Operational Contract Manager – Estates

£48,868 (Minimum) / £55,950 (Maximum) (HMRC Grade 7)

Nottingham, Leeds or Birmingham with travel to various locations

The Operational Contract Manager sits within the HMRC Construction team that delivers the ‘intelligent client’ function in support of delivering the Estates Transformation programme and works alongside our construction managers and supports the Senior Construction Manager by managing the Contracts of our directly engaged contractors, suppliers and consultants, delivering the finished accommodation ready for occupation and use, across 13 Regional Centres, transition accommodation and ancillary buildings to house almost 60,000 staff.

The contracts include professional services for design, cost and project management and other bespoke services, furniture contracts, soft furnishing contracts and specialist engineering works.

You will define the scope and use the established frameworks to manage orders and payments, managing the delivery of the contracts, reporting on performance and assuring compliance with the contract requirements. You will interface with stakeholders and the supply chain at a strategic level and lead Best Practice initiatives to continually improve and identify opportunities to deliver better value for money.

Key to your attributes will be that you have:

• Knowledge of Public Contract Regulations and different forms of contract.
• Experience of working across a large organisation with multiple stakeholders.
• Understanding of project management methodologies.
• Working in a multidisciplinary project team and building strong relationships across team/business area/ departmental/ boundaries.
• Forming effective relationships with internal stakeholders. Evidence of effective team engagement and stakeholder management.
• Demonstrable track record of success in Contract Management of multimillion £ product and services contracts.
• Commercial understanding with experience of enhancing and delivering value and continuous improvement.
• Understanding of requirements for operational contract management methods and delivery of comprehensive reporting to senior management boards.

Qualifications

Essential to have a relevant degree

Desirable to possess or are working towards a Recognised Commercial Management/ Project Management/Contract Management qualification such as MAPM, or other relevant qualification.

Document for Download:

• Candidate Pack

How to apply and Timetable

If you have any other questions about this position, for an informal and confidential discussion please contact Ray Williamson or Mike Orr at Aspen People on 0141 212 7555.

To apply - please supply the following:

• A comprehensive CV setting out your career history, with responsibilities and achievements.
• A statement supporting your suitability against the key requirements (if you wish, this can be in the body of the email)
• Please provide details of your current remuneration package (and band if you are an internal candidate from within the Civil Service).
• A completed Diversity Monitoring Form - downloadable here. All monitoring data will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not affect your application in any way.
• If applying under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS), please complete the form downloadable here.

Please submit your completed application via the link here

If you do not receive an automatic acknowledgement, please contact Melissa Scholes on 0141 212 7555.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to apply for this role. All data is processed in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act.

Timetable (dates could be subject to change)

Closing date for applications	Monday 2nd July 2018
Interviews with HMRC	W/C 9th July 2018