- be the administrator the of the ICB electronic Contract Register (Atamis based) which will include adding and removing users;
- schedule and take notes for the contract performance meetings with the Partnership of East London Collaboratives;
- support the maintenance of the Contracts Team shared drive.
- Support teams to deliver effective contractual management within the Finance Directorate to deliver to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed and delivered effectively.
- Support and inform the targeting of resources, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the tasks/projects by providing high quality support including complex information and analysis, communications and stakeholder management.
- Ensure accurate and open communication and co-ordination with a range of organisations and individuals, researching and drafting correspondence and papers and ensuring the management of specific tasks, lead reporting and analysis across a range of specialties, functions and projects.
- Be a key member of the team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally.
- The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
- Evidence of working to own initiative balancing complex and competing demands
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity. Being aware of how individual actions contribute to, and make a difference to, the equality agenda
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Experience of contract management acquired through experience or training
- Understanding of the contractual processes within the ICB
- oBe able to communicate effectiveboth verbally and in writing complex, sensitive and / or contentious information and secure the agreement of cooperation of individuals or groups through well- developed and persuasive negotiating Skills
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Contracts Officer - Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom - NHS North East London
Description
Job summary
This Contract Officer role is based in the part of the Contracts Team that manages Community Clinical Service Contracts.
Please note this vacancy is being advertised as a 6 month fixed term role which is intended to provide cover for another member of staff on long term sick leave.
The main role of the Contract Officer is to be the lead for a small portfolio of NHS, private and third sector community service provider contracts - the value of the contracts commensurate with the seniority of the role - acting as the first point of contact between the ICB and the providers and providing effective liaison between the providers and the commissioners of the service. The Contract Officer is an externally facing role and the post holder will be expected to interact with different providers on a daily basis.
Main duties of the job
The role of this Contract Officer role is also to provide administrative support to other members of the team who manage high risk or high value provider contracts, or who have responsibility for cross portfolio work areas. This tasks may change occasionally and at the present time this Contract Officer role will be expected to:
The contracts in the portfolio of the Contract Officer can expire at different times of the year, and provider performance or payment issues can arise unexpectedly, and the Contract Officer needs to be able to respond quickly to changing priorities and manage their own workload.
About us
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.
We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.
We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.
We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person SpecificationPlanning Skills
Essential
Equality and Diversity
Essential
Education / Qualifications/ Experience
Essential
Desirable
Communication Skills
Essential
Analytical Skills
Essential