Contract Manager in Bristol

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) is seeking to appoint a Contract Manager to join the Commercial team. Your key responsibilities in this role will be to ensure a strong focus on delivering the priorities of the Metro Mayor by providing effective post-award contract management across a portfolio of strategic and high-value contracts.

This is your opportunity to play a hands-on role in ensuring public contracts deliver value for money, agreed outcomes, and social value, while operating within a robust public-sector governance framework.

We are looking for an experienced contract management professional with strong public-sector knowledge, who is confident managing complex supplier relationships, providing commercial challenge, and driving continuous improvement.

This role will be pivotal in:

• Supporting the delivery of strategic and complex contracts across infrastructure, transport, and professional services, ensuring suppliers perform in line with contractual requirements.
• Developing and embedding effective contract management practices, including performance frameworks, risk management, change control, and supplier review mechanisms.
• Ensuring contracts are managed in line with governance and regulatory requirements, including Contract Standing Orders and procurement legislation.
• Completing robust performance and risk reporting, contributing to assurance for the Corporate Leadership Team, Commercial Board, and Committees.
• Providing professional commercial advice and challenge to contract owners, budget holders, and project teams, helping to resolve issues and improve outcomes.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to have an informal conversation with the hiring manager, please contact us.

Are you someone who has experience managing complex contracts, understands public-sector governance, and is confident working with senior stakeholders to deliver results? If this is your next role, please apply and tell us why you would be a great fit.

Alongside the opportunity to lead change, drive strategic initiatives, and make a real difference in the West of England, we offer an excellent benefits package including:

• 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years continuous or reckonable service. There is also the option to increase your annual leave with our annual leave purchase scheme.
• 1 day of paid leave each year to volunteer.
• Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 15.3%.
• Flexible, family friendly and hybrid working options to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals.
• Reduced bus fare travel across the West of England.

The salary for this role is £52,413 - £55,722. This is the full-time equivalent salary, and will be pro-rata for part-time. We advertise salary ranges for job roles, with new appointments for external candidates typically starting at the lowest salary point. In exceptional cases, where higher skill levels or experience are applicable, the salary point may be adjusted to secure the best candidate.

We believe in fostering a culture of continuous learning and development, empowering you to thrive in your career. We prioritise your growth and success by providing a diverse range of learning and development opportunities.

As a founding Member of the West of England Good Employment Charter and accredited Living Wage Employer, we are committed to creating a diverse environment where all our employees can thrive. We make sure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and we particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or citizenship status.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, condition or need any additional support that means you might require changes to the application or recruitment process, please get in touch with our Resourcing Team. We are here to assist and accommodate your needs.

Please note this vacancy may close early or be extended depending on the number of applications so please do not wait to apply. If you have started your application, we will give you notice of the new closing date by email.

From a recruitment agency? We are not engaging with agencies for this role. Any CVs received from agencies will be considered as unsolicited and the property of the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, with no obligation to pay agency fees.