Contracts Assistant

Contracts Assistant, Contract Manager, Shared Services, Procurement, Contract management, Control Management, CIPS

The Contract Assistant's responsibility is to support the Governance Manager in managing and delivering the contract to the agreed specification and performance levels.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- Support the interim programme led governance process and assist the deployment of BAU governance and any improvement initiatives
- Support the supplier performance management process
- Support establishment and maintenance of regular performance review meetings and ensure consolidate reports are prepared in line with Customer expectation
- Coordinate contractual change and change control management
- Support with review of the change control process and automated recording solution
- Support reporting cycles to senior management/key stakeholders
- Ensure contractual compliance to any legislative changes
- Stakeholder management across the internal Customer, programme and supplier teams
- Support any contract review activities that are being undertaken

Key Skills
KNOWLEDGE

- Strong contracts administration experience of complex Framework agreements, with preference in early life and with preference in transformation of/or Managed services implementations for HR, Payroll & Finance.
- CIPS qualified (with preference) or relevant experience
- Strong sense of urgency and ability to drive results to conclusion
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to be persuasive and diplomatic
- Strong ability to work both collaboratively with internal and external colleagues
- Strong ability to take responsibility and work independently
- Strong level communication (verbal, written/listening) skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Intermediate level monitoring and reporting skills
- Intermediate level numeracy skills
- Ability to think creatively

Contracts Assistant, Contract Manager, Shared Services, Procurement, Contract management, Control Management, CIPS