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Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time or Part Time; 37.5 hours per week (FTE)
Salary: £48,000-£57,000 commensurate with experience
Location: Leeds or our new Birmingham office!
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Lead Contract Manager
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.
About us
We’re an independent company and arms-length governmental body, set up and owned by the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). We administer the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, which aims to encourage investment in low carbon electricity generation. In 2024, projects managed under CfD’s generated enough energy to power 15.2 million homes and mitigated 2,818,008 tons of CO2 emissions.
Role Summary
As Assistant Contract Manager at the Low Carbon Contracts Company, you will learn the role of Contract Manager and how to manage the contracts that make low carbon technology investible.
You’ll be working on the contracts for a variety of cutting-edge projects in sectors such as offshore wind, geothermal electricity, tidal, biomass and carbon capture.
Key Responsibilities
Relationship management
* Getting out and meeting people face-to-face. Taking a proactive approach to building strong, professional relationships is the most important part of the role. It’s essential that you’re the type of person who will pick up the phone, or go to visit a site, rather than always relying on email.
* Working as part of a close-knit team and learning from your colleagues.
* Collaborating and building trust with stakeholders as you support them to meet all contractual requirements.
Communication
* Articulating technical requirements for a variety of people, including those without much technical knowledge.
* Responding to queries and concisely summarising key messages and salient points.
* Presenting papers to Lead or Senior Contract Managers in order to get approval papers signed off.
* Managing and communicating information in a timely and accurate way, and raising potential issues before they become problematic.
* Presenting high-quality, reliable data using the appropriate templates.
* Keeping abreast of policy, process and procedural changes, and alerting counterparties to any that may affect them.
Problem solving
* Using a solution-based approach to help counterparties identify and solve specific project issues, such as contractor delays.
* Thinking about project problems creatively and flexibly, on a case-by-case basis.
* Applying critical thinking and an engineering mindset to offer counterparties a range of pragmatic, workable solutions.
* Pro-actively sharing ideas for improvements to processes and procedures.
* Breaking down lengthy consultation documents into succinct, comprehensible text.
Learning Contracts for Difference processes
* Understanding contractual terms and conditions.
* Applying LCCC processes to bring contracts to fruition; all the way from allocation rounds to power generation.
* Receiving coaching from Senior Contract Managers and support from Contract Managers.
* Shadowing and assisting Contract Managers across various contractual milestones.
* Learning how to review information and notice subtle nuances in contracts, documents and processing claims.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
* You either have a STEM degree and two years’ relevant experience, including relationship management, communication and problem solving. Otherwise four years’ relevant experience without a STEM degree.
Highly desirable
* Experience managing claims or disputes.
* Energy background, with technical knowledge of renewable technology.
Employee Benefits
We offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:
* Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
* 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
* Up to 8% pension contribution
* Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus one free professional membership subscription
* Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
* Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
* Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
* Three paid volunteering days a year
* Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
* Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
* Employee resource groups
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) exists to help decarbonise the generation of electricity and make it more affordable for the future. Our work is central to the delivery of the Government’s objective to achieve Net Zero target by 2050.
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At LCCC, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can be their authentic selves and contribute to our mission of advancing a flexible energy future.
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