Contracts Specialist Sheffield, England
Job description
Location: Sheffield
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week/flexible days and/or hours (Mon-Fri)
Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on experience
Benefits package:
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time), opportunity to buy and sell holiday
- 15% employer pension contribution, discretionary bonus scheme
- Flexible working, cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan and life assurance
- Paid voluntary days, maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
- Benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health and wellbeing, travel, and technology...and plenty more
THE ROLE
We have an exciting opportunity for a Contracts Specialist to be responsible for commercial contract reviews and provide general commercial support, working within the wider Commercial Operations team, to business stakeholders. Additionally, you will contribute to the function of the wider Commercial Operations team.
Reporting to the Head of Commercial and Procurement, your primary responsibility will be reviewing commercial contracts in relation to BBB’s suppliers in accordance with BBB’s supplier management risk statement and appetite; this will include reviewing, interpreting, drafting, amending and negotiating various types of commercial documents, working collaboratively within the Commercial Operations team from a commercial law perspective and supporting the business in the procurement and contract reviews process.
It is essential that you are a qualified in England & Wales as a solicitor, holding a valid practising certificate or are a Certified Legal Executive. You will have sound commercial awareness and judgement, with an ability to provide commercially focussed contractual and commercial advice proportionate to the legal, reputational, and operational risks inherent in the task at hand. You will have good technical drafting and negotiating skills, with knowledge of public procurement law being a distinct advantage.
An understanding of different contract structures including frameworks, single service agreements and supplier terms is essential. Familiarity with IT contracts, prior in-house experience and knowledge of data protection, freedom of information law and IT/IP would be highly advantageous.
You will have strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships, as you will work closely with stakeholders at all levels across the business, managing expectations effectively. You will also be comfortable prioritising competing demands, with an ability to work autonomously.
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ABOUT US
The British Business Bank is a unique and exciting institution. Its mission is to make finance markets work better so smaller businesses across the UK can prosper and grow.
Established in 2014, it is a 100% government-owned economic development bank but independently managed.
To deliver its programmes, the Bank works through more than 200 delivery partners such as high street, digital, specialist and challenger banks, venture capital and private debt funds and fintech platforms.
Currently, we employ around 460 people, split between offices in Sheffield and London.
Please note all candidates applying for this role should have the right to work in the U.K.
