Commissioning and Contracts Officer - Waverley Court

City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a Commissioning and Contracts Officer to join the Housing and Homeless team. The role involves procuring and managing contracts to deliver key strategic objectives aimed at preventing homelessness in Edinburgh. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in contract management and project delivery, and be skilled in collaboration and presentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in contract management practices.
• Understanding of project management principles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various teams.

Responsibilities

• Procure and manage contracts for suppliers and providers.
• Support delivery of objectives to prevent homelessness.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to find solutions.

Skills

Contract management

Project management

Presentation skills

Influencing skills

Education

Relevant qualification(s)

Job description

Commissioning and Contracts Officer
Waverley Court

Salary: £37,626 - £44,257
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

We have an exciting opportunity for a Commissioning and Contracts Officer to join the Housing and Homeless commissioning and contracts team.

The successful applicant will procure, and contract manage several suppliers and providers working to deliver the outputs and objectives of key strategic plans such as City of Edinburgh Councils Local Housing Strategy and Rapid Rehousing transition plan. The post holder is crucial to support deliver the key objectives of the service and prevent homelessness in Edinburgh.

You will have the opportunity to work with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams to find the best solution through local and national contracting agreements to deliver for our front-line services. A large part of the successful applicants workplan will be focused on supporting the delivery of a workplan focused on the commissioning of third and private sector contracts which centre around temporary accommodation and support services. The successful candidate may also be expected to support their peers in the delivery of the service workplan in relation to capital works and repairs.

We are looking for candidates who can be innovative in their approach and have a desire to assist and support providers to meet the needs of our council tenants and landlords whilst meeting the statutory requirements of the Council. The successful candidate will have the relevant qualification(s), have knowledge and an understanding of contract management practices.

The successful candidate should also have a good understanding of project management principals and contract administration. You should be confident in working with colleagues from our procurement and finance teams and will have the ability to work collaboratively with suppliers and providers to deliver on their agreed KPIs. Committee report writing, strong presentation skills and ability to influence are all key characteristics we are looking for in a successful candidate.

If you are someone who enjoys new opportunities and are interested in working in a fast-paced environment supporting front line services and promoting best practice, we would love to hear from you.

You must also have strong skills demonstrating our behaviours - respect, integrity and flexibility as well as experience of maintaining and contributing to a high performing culture, driving change and supporting service delivery.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.