Senior Contract Manager

We're recruiting for a Senior Contract Manager here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategy & Operations team., Supporting, and where applicable, leading end to end Contract and Supplier Management activity across a portfolio of contracts. Dependant on the supplier / contract classification to include: Providing Contract and Supplier Management Leadership across a portfolio of contracts.

• Providing guidance, support and training to Contract Managers, ensuring consistent application of good practice Contract and Supplier Management across a portfolio of contracts;
• Be an expert advisor in good practice Contract and Supplier Management, and contribute to the continuous improvement of the Contract and Supplier Management Framework;
• Working with the Head of Contract and Supplier Relationship Management to understand and embed the organisational vision, values and culture;
• Acting as team leader with responsibility for working collaboratively with peers to define and deliver team objectives in line with the organisational vision and strategy;
• Promote the value and benefits of good practice Contract and Supplier Management across Justice Digital;
• Acting as the first point of escalation for any Contract and Supplier Management issues raised by the Contract Manager(s);
• Providing portfolio wide strategic contract and supplier insight to key stakeholders;
• Ensuring consistency and the sharing of best practice across the Contract Managers within the portfolio;
• Leading and direct management of a team of Contract Managers.
Working with colleagues from Commercial and across Justice Digital to implement and mobilise new contracts across the portfolio, to ensure contracts are administered effectively and where necessary to support transition and exit activity.
• Establishing governance to support effective management of the contract and the overall supplier relationship;
• Leading key contract and supplier management meetings, ensuring they meet the specified objectives and deliver value;
• Establishing clear roles & responsibilities to support effective management of the contract and supplier relationship;
• Supporting creation and execution of mobilisation, transition and exit plans;
• Supporting on-time and accurate supplier payment in line with the contracted processes, providing operational data and approvals as required;
• Managing the contract pipeline, management of data systems and records, facilitating activities in support of procurement activity.
Leading contract and supplier performance management across a portfolio of contracts.
• Developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across the portfolio of contracts and suppliers which align to MoJ strategic objectives;
• Become the Justice Digital contract SME for the portfolio of contracts;
• Developing and shaping along with strong forward planning to ensure that the Contract and Supplier Management schedule is delivered on time and to the required quality;
• Managing the contract and supplier performance management activity, including reporting, communication, and the delivery of joint improvement plans with the supplier, where applicable;
• Ensuring consistency of approach, and facilitating best practice sharing across Contract Managers within the portfolio.
Ensuring risks and issues are effectively managed across a portfolio of contracts;
• Supporting identification and effective management of contract and supplier risk, and own mitigating actions as required;
• Supporting conflict and issue resolution with suppliers and stakeholders, as a result of escalations from the Contract Manager;
• Ensuring compliance with governance, legislative and policy requirements as appropriate;
• Ensuring good practice risk management is applied by Contract Managers across the portfolio of contracts and suppliers.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!, Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out the way we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.,
• You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
• You were studying abroad
• You were living overseas with parents
In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account. Success Profiles Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance. if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance Supporting document 1 JD - Senior Contract Manager 91585 05 Nov.docx - 199KB Opens in a new window Converted File JD - Senior Contract Manager 91585 05 Nov.docx.pdf - 89KB Opens in a new window We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage., MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion. For further information and to apply for this position please see the following link: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigital/Job/JobDetail?JobId=494.


• Extensive contract management, procurement, or commercial experience in a complex organisation;
• In depth knowledge and experience of negotiating with suppliers and stakeholders to achieve satisfactory outcomes;
• Significant experience of performance managing suppliers to maximise contract value;
• Hold or have a willingness to work towards gaining a suitable related qualification such as CIPs, World CC (formerly IACCM) or Contract Management Capability Programme accreditation. Continuous development will be encouraged through continuous investment in learning;
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy., In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above. Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference. Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on 'extensive contract management, procurement, or commercial experience in a complex organisation' will be conducted prior to the sift., To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why. For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).

These are exciting times at Justice Digital. We have a clear vision to develop a digitally enabled justice system that works more simply for users, and we're looking for talented people to help us achieve it. We are making things better by building adaptable, effective services and making systems that are simple to use for staff and citizens. It can be challenging but it's also important and rewarding. The design, delivery, and support of Digital, Data, & Technology services is heavily dependent on collaboration between the MoJ and members of its extensive supplier ecosystem. On behalf of the wider MoJ organisation, Justice Digital invest over £450m per annum in supplier capability and solutions - many of which are critical to the operation of MoJ. The contract management team exists to ensure that the money spent with suppliers is well managed. The team ensures that all contracts are established based on the best information available and managed for long-term value, while facilitating the development and maintenance of longer-term strategic partnerships. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

The national salary range is £54,358 - £61,585, London salary range is £58,847 - £66,670. Your salary will be dependent on your base location Number of jobs available 9 Detail of reserve list 12 Months Region National City/Town National Building/Site NATIONAL,
• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates).
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings' birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.