Commercial and Contracts Project Manager
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Whitchurch, is currently looking to recruit a Commercial and Contracts Project Manager for an initial 6-month contract on a rate of £23.60 per hour PAYE. This role will be based on site.
Responsibilities:
– To work with Project Workstream Leads to manage the change protocol and processes that are required under the Project Agreement (PA), providing regular monitoring information.
– To produce and manage the PA ‘deal diary’ that outlines the PA obligations that are required to be delivered.
– To work with Project Workstream Leads to identify resource and contractual requirements, and with the Procurement Team to procure the services, works and technical support required to deliver the Project.
– To work with the Project Finance Team and Procurement Team to understand and implement the full Procure-to-Pay process, to ensure suppliers are procured and paid on time. To be responsible for ensuring the trust policies and procedures for contracting with the organisation are met.
– To manage and monitor a portfolio of supplier and contracts within the Project, including working with the Project Workstream Leads to ensure the successful management of contracts, ensuring suppliers provide the required deliverables, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost. This will include holding regular Contract Management meetings with suppliers.
– To produce and maintain a programme plan to support the delivery of procurement and contract management.
– To project manage the work of the Commercial Activity Group, including managing the Project Agreement ‘Deal Diary’ and working with the Core Project Team to report progress.
– To produce monthly Contractual Matters reports for the Project Board, ensuring relevant approval is obtained for new procurements and spend requests.
– To produce quarterly Contract Management reports for the Project Board, to keep Board members appraised of contract spend and status of deliverables.
– To produce monthly Commercial Activity Group Highlight reports for the Project Board, noting progress against plans, milestones achieved, and notable risks and issues.
– To produce other relevant reports, as requested, for the Project Board.
– To identify, report, monitor, and take action to reduce risks and issues, escalating where required.
– To provide task management, mentoring and training for other Project team members, as appropriate.
– To line manage and develop staff, where required.
– To work proactively and positively to further the delivery of the Project, in line with Trust policy and values, including Trust Well-being objectives – as developed according to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act.
– To develop skills to improve performance of the role and to undertake continuous professional development.
– To work collaboratively with the leads of the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership – Procurement Services.
Essential Skills:
– Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
– Specialist project knowledge to post graduate level or equivalent experience (PRINCE 2 practitioner or relevant experience).
– Previous experience of procurement projects
– Previous experience of planning and managing projects with successful delivery within time and cost
– Knowledge of national NHS wide guidance and directives for the delivery of health services
– Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing project teams
– Proven track record of successfully introducing service improvement and management of significant organisational change in a complex environment
– Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects e.g. PRINCE2
– Thorough understanding of full project lifecycle
– Knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
– Managing multiple concurrent projects
– Good communication and negotiating skills required to deal with highly complex information/negotiating positions etc. with NHS and other organizations.
– Ability to demonstrate analytical, interpretations and judgmental skills on highly complex issues including value for money initiatives and financial aspects of NHS legislation and policies.
– Ability to think and act strategically by producing project plans and programs for commercial and procurement activity that impacts across the Project
– Experience of negotiating, drafting and recommending agreements with external organizations.
– Excellent written and oral communications at all levels creating professional relationships with staff and external organizations.
– Ability to make contractual decisions, for example deciding upon whether a contract protects the interest of the Trust and its staff.
– Well developed analytical capabilities, able to interpret complex contract terms and conditions.
– An ability to take proportionate approach to risk in the context of contract framework and strategic objectives.
– Ability to manage staff.
– Excellent IT skills
– Self-motivated and enthusiastic professional
Desirable Skills:
– CIPS, or similar professional procurement qualification
– Evidence of continuing professional development, education, training
– Legal knowledge and understanding of contractual matters.
– Experience of effectively administrating a diverse client and project portfolio
– A postgraduate of relevant business/commercial sector/legal qualification.
– Ability to challenge in a constructive way as necessary, all financial procedures and processes
– Knowledge of financial and management accounting procedures and techniques
– Experience of procurement within the public sector / NHS
– Specific domain/ theoretical/ practical knowledge of organisations, processes, policy knowledge relevant to the Project
– Experience of the Oracle payment system
– Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity, please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
– To work with Project Workstream Leads to manage the change protocol and processes that are required under the Project Agreement (PA), providing regular monitoring information.
– To produce and manage the PA ‘deal diary’ that outlines the PA obligations that are required to be delivered.
– To work with Project Workstream Leads to identify resource and contractual requirements, and with the Procurement Team to procure the services, works and technical support required to deliver the Project.
– To work with the Project Finance Team and Procurement Team to understand and implement the full Procure-to-Pay process, to ensure suppliers are procured and paid on time. To be responsible for ensuring the trust policies and procedures for contracting with the organisation are met.
– To manage and monitor a portfolio of supplier and contracts within the Project, including working with the Project Workstream Leads to ensure the successful management of contracts, ensuring suppliers provide the required deliverables, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost. This will include holding regular Contract Management meetings with suppliers.
– To produce and maintain a programme plan to support the delivery of procurement and contract management.
– To project manage the work of the Commercial Activity Group, including managing the Project Agreement ‘Deal Diary’ and working with the Core Project Team to report progress.
– To produce monthly Contractual Matters reports for the Project Board, ensuring relevant approval is obtained for new procurements and spend requests.
– To produce quarterly Contract Management reports for the Project Board, to keep Board members appraised of contract spend and status of deliverables.
– To produce monthly Commercial Activity Group Highlight reports for the Project Board, noting progress against plans, milestones achieved, and notable risks and issues.
– To produce other relevant reports, as requested, for the Project Board.
– To identify, report, monitor, and take action to reduce risks and issues, escalating where required.
– To provide task management, mentoring and training for other Project team members, as appropriate.
– To line manage and develop staff, where required.
– To work proactively and positively to further the delivery of the Project, in line with Trust policy and values, including Trust Well-being objectives – as developed according to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act.
– To develop skills to improve performance of the role and to undertake continuous professional development.
– To work collaboratively with the leads of the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership – Procurement Services.
Essential Skills:
– Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
– Specialist project knowledge to post graduate level or equivalent experience (PRINCE 2 practitioner or relevant experience).
– Previous experience of procurement projects
– Previous experience of planning and managing projects with successful delivery within time and cost
– Knowledge of national NHS wide guidance and directives for the delivery of health services
– Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing project teams
– Proven track record of successfully introducing service improvement and management of significant organisational change in a complex environment
– Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects e.g. PRINCE2
– Thorough understanding of full project lifecycle
– Knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
– Managing multiple concurrent projects
– Good communication and negotiating skills required to deal with highly complex information/negotiating positions etc. with NHS and other organizations.
– Ability to demonstrate analytical, interpretations and judgmental skills on highly complex issues including value for money initiatives and financial aspects of NHS legislation and policies.
– Ability to think and act strategically by producing project plans and programs for commercial and procurement activity that impacts across the Project
– Experience of negotiating, drafting and recommending agreements with external organizations.
– Excellent written and oral communications at all levels creating professional relationships with staff and external organizations.
– Ability to make contractual decisions, for example deciding upon whether a contract protects the interest of the Trust and its staff.
– Well developed analytical capabilities, able to interpret complex contract terms and conditions.
– An ability to take proportionate approach to risk in the context of contract framework and strategic objectives.
– Ability to manage staff.
– Excellent IT skills
– Self-motivated and enthusiastic professional
Desirable Skills:
– CIPS, or similar professional procurement qualification
– Evidence of continuing professional development, education, training
– Legal knowledge and understanding of contractual matters.
– Experience of effectively administrating a diverse client and project portfolio
– A postgraduate of relevant business/commercial sector/legal qualification.
– Ability to challenge in a constructive way as necessary, all financial procedures and processes
– Knowledge of financial and management accounting procedures and techniques
– Experience of procurement within the public sector / NHS
– Specific domain/ theoretical/ practical knowledge of organisations, processes, policy knowledge relevant to the Project
– Experience of the Oracle payment system
– Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity, please get in touch.
