Senior Contracts Manager - PFI

NHS Property Services; Redcar; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Property Services seeks a PFI Senior Contract Manager to join their team in Redcar. The role involves overseeing PFI contract activities, collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with project agreements. Competitive salary, car allowance, and a range of benefits are offered, supporting a work-life balance and career development.

Benefits

27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Car allowance

SMART Pension contribution up to 6%

NHS retail discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Colleague Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Must have PFI experience plus healthcare experience.
• Strong commercial contract management background required.
• Experience managing budgets is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead all PFI activities within the assigned contract portfolio.
• Manage processes to support the PFI Hand-back in line with IPA requirements.
• Agree plans and priorities, keeping team members informed.

Skills

PFI experience

Healthcare experience

Commercial contract management

Budget management

Time management

Organization skills

Job description

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NHS Property Services (NHSPS) is dedicated to enabling excellent patient care by serving as a trusted property advisor to the NHS. We are committed to providing the best estate solutions, ensuring that our healthcare facilities are optimised for efficiency and effectiveness.

We proudly manage a diverse portfolio of 2,700 properties across England, catering to the needs of 6,300 customers. This extensive portfolio represents approximately 10% of the total NHS estate. Our properties range from historic listed buildings to state-of-the-art integrated care centres, encompassing hospitals, GP practices, and administrative offices.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a PFI Senior Contract Manager to join our team based in Redcar - Reed Marsh House - Coatham Road.

The role is a permanent position working 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm, hybrid between working from home, the office and the customer sites.

The salary is starting from £60,000 plus £3,500 car allowance, up to 10% bonus and 27 days annual leave.

About the role:

The PFI Senior Contract Manager (SCM) plays a critical role at NHS PS acting as the Trust Representative for their assigned portfolio. The SCM will review documentation and inspect plant to ensure Project Companies are complying with requirements of the Project agreement, Health Technical Memorandums and British Standards. The (SCM) will ensure safe and reliable Facilities now and through to Contract Expiry. This role has one direct report, a Contract Manager, and works alongside 7 other Senior Contract Managers as well as multiple Contract Managers within the team. The SCMs and CMs as a team are the conduit/representative between Trusts, Clients and Tenants and the Service Providers/SPV’s who deliver services for our customers. The SCMs provide expert specialist (Project Agreement) expertise to Project Co, colleagues, tenants, Directors and senior management. The SCM will undertake the role of Trust Representative as detailed in the Project Agreement. The PFI team is made up of specialists and team contributors, and whilst PFI Senior Contracts Managers will have their own designated contracts, they will operate nationally as a team, using their individual specialist skills and experience to contribute where required.

What you will do:

• Agreeing plans and priorities, cascading organisational information to keep team members connected to what is happening in the wider business
• Responsible for managing the processes to provide the evidence portfolio to support the PFI Hand-back process in accordance with Infrastructure and Project Authority (IPA) mandated requirements
• Lead on all PFI activities within the assigned contract portfolio, collaborating with other managers across the business where appropriate
• Assist with the development/recruitment of a high performing PFI Team
• To be responsible for embedding change and other organisational initiatives within the assigned portfolio

What you will bring to the role:

• PFI experience plus healthcare experience.
• Commercial contract management background
• Management of budgets
• Good organisation and time management

What we can offer you:

We understand how important life is outside of work so, as well as a competitive salary we will also offer:

• 27 days annual leave+ 8 days bank holiday with the option to buy additional weeks leave + car allowance.
• A Smarter Working Policy, empowering you to choose the location of how and where you work according to your daily activities.
• Training and development opportunities, providing opportunities for our colleagues to develop and progress their careers at all levels through our Professional Excellence Framework.
• SMART Pension contribution into which the company will contribute up to 6%
• A range of flexible benefits including NHS retail discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme.
• We have a great Colleague Assistance Programme and offer support for all areas of life.

We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.

For full details of the role, please see the attached role profile.
We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.