Specification Manager- Rail Industry

I am looking to hire a Rail specification Lead for one of my public sector client.

PLEASE SEE THE BELOW JOB SPECIFICATION:

Key tasks and deliverables include:

- Understanding the franchise including;

o The main elements of the current operational service
o The interaction between the above mentioned operational aspects of a rail passenger business and affordability.
o Drivers of demand or growth
o The links between specification and subsidy/premium
o Relevant stakeholder requirements for the franchise;

- Developing and maintaining the business case for the franchise;
- Deriving the overall operational delivery proposition for the franchise, based on evidence and within existing government policy;
- Clearly articulating, internally and externally, what it is that government wants the franchise to deliver on an operational level;
- Producing the operational specification sections of the ITT, including any relevant priced options if any;
- Producing drafting instructions for the operational aspects of the Franchise Agreement
- Actively working together in this domain with external technical advisers who are engaged to provide operational, commercial and economic advice
- Undertaking evaluation work of relevant aspects of the bid submissions (and possibly the pre-qualification submissions); and
- Working with the franchising team to maintain relationships with bidders to ensure that all bids received have the best chance to meet the defined requirements including delivering excellent value for money