Senior Contract Manager

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Job Description

This role can be based from either Birmingham Snowhill or London Podium (near Euston).

Salary:

Birmingham - £47,450 - £59,300 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.

London - £53,850 - £67,300 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

As a Senior Contract Manager at HS2, you will provide corporate contract management across HS2 Ltd's contracts portfolio. HS2 has a growing portfolio of contracts, including both standard government forms and NEC3 contracts mostly utilised by professional services. This role is within the pre-contract sub-team.

About the role:

• Take the lead in supporting HS2 Ltd's delivery teams in the commercial and contract administration of NEC forms of contract.
• Apply experiences of performing pre-contract activity at the 'Define and Procure' stages of the commercial lifecycle, focusing upon contract management activity during Design and Development, then Procurement and Mobilisation phases.
• Provide leadership, commercial assurance, and governance support to relevant Directors, Heads of Department, Contract Managers, Assistant Contract Managers, and Project Managers.
• Coach and supervise team members and direct reports to bring about technical competence and consistency of corporate contract management.
• Develop and manage procedures to recognise and identify contract issues as they develop and manage their resolution under the change's provisions wherever possible.
• Work with Functional Managers and Directors to ensure that decisions with commercial implications receive careful consideration.
• Lead in the drafting of change instructions on corporate contracts and assure such work produced by direct reports.
• Manage the progress of change requests through the company's governance structure.
• Proactively support mitigation measure initiatives captured on the respective contract risk registers.
• Liaise with teams regarding consultants' progress, spend, and performance reporting.
• Lead in the assessment of quotations and assessments by others in connection with compensation events.
• Oversee corporate contract management of other HS2 Ltd contracts.
• Work to achieve value for money at each stage of the contract and develop mechanisms to monitor compliance with contract terms and conditions.
• Maintain a working relationship with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Legal, and Risk Management.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.

About You:

Skills:

• Ability to coordinate, develop, support, and assure the work of team resources to deliver contract management tasks.
• Analytical, commercial, and negotiating skills.
• Ability to lead stakeholders through contract change request processes.
• Ability to manage contract risk.

Knowledge:

• Awareness/theoretical appreciation of governance, assurance & compliance, strategy development, project management & planning, estimating & cost planning, procurement, contract management & administration, negotiation and dispute resolution, risk & value management, and supply chain management.

Type of experience:

• Experience of performing pre-contract activity at the 'Define and Procure' stages of the commercial lifecycle.
• Experience in applying knowledge recognized by other senior professionals.
• Experience of corporate contract management in publicly funded projects.
• Experience in working with or for publicly funded bodies.
• Experience using different forms of contract and management of risk allocation.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high-speed rail network, improving capacity, shortening journey times, boosting the economy, and creating thousands of jobs. HS2 Ltd aims to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.