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Permanent, Full Time. Your working days will be Monday to Friday.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within the Procurement & Contract Management Service for a motivated and experienced Procurement professional to join Bristol City Council, a diverse and ambitious organisation with a £1bn+ p.a. revenue budget and £1bn capital programme.

Bristol City Council is seeking to recruit an experienced Contract Manager working within the Centralised Contract Management area of the service. The role is specific to the centralised strategic contracts within the Energy portfolio specifically the City Leap contract.

What will I be doing?

You will act as the council’s dedicated strategic intelligent client on a portfolio of complex/high risk contracts, ensuring high quality efficient delivery in line with contractual commitments.

What do I need to have?

You will be required to have experience of managing a portfolio of contracts from a client perspective with a proven track record in contract negotiations at a senior level. Ideally with experience in Private and Public sector.

We need someone with excellent understanding of principles of contract and performance management and ability to apply these practically within a working environment of social care and complexities and challenges of this sector.

You will need to have extensive knowledge and experience of applying contract law within a diverse/ complex organisation.

You will also need experience of developing and sustaining effective professional working relationships with a wide range of partners, stakeholders and suppliers, with a proven ability to lead and manage people and budgets.

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

Interviews are expected to take place on 5th May 2023.

If you have any further queries after reading the job advert along with the attached job paperwork then please contact Niotia Ferguson, Head of Procurement & Contract Management on [email protected] or Helen Reed, City Leap Client Function Lead.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.