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    Contracts and Performance Manager - Req24713
    Housing Contracts and Performance Manager


    Contract:
    Permanent


    Location:
    Merrion House / Hybrid

    As a Housing Contracts and Performance Manager you'll thrive on getting the best outcomes and seeing improvements for our customers, using your strong communication and leadership skills to influence and work with key contractors and partners.

    This is great opportunity for you to join a knowledgeable and supportive team, who take immense pride in ensuring high quality and best value outputs are delivered from our two Housing PFI Contracts, along with embedding and driving a positive performance management framework across Housing to help shape and inform data and intelligence-lead decisions and strategies.

    It's not about the contractual theory and paper-based outcomes, but about living the contracts and outputs in the real world and making an impact on our residents and communities.

    As a Housing Contracts and Performance Manager, you will bring to the role:
    Experience of managing competing priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities

    As our next Housing Contracts and Performance Manager, you'll provide leadership and support to ensure the successful operational management of the Council's housing PFI contracts and to provide strategic contract management support across Housing Leeds, to ensure contracts, risk and performance management frameworks are effective, delivering best value and quality outputs for the service.

    This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong commercial knowledge and skillset to join a proactive, highly skilled and self-motivated team to deliver excellent performance on the ground for our residents and communities.

    You will have a drive and desire to 'make things right' when issues arise, via contractual mechanisms, recognised processes and your own management skills.

    The role is integral to our Contracts and Performance team, who you will lead, inspire and motivate to continue to deliver optimum results and be their best.

    This role and team play a critical part in ensuring that we meet our statutory compliance for the Housing PFI contracts, and that we conduct ourselves in line with regulation & best practice.

    a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
    membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
    flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
    a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
    a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further
    Please complete the online application form.

    If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Helen Jackson, Head of Business Development & Housing Projects on or helen.

    We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. We are also an age-friendly employer, a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Leader.

    Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

    To provide leadership and support to ensure the successful operational management of the Council's housing PFI contracts and to provide strategic contract management support to the operational teams in Housing Leeds, to ensure contracts are fit for purpose, operate on an effective commercial basis and deliver value for money to the Council.

    To ensure that the Council's risk management framework is delivered within the service and to provide support for the performance management requirements of the service.

    Responsibilities To be responsible for the planning, development, monitoring, review and performance for all contract management, risk and performance areas of the team.

    To ensure all Housing contracts are registered and monitored, fit for purpose and support both the operational requirements and the Councils priorities.

    To review, recommend and redraft if necessary, contract policies and procedures, ensuring they are fit for purpose, including statutory and legal responsibilities and protect all council's interests, both written and implied.

    To work in partnership with operational managers and staff from within the division to ensure contract policies and procedures are being adhered to and are in line with contractual commitments, reporting concerns and implications to senior management where appropriate, this may require process audits to be undertaken.

    To support complex negotiations of contract variation, amendment, extension or dispute with contractors and operational managers making recommendations where appropriate.

    To develop and lead an effective commercial review programme on all related contracts ensuring full visibility, accountability and value of funds spent making recommendations where appropriate.

    To manage the divisions risk management framework developing full reporting requirements.

    To implement a robust, appropriate and contract compliant approach to the management of all divisional contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLA's), ensuring this includes effective governance; audit and risk management arrangements are in place.

    To ensure sufficient contract documents are recorded and evidence secured through negotiations.
    To ensure all housing contracts are managed, tendered or extended within a timely manner, in accordance with the LCC Contract Procedure Rules

    Work with colleagues to promote a culture that drives real efficiency savings through active supply chain management and collaboration.

    To provide support to complex supply chain arrangements and negotiations including specification of products to support lifecycle planning

    Divisional operations will continually change in order to offer innovative solutions and services to customers, support this by providing contractual advice on the legal implications of potential actions.

    To continually benchmark contract costs and performance against recognised industry best value.

    Provide advice, training and support to other colleagues across the division on the specifics of contract and audit management.

    To establish effective networks with peer groups across regional boundaries to ensure that developments in relevant functional areas are shared and best practice and learning is disseminated.

    To advise that work is stopped if it contravenes agreed standards and systems and is putting people at risks facing the division.

    To lead, manage and motivate staff and team members, recruit staff, train and develop staff, in-accordance with Council policies and employment laws, and ensure that relevant procedures are understood and followed.

    To work collaboratively with other Housing Leeds teams to achieve efficiencies and best value where practical and possible.

    Detailed knowledge of the standard forms of contract and an ability to identify the circumstances in which they would be used.

    A Management Qualification or equivalent experience
    Evidence of continual professional development
    To be able to establish and maintain professional business relationships with contractors and suppliers
    To be able to drive a culture through the team that is focused both on customers and quality

    The ability to communicate orally or in writing complex and contentious information and issues with a wide range of audiences.

    Ability to engage managers and contractors in making change happen using change management skills and tools.

    Ability to manage competing priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.

    Ability to effectively construct manage and control budgets and use and apply statistical techniques to interpret and manage contract control
    Project management skills and the ability to manage a number of projects simultaneously
    Proven track record of leading and managing major contracts within a social housing or relevant public sector field
    Relevant experience of working at a senior level within a related commercial field
    Proven track record of leading and managing a multi-disciplinary team and or partnership/ project management teams
    Of operating within a performance management framework
    Knowledge and understanding of social housing
    Experience of building and maintaining effective working relationships with senior managers and other key stakeholders across a range of service areas

    Experience of managing competing priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.

    Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council equality and diversity policies.
    Carry out all duties having regard to an employee's responsibility under Health and Safety Policies.
    Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities.
    Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
    Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities.
    Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures.

    Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding, equality & diversity policies of Leeds City Council.

    Experience of setting performance targets and timescales and measuring and managing outcomes
    Budget preparation and management in accordance with Financial Regulations
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