Commercial Contract Manager

Niyaa People Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Niyaa People Ltd is recruiting a Commercial Contract Manager to join a specialist procurement consultancy serving public-sector and housing organisations across the UK. This hands-on role focuses on construction contracts, risk, and procurement.

You will review contracts for public-sector and housing clients, advise on variations, and help negotiate changes to live agreements, translating complex terms into practical guidance for clients and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience within the public sector, housing sector or similar environments.
• Strong practical construction contract experience across live projects.
• Familiarity with JCT and NEC contract forms.
• Ability to identify contractual risks and translate them into clear guidance.
• Experience supporting procurement and tender exercises.

Responsibilities

• Review and advise on construction and commercial contracts for public-sector and housing clients.
• Support clients operating under live contracts and advise on variations or changes.
• Identify and explain contract rights, obligations and risk to clients.
• Support negotiations and amendments to contracts as required.
• Review documents from clients, suppliers and other parties for potential changes.
• Provide commercial input into procurement and tender exercises and contract awards.

Skills

Commercial contracts experience

Construction contracts

Public-sector / housing clients

JCT contracts

NEC contracts

Contract amendments / negotiations

Procurement & tender documentation

Risk & liability management

Education

CILEX/FCILEx/ACILEx or equivalent

Job description

We're recruiting for a Commercial Contract Manager to join a specialist procurement consultancy supporting public-sector and housing organisations across the UK.

This is a hands-on contracts role for someone with strong construction contract experience and a background working with public-sector or housing clients.

You'll be reviewing construction contracts, advising clients on contractual risk and helping them navigate changes to live agreements.

If you know your JCT contracts, understand the commercial realities of construction and can turn complex contractual issues into clear, practical advice, this could be a great next move.

What will you be doing?

Your focus will be construction contracts, commercial advice and procurement.

Key responsibilities of a Commercial Contract Manager:

• Review and advise on construction and commercial contracts for public-sector and housing clients.
• Support clients who are already operating under live contracts.
• Advise when clients need to make variations, amendments or changes to existing agreements.
• Identify contractual risks around liability, payment, insurance, warranties, termination and disputes.
• Explain contractual rights and obligations in clear, practical terms.
• Support negotiations and amendments where required.
• Review contracts received from clients, suppliers and other parties and identify anything that needs challenging or changing.
• Provide commercial and contractual input into procurement and tender exercises.
• Support contract awards, framework arrangements and contract documentation.
• Help develop standard clauses, templates and guidance to improve the service.

What experience do you need?

We're specifically looking for someone with commercial contracts experience within the public sector, housing sector or a closely related environment.

You'll need strong practical experience of construction contracts, with a good understanding of how contracts operate in real projects and client environments.

Experience should include:

• JCT contracts, particularly Design & Build, Intermediate and Minor Works.
• NEC or other recognised construction forms.
• Construction, repairs, maintenance, development or consultancy contracts.
• Contract amendments, variations and negotiations.
• Procurement and tender documentation.
• Contract risk, liability and commercial terms.
• Advising clients on contractual rights, obligations and risk. Your public-sector or housing experience is important because you'll be advising organisations operating within these environments and dealing with the contractual, governance and procurement considerations that come with them.

A CILEX/FCILEx/ACILEx or equivalent legal qualification is desirable, but strong practical construction contract experience is equally important.

What will make you stand out?

You'll be someone who can read a detailed contract, identify the issues that actually matter and explain them to a client without drowning them in legal jargon.

You'll be:

• Commercially minded
• Technically strong
• Detail-focused
• Confident providing contractual advice
• Comfortable challenging and negotiating
• Experienced working with public-sector or housing organisations
• Able to manage multiple pieces of work
• A strong communicator
• Comfortable working with senior stakeholders

Why this role?

You'll get exposure to a wide range of construction, housing and procurement work, rather than being tied to one project or contract.

You'll be advising clients on real contractual issues, helping them make decisions and influencing how contracts are structured and managed.

The basics:

• £50,000-£60,000, depending on experience
• Permanent
• Birmingham
• Monday-Friday, 9am-5:30pm
• Strong benefits package