Strategy and Commissioning Manager DSVA/VAWG

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 [email protected]

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

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