Location: Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, ML1 1AB
Salary: £59,075 - £64,782 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Work From Home: Hybrid
INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF
This vacancy is internal and open to applications from employees of North Lanarkshire Council and Associated Employers only.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a high performing and experienced manager to join our small but pivotal team, in this key role which will provide leadership and strategic oversight of contract management, governance arrangements and relationship management for the current and future Enterprise Contracts ensuring they deliver the intended and required outcomes.
Working with us, in our Assets & Procurement leadership team, you will share our ambition for our communities and join us in ensuring contract management which supports these ambitions and the priorities of the Council. Working closely with our client delivery teams, you will ensure that the Enterprise Contracts are effectively implemented and managed.
In this exciting and influential leadership role you will be responsible for ensuring robust contract management and assurance which reflect best practice and ensures compliance with corporate governance arrangements and standards.
To be a success in this role you will have demonstrated leadership skills, be innovative, solutions focused, with an agile approach to work. You will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of quality services to our citizens and communities and you will promote the Council’s vision, values and reputation.
With a Degree, or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline, and ideally membership of an appropriate Professional Institute, you will have substantial knowledge and experience in a relevant field including contract management/development and contract governance and assurance combined with a solid understanding of risk identification and management. You will have a proven ability in project management to achieve agreed outputs and benefits realisation within agreed budgets.
You will have sound negotiating and influencing skills along with a proven track record of working collaboratively with other services and external parties. With an ability to plan, manage, track and communicate progress you will be able to manage competing demands and possess a high level of professional integrity. It is vital that you can develop effective working relationships with both internal and external partners.
With excellent organisational and IT skills, you will be able to utilise various Microsoft Office packages, and be a clear written and verbal communicator, with the ability to analyse information and produce reports and with experience of presenting information in public forums.
You must be able to travel throughout North Lanarkshire and also outwith this area to undertake the duties of this post.
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays, and a wide range of benefits available to you.
We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live.
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