Contracts Advisor

TN United Kingdom; Pontypridd; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for Wales is seeking a Contracts Advisor to enhance contract management processes. The role involves data analysis, contract administration, and collaboration with stakeholders to ensure effective contract performance and risk management. Candidates should have experience in contract management and strong communication skills. Welsh language skills are a plus but not essential.

Qualifications

• Experience managing contracts in a commercial environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various parties.

Responsibilities

• Support contract management processes and procedures.
• Analyze contract management data and identify risks.
• Draft contract changes and liaise with contract owners.

Skills

Contract Management

Data Analysis

Communication

Job description

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At Transport for Wales we value diversity. It makes us stronger, helps us understand our customers better, make better decisions and be more innovative. Everyone’s different and has their own perspective so we’re building a diverse team that mirrors the communities we serve. Through this we’re determined to be one of Wales' leading inclusive employers. We’re creating an inclusive transport network that everyone in Wales can be proud of.

Who we are

At Transport for Wales, we’re on a mission to transform transport in Wales and make it fit for the future, whether that’s rail, bus, walking or cycling. We want to inspire a nation to change the way it travels, so that we all travel more sustainably and help to combat the climate emergency we’re all facing.

We’re an open and inclusive place to work, where everyone is welcome and our people are supported to reach their full potential. We want to create an environment where our people can grow and succeed. This is key to enabling us to deliver on the promises we’ve made to the people of Wales to build a sustainable transport network that meets their needs.

Role responsibilities

The Contracts Advisor supports the promotion and execution of robust contract management processes and procedures across Transport for Wales (TfW) by providing support to contract owners and contributing to the ongoing evaluation of contract performance to ensure that commercial and contract risks are being are managed and mitigated effectively.

• Provide day to day contract management administration by inputting and maintaining data accuracy into various systems to ensure the team and contract owners have all the appropriate data required to support and enable informed decisions, and monitor spend against budgets and contracted values.
• Perform regular analysis of the contract management Power BI dashboard suite by interpreting the data and proactively identifying exceptions that pose commercial and financial risk and acting on those exceptions in a timely manner to mitigate the risk.
• Responding to contract queries from contract owners by providing advice relating to contract management activities, assist in tracking and addressing budget consumption, and provide support for non-complex performance issues with suppliers to ensure timely resolutions.
• Drafting contract changes (excluding Infrastructure and Grant Agreement) for review by the Contract Manager by liaising with contract owners to identify requirements and justify the change and collating all necessary commercial information and financial approvals to ensure changes are commercially binding.

Who we’re looking for

• Demonstrable experience of managing or working with contracts in a commercial, procurement or supply chain environment.
• Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with a variety of parties to deliver successful business outcomes.
• Effective communicator, able to present and explain options to others, and confidently respond to queries or challenges.
• Experience of analysing data to interpret information and identify trends.

Welsh Language Skills

The ability to speak/write Welsh would make a great addition to your application, but it is not essential for this role.

Transport for Wales supports and promotes the use of the Welsh Language by employees and will encourage them to develop, improve and maintain their Welsh Language skills. We fully support our people who want to improve their Welsh language skills, and personal development for Welsh Language skills are offered in a variety of ways such as online learning, classroom courses and funding attendance at local community courses.