Commercial Contracts Manager

On behalf of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) we are looking for a Commercial Contracts Manager (Inside IR35) for a 12 month contract on a hybrid basis (2 days per week from any nationwide MoJ hub, remainder WFH/remote)

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) priorities include improving public safety and reducing reoffending by reforming prisons, probation and youth justice, and building a justice system which makes access to justice swifter and more certain for all citizens whatever their background. Project professionals in the MoJ help to improve the government’s ability to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent, and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.

As a Commercial Contracts Manager your main responsibilities will be:

• Post-contract award administration of a range of construction and professional service contracts

• Developing and managing variations/change control and other contract mechanisms.

• Support Senior Commercial Manager and where within experience provide commercial advice and support to relevant Stakeholders in developing commercial strategy.

• Analysis and Issue resolution – make effective decisions and risk mitigation, escalating to Senior Commercial Manager where necessary. Drive continuous improvement of processes.

• Support negotiations with suppliers to vary or change contracts, obtaining and managing input for operational colleagues and others as directed

• Comply with all Departmental controls relating to commercial practice and otherwise, including strict adherence to their delegated authorities, governance, legislation and policy as appropriate

• Support the operational project sponsors to delivery HMPPS business objectives

• Use contract management systems appropriately to ensure all commercial decisions are evidenced and auditable

• Leading conflict and issue resolution with suppliers and stakeholders, seeking support from the Senior Commercial Manager where appropriate.

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with relevant stakeholders, e.g. estates, operations and finance.

• Proactively work with service providers to develop innovative commercial solutions and value -added proposals.

• A proven track record working in the infrastructure/construction or property environment

• The ability to successfully influence senior internal and external stakeholders

• Excellent communication skills

• Demonstrable success working as both part of a team and independently (remote-working)

Desirable:

• Use of NEC3/NEC4 or PPC2000 forms of contract

• Client-side experience

• Regulated (Procurement Regs, OJEU) experience

• Experience working with projects of a similar scale and complexity (c.£20m schemes as a minimum)

• Lifecycle experience; pre-contract strategy, managing procurement, post-contract experience (if possible)

• Good working knowledge and experience of Procurement systems (e.g. Oracle and/or Bravo) and file management systems (e.g. 4Projects)

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, MOJ guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.