The public sector client is looking to recruit a Contract Project Manager for a 6 month temporary contract which will be home-based, however, you may be required to travel to sites in the North West & South West England as and when required. The successful candidate will have the relevant skills and experience specified below. The successful candidate will have a valid DBS. Please Note: This assignment sits inside of IR35.

• You can analyse information to inform your decisions to identify and prioritise key tasks.
• You will enjoy working with a range of key stakeholders and build effective working relationships both inside and outside of the organisation. You can influence others and flex your style accordingly whilst maintaining integrity.
• You have experience and knowledge of contract management requirements, and a highly developed understanding of the challenges involved in managing and assuring delivery of large complicated commercial contracts.
• You have the ability to make decisions about issues of risk arising from audit and assurance activity and managing these effectively and sensitively across organisational boundaries and in line with political and economic considerations.

• Managing designated contracts with Service Management Providers in line with the terms of their contract to deliver service outcomes and value for money
• Ensuring appropriate levels of assurance in relation to designated contracts, including as required, service provider visits in order to observe and monitor operations, processes and practice.
• Day to day management of the contract from an operational perspective
• Ensuring that contract outputs are delivered to quality, time and budget within agreed tolerances (SLAs), or reported/escalated where this is cannot be achieved
• Ensuring required operational contract documentation is available to stakeholders and up to date
• Regular liaison with Commercial Contract Managers to monitor and manage contract performance
• Ensuring with the commercial lead that risk management is in place, including mechanisms to identify, manage, measure and report risks and mitigation
• Ensuring that operational performance is appropriately reported. Act as a central point of contact and source of information for operational stakeholders
• Liaising with the Commercial Contract Manager to provide co-ordinated reports to the Senior Business Owner
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement in terms of the operational aspects of the contract
• Drafting proposals for operational changes for impact assessment and approval to be incorporated into the contract via the change control process, led by the commercial contract manager
• Resolution of service delivery issues with the client, managing expectations and meeting customer demands
• Performance management of the achievement of qualitative and quantitative standards against mutual key performance indicators
• Determine activity based on MI and knowledge
• Work within and contribute to development of the national strategy for Contract Management.

Desirable:
• Relevant professional qualification eg IACCM or CIPS
• Experience of managing Gold and/or Silver category service delivery contracts

Operational experience rather than commercial is preferred
Experience in a healthcare/clinical or infrastructure setting would be advantageous