Role: Contracts Assistant REF 103941
Contract Length: 12 months
Location: Reading - 1/2 days per month on site (occasionally more)
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Contracts Assistant for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTRACTS ASSISTANT
To provide support to the Customer Contracts team in the operation and implementation of Customer Contracts processes. Input into the management of development and production of contracts. Stakeholder Management and Customer relationship management
Key Accountabilities:
- Adhering to Customer Contracts processes and policies within agreed timescales.
- Ensuring the provision of information in support of assessments and analyses of the viability of internal and external opportunities.
- Assisting in the measurement of risks with respect to their impact upon contract baselines.
- Developing and maintaining working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analysing data in the required business systems in preparation for reports relating to contract performance.
- Analysing of data relating to the performance of contract changes and opportunities.
- Contributing to bids, costing and pricing.
- Regularly reviewing bids with respect to their requirements - including regulatory and legislative matters.
- Able to identify threats to client contracts and escalating them accordingly.
- Contributing towards the development and improvement of Customer Contracts processes.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE CONTRACTS ASSISTANT
- Strong secondary education with demonstrable further learning or proven professional experience
- Experience in a commercial and/or financial or compliance role.
- Experience in contractual performance management of commercial contracts
- Experience of Stakeholder and/or commercial relationship development
- Experienced use of benchmarking techniques and analysis of financial and business data
- Experience in bid writing, contracting of services and relationship management
- Good communication and relationship management skills
- Able to exercise commercial judgment and risk mindset to problems
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities in a multi task role
- Ability to work effectively in a complex and ambiguous environment
- Ability to understand a range of technical issues and their commercial implications
If you are a Contracts Assistant, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
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