Contracts Manager

Public Sector Resourcing; West Woodhay; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Contract Manager to oversee critical contracts within a dynamic environment. In this role, you'll be responsible for monitoring and mitigating contract risks, ensuring compliance, and managing complex relationships with stakeholders. Your expertise in contract management and financial analysis will be crucial as you navigate the challenges of this mission-critical position. Join a dedicated team committed to national security and contribute to projects that make a real difference. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and are passionate about driving results, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing contracts and mitigating risks effectively.
• Strong ability to conduct financial analysis and ensure legal compliance.

Responsibilities

• Monitor contract risks and develop corrective action plans.
• Conduct financial analysis to identify performance failures or cost risks.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Contract Management

Financial Analysis

Risk Management

CEMAR System

Education

Post Contract Experience

Professional Services Contract Management

Job description

On behalf of AWE, we are looking for a Contract Manager (Inside IR35) for a 12 month contract based Reading or London 1 day a week in the office

What if you could work on something that you can’t test… but cannot afford to fail? Something that could have spent years on a Submarine, is launched into outer space (where the temperature is below -250c), comes hurtling through the atmosphere, being heated up and shaken and then must work? Some challenge. That’s exactly what the team of over 6,500 people at AWE do every day delivering important work, in support of the most important mission - keeping the nation safe.

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure.

As a Contract Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Monitor and mitigate contract risks, including quality, environmental, health and safety supplier fragility, and co-dependency. Develop and implement corrective action plans.
• Maintain effective record keeping and change management in line with contractual governance procedures. Ensure legal compliance with contracts by monitoring changes in laws or regulations.
• Conduct contract financial analysis to identify performance failures or cost risks and present findings.
• Ensure effective contract reporting and engagement strategies to align key stakeholders with contract risks and opportunities.
• Manage the contractor incentive model, recommend pain/gain share, provide performance feedback, and support the settlement of contractor claims and dispute resolution.
• Deliver the SRM delivery plan for critical suppliers and manage complex relationships with internal and external parties, including commercial and government partners

Essential:

• Post contract experience
• NEC and CCS Frameworks
• Ideally professional services contract Management
• Strong Stakeholder management skills both with internal and external stakeholders
• CEMAR system experience

Desirable:

• Public sector experience
• SC cleared or willing and able to obtain SC clearance

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

AWE’s ambition is to create workplaces that recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and where people feel able to be themselves at work. They strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, AWE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

AWE guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".