Contracts Support Manager

Contracts Support Manager
Hyde Park, London

About Us

As the Royal Parks charity, we protect and conserve over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are: Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other public spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.

We are currently seeking a Contracts Support Manager to join us on a permanent, full-time basis working 36 hours per week, including agile and hybrid options.

The Benefits

- Salary of £37,200 - £47,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days’ annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after three years’ service
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Hybrid/agile working options
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location

This is a brilliant opportunity for a procurement professional with experience of managing large contracts to join our crucial organisation.

If you’ve been looking for the chance to enhance your experience, this is the perfect role in which to further build your expertise by joining one of London’s most recognisable and visited organisations.

What’s more, you will join our friendly team in an urban oasis and our fantastic healthcare scheme will ensure your wellbeing flourishes.

The Role

As the Contracts Support Manager, you will develop and oversee the implementation of our contract management strategy, ensuring a consistent approach across our organisation. You will be supporting the management of a wide variety of contracts, from major events to refurbishment and conservation work.

Drawing on best practice from the charity and public sector, you will help shape good contract management at TRP by developing and distributing guidance, toolkits and training to colleagues, by developing positive relationships with key contract management colleagues and by undertaking quality control of significant contracts.

You will also ensure that colleagues have access to up-to-date procurement contracts register.

About You

To be considered as a Contracts Support Manager, you will need:

- Demonstrable experience of managing large contracts (at least £1m pa)
- Experience of managing change at all levels of an organisation to achieve overall goals
- Experience of strategy development and implementation
- Knowledge of types of contracts such as concession and works contracts
- Detailed knowledge of the relevant legislation, including the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Concession Contract Regulations 2016
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills

Ideally, you will have experience of managing different types of contracts and experience of large-scale procurement exercises.

An MCIPS or similar professional qualification would be highly advantageous.

Other organisations might call this role Contract Manager, Procurement Contract Manager, Senior Procurement Contract Manager, or Procurement and Contract Manager.

The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as a Contracts Support Manager, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

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