- Be an employee of Kirklees Council.
- Be employed by Kirklees for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date.
- Have successfully completed your probationary period.
Contract Management Officer - Huddersfield, United Kingdom - Kirklees Council
Description
Contract Management Officer - INTERNAL
We adopt a 'name blind' approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage. Organisation 1 Kirklees Directorate 1 Growth & Regeneration Service Area 1 Development Hours 1 37 hours Number of Jobs 1 1 Location(s) 1 Huddersfield and surrounding areas Position type 1 Permanent Grade 1 Grade 10 to 11 Salary 1 £35,745 to £41,418 Advert Wording 1THIS ROLE IS INTERNALLY RESTRICTED
To apply for this job, you must meet all of the following criteria:
(Please note that if you work for an Academy, you are not an employee of the Council.)
Your employment status will be checked, if you do not meet the above requirements your application will be rejected.
The post is based within the Schools Public Private Partnerships Contracts Team (PPP).
In this job you will be instrumental in engaging with key stakeholders and end users to ensure a coordinated, proactive approach to contract management across all areas of the Council's school estate. You will represent the Council, ensuring that delivery, monitoring, and administration of contracts is both effective and compliant, ensuring value for money for the Council and end users.
As a Contract Management Officer, you will have a professional and tactful attitude to often conflicting demands of stakeholders and sensitive consideration of their issues will mean you are able to negotiate effectively with operational, contractual and efficiency considerations in mind.
Your attention to detail will support you to ensure that contracts are effectively monitored and that any variations are properly administered, recorded and authorised following detailed specifications. Your technical contracts and facilities management knowledge and understanding of the education environment will mean you see opportunities for potential savings in delivery and procurement of contracts.
You will ensure budgetary targets are met through adoption of effective budget monitoring, management, and payment systems. Pass reports to the Finance Unit to ensure the agreed payments are dispatched within the required timescales, keeping accurate records and to advise and charge schools specific costs incurred because of variations not part of the main Contract.
Scott Deacon is the manager for this role, please contact them on for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.