Senior Contracts Manager

Positions   1 Band / Grade   A2 Salary   £56,180 - £66,497 per annum Contract Type   Permanent Working Pattern   Full Time Location   Hybrid (on-site and remote) Leave entitlement   Starting at 30 days per annum, pro-rata Closing Date  

29th November 2024 at 23:55

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UK Parliament

Working at the UK Parliament offers a unique and rewarding career at the heart of the UK’s democratic system.

With a wide range of roles available, our impartial colleagues enable the day to day running of the House of Commons, House of Lords and Joint Departments. Together, we make Parliament happen.

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including: 

• 30 days’ annual leave (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year). 
• Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. 
• Access to training and development. 
• Flexible working. 
• Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan.

Introduction 

The Parliamentary Maintenance Services Team (PMST) is a team of approximately 144 directly employed House staff plus a variety of contractors, many of them site based.  This team maintains the Parliamentary Estate (Commons & Lords) buildings, engineering systems and furnishings in order to ensure a fully functioning, safe working environment for the many thousands of people for who work in and visit Parliament and ensure the buildings are equipped for the demands of the 21st century.

Consisting of buildings that range from the historic Palace of Westminster to the modern Portcullis House, the estate is located within a UNESCO World Heritage site and spans four conservation areas with plans being developed for a significant restoration programme.

PMST enable the key functions of Parliament to take place, working directly with other teams to support the important work of both Houses, including Security; Digital; Safety; Catering; Service Delivery and Strategic Estates.

The Role 

The post will lead a small contract management team to provide professional contract management support to PMST for contracts with an annual value in excess of £6m p.a.

Key duties will be to ensure all PMST contracts operate in compliance with both PMST specifications, PPCS procurement or NEC 3/4 contract management administration requirements at all time

The postholder will be Responsible for developing specifications and procurement of key Parliamentary Estate wide Mechanical & Electrical, Building Fabric, Fire including the application of all mandatory, statutory and health and safety requirements relevant to the work.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• Commercial management of service contracts at tender, mobilisation, operation and conclusion stages, including:

• Managing benefits definition, realisation and assessment with regards to outsourced maintenance strategy including developing proposals to ensure best value is obtained at all times.

• Identifying and preparing technical and commercial specifications to enable tender and procurement of specialist maintenance contracts across the Parliamentary Estate such as: Mechanical & Electrical; Building Fabric; and Fire contracts to the value of approx. £6m p.a.

• Review and analyse tender proposals and make recommendations where appropriate.

• Agreeing forms of contract & procurement process, selecting & evaluating tender submissions, managing the start-up process for new contractors.

 

Skills and Experience 

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• Degree (or minimum equivalent NVQ L5) in Facilities Management or related subject, i.e. Construction/Commercial Management; Quantity Surveying
• Experience of successfully procuring and managing outsourced contracts in an FM environment ensuring they are compliant with required specifications.
• Engages with and understands customer requirements and uses these to develop technical solutions or interventions to improve performance and achieve strategic organisational outcomes

Next Steps and Additional Information

CV & Supporting Statement – If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter with a 500 word limit. 

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description. 

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.

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