Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. Ensure the Trust has in place appropriate contracts with commissioners, clients and business partners. In collaboration with the Associate Director establish, manage and develop arrangements for formulating, agreeing and documenting contracts, agreements and schedules in respect of the Trusts health and social care services and other business activities. Lead and implement effective performance management arrangements for all contracts and business activities, producing regular reports for the Associate Director or Director as appropriate. Ensure that all procurement and contracting activities are carried out in accordance with legislation, health policies and procedures and principles of good practice including ethics and probity. To support the partnership working approach with statutory, voluntary and independent sector agencies in relation to contracting issues. Ensure that the relationship between activity, cost and performance is made explicit within all contracting activity. To support the Directorates in reviewing the performance of contracted services so that they are regularly monitored and reviewed to ensure services are effective, meet statutory requirements and deliver desired outcomes. To support the Associate Director in ensuring that effective contract documentation is prepared updated (and version controlled) and is appropriately accessible for operational and corporate directorates. Ensure actions from the Trusts various performance meetings are logged and followed through to completion with the operational and management teams.