Job summary
The Contracts Manager is responsible for developing negotiating managing and leading complex contractual legal and financial arrangements with providers of goods and services for both the Digital and Estates Division of Royal Papworth Hospital The contract manager is responsible to ensure that contracts are renewed and digital capital planning activities are completed as planned The contract manager has to work closely with Deputy director of Digital CIO and Director of Estates and Head of estates and facilities
Main duties of the job
Manage the portfolio of Digital and Estates contracts to ensure value for money and contract assurance holding suppliers to account. Identify and lead on new and emerging technologies in conjunction with Heads of Digital and Estates with particular emphasis on sustainability and carbon neutral targets in line with the nhs net zero plan. Represent Digital and Estates as the depart lead on new tenders in conjunction with SBS our outsourced procurement provider provide strategic procurement advice and expertise. Manage internal Digital and Estates operations to enable the delivery of the vision, business plans, saving targets and day to day operations. Work closely with the procurement team, Deputy director of digital, CIO and Director of Estates and Head of estates and facilities finance team and ensure that all contracts are renewed on time and the digital capital planning activities are delivered Have regular engagement with the vendors and ensure that their performance review is carried out as required.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent experience
- CIPS
Desirable
- Extensive contract management skills, procurement
- Project Management Qualification e.g., PRINCE2
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of procurement rules and standing financial instructions (SFIs)
- Experienced at working within the public sector
- Understand B2B and B2C relationships and with an attention to the customer needs.
- Undertaking value for money assessment (VfmA)
- Proven track record of negotiating contracts and managing competitive tendering process and working knowledge of the EU regulations
- Proven track record in implementing required amendments to department policies processes inline with national policy changes to maintain compliance.
- Knowledge of improvement cycles
- Financial and business acumen
- Bid writing and negotiation skills
- Required to act independently within appropriate guidelines, deciding when it is necessary to refer to their manager.
- Awareness on regional or national changes in relation to public sector procurement regulations
- Have sound knowledge in accessing, updating information systems like i-proc and Atamis.
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritising work appropriately and managing a changing workload
- Understanding of data protection, information governance and confidentiality
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills, including negotiating skills and conflict resolution.
- Ability to process information logically
- Ability to discuss and explain complex issues to non-specialist staff
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Positive approach to problem solving with good analytical skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of procurement frameworks
- Expedient and 'quick to' market knowledge
- Understanding of NHS procurement
- Ability to write clearly and appropriately for a particular purpose or target group
- Good presentation skills using a variety of resources
- Ability to influence decision making and working practice and procedures
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent experience
- CIPS
Desirable
- Extensive contract management skills, procurement
- Project Management Qualification e.g., PRINCE2
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of procurement rules and standing financial instructions (SFIs)
- Experienced at working within the public sector
- Understand B2B and B2C relationships and with an attention to the customer needs.
- Undertaking value for money assessment (VfmA)
- Proven track record of negotiating contracts and managing competitive tendering process and working knowledge of the EU regulations
- Proven track record in implementing required amendments to department policies processes inline with national policy changes to maintain compliance.
- Knowledge of improvement cycles
- Financial and business acumen
- Bid writing and negotiation skills
- Required to act independently within appropriate guidelines, deciding when it is necessary to refer to their manager.
- Awareness on regional or national changes in relation to public sector procurement regulations
- Have sound knowledge in accessing, updating information systems like i-proc and Atamis.
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritising work appropriately and managing a changing workload
- Understanding of data protection, information governance and confidentiality
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills, including negotiating skills and conflict resolution.
- Ability to process information logically
- Ability to discuss and explain complex issues to non-specialist staff
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Positive approach to problem solving with good analytical skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of procurement frameworks
- Expedient and 'quick to' market knowledge
- Understanding of NHS procurement
- Ability to write clearly and appropriately for a particular purpose or target group
- Good presentation skills using a variety of resources
- Ability to influence decision making and working practice and procedures
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
