and external organisations. - Able to travel across Wales in a timely manner. - Ability to work flexibly if necessary. ### Qualifications and Knowledge **Essential** - Educated to degree or equivalent level of experience/ knowledge, with evidence of developed knowledge and experience in commissioning. - Knowledge in a number of disciplines e.g. financial management, performance management, information systems, commissioning acquired through experience and knowledge to postgraduate Diploma equivalency. - Detailed understanding of services within the delegated portfolio - Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulation, quality monitoring of services and patient safety initiatives. - Detailed understanding of the commissioning and provision of health services. - Evidence of continuous professional development. **Desirable** - Clinical qualification in the area of delegated responsibility, e.g. paramedic for ambulance, nursing/social work for Mental Health. - Change management qualification, e.g. MSP, Prince2 etc. ## Documents - [employee benefits (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2345) - [jd&ps – english (pdf, 760.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10321741) - [sd&mp – cymraeg (pdf, 896.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10321739) - [oh form - ig ffurflen (pdf, 640.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10321740) - [welsh language guidance (pdf, 300.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2974) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2845) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1634) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.