Contracts Manager | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Contracts Manager to oversee income contracting and compliance across the Trust, ensuring delivery to quality and core performance standards. The role requires strong relationship skills, attention to detail, and the ability to engage with commissioners and joint providers.

The postholder reports to the Contracts Lead and Associate Director of Commercial Development, with responsibility for contract repository management, audit trails, drafting contracts,

Responsibilities

• The management of relationships with commissioners, including the management of appropriate information flows to commissioners such that commissioners are assured that contracts can be satisfactorily developed.
• Support Commissioners in the development of formal contract documents and schedules ensuring the documents relied upon account for the discussions in the negotiation meetings.
• Develop and maintain an effective contract repository and ensure an effective audit trail for contracting activities.
• Drafting contracts and variations.
• Ensuring all schedules in each contract are effectively developed and communicated to relevant departments within ELFT so that the Trust always delivers to the agreed contract requirements. In developing these schedules ensuring very good communication and relation are developed with relevant departments and clinical units within the organisation.
• Ensure final copies of formal signed contracts are maintained safely for reference in a Contracts Register and Contracts Library.
• Provide technical support to the Contracts Lead and other ELFT directorates in relation to contracting matters, and to coordinate their response within a corporate-led contracting function.
• Examine proposed contracts to assess the potential to improve efficiency, quality and value for money
• Develop and manage other Agreements that may be required in support of business development and tender processes such as MoUs, Exclusivity and Confidentiality Agreements, NDAs etc.
• Manage Non Contract Activity (NCA) process alongside finance and performance teams.
• Develop and manage contracts related to marketing of inpatient beds across the Trust held with various Providers.
• Ensure contracts and all related documents are updated regularly onto the contract management systems.
• Ensure systems are adhered to for all service elements for the safest storage of sensitive and commercially-confidential information.
• Ensure that data storage and retrieval is accessible only to authorised individuals in accordance with legislation, e.g., Data Protection Act, NHS guidelines, and IT security policies.
• To plan and prioritise own work to ensure effective support to all areas and delivery of key objectives.
• To ensure that allocated project plan(s) are kept updated and regular reports provided to the Associate Director of Commercial Development and Contracts Lead.
• Ensure that the office environment runs smoothly and that systems are in place for ensuring adequate provision of supplies and technology.
• Maintain technical knowledge and awareness of key national contractual policies and templates, including the NHS Standard and Local Authority contracts.
• Maintain understanding of the technical principles and pricing mechanisms as outlined within the National Payment System (NPS).

Job description

Contracts Manager | East London NHS Foundation Trust

ELFT has a significant requirement for robust income contracting and compliance management processes. The Contracts Manager will take operational responsibility for these functions across the Trust.

The post holder will ensure that ELFT deliver to agreed quality and core performance standards across all ELFT income contracts and that there is a process for regular review and audit of all contracts to ensure ongoing financial viability for the Trust.

The post holder will be expected to display technical capability combined with strong relationship skills and attention to detail in order to successfully engage commissioners and where appropriate joint providers.

The post holder will be managerially accountable to the Contracts Lead, with overall accountability to the Associate Director of Commercial Development.

• Themanagementofrelationshipswithcommissioners,includingthemanagementofappropriateinformationflowstocommissionerssuchthatcommissionersareassuredthatcontractscanbesatisfactorilydeveloped.
• SupportCommissionersinthedevelopmentofformalcontractdocumentsand schedules ensuring the documents relied uponaccountforthediscussionsinthenegotiationmeetings.
• Develop and maintain an effective contract repository and ensure aneffectiveaudittrailforcontractingactivities.
• Draftingcontractsandvariations.
• Ensuring all schedules in each contract are effectively developed andcommunicatedtorelevantdepartmentswithinELFTso thattheTrustalways delivers to the agreed contract requirements. In developingthese schedules ensuring verygood communication and relation aredeveloped with relevant departments and clinical units within theorganization.
• Ensure final copies of formal signed contracts are maintained safelyforreferenceinaContractsRegisterandContractsLibrary
• Providetechnical support to the Contracts Lead and other ELFT directorates in relation to contracting matters, and tocoordinate their response within a corporate-led contractingfunction.
• Examine proposed contracts to assess the potential to improve efficiency, quality and value for money

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

• Develop and manage other Agreements that may be required insupportofbusinessdevelopmentand tenderprocessessuchasMoUs,ExclusivityandConfidentialityAgreements,NDA’s etc.
• Manage Non ContractActivity (NCA) process alongside finance andperformanceteams.
• Developandmanagecontractsrelatedtomarketingofinpatientbedsacross theTrustheldwithvariousProviders.
• Ensure contracts and all related documents are updated regularly onto the contract management systems.
• Ensuresystemsare adheredto forallserviceelementsforthe safestorageofsensitiveandcommercial-in-confidenceinformation.
• Ensure that data storage and retrieval is accessible only toauthorised individualsandinaccordancewith legislation,e.g.,Data ProtectionAct,NHSguidelines,andIM&Tsecuritypolicies.
• To plan and prioritise own work to ensure effective support to allareasanddeliveryofkeyobjectives.
• To ensure that allocated project plan(s) are kept updated and regular reports provided to the Associate Director of Commercial Development and Contracts Lead.
• Ensure that the office environment runs smoothly and thatsystemsareinplaceforensuringadequate provision of suppliesandtechnology.
• Maintain technical knowledge and awareness of key national contractual policies and templates, including the NHS Standard and Local Authority contracts.
• Maintain understanding of the technical principles and pricing mechanisms as outlined within the National Payment System (NPS).

This advert closes on Monday 26 Oct 2026