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On behalf of DSIT, we are looking for 2 x Contract Management Lead (G7) (Inside IR35) for an initial 3-month contract based hybrid in either London, Salford, Bristol, Darlington or Edinburgh. 

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) brings together the relevant parts of the former Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the former Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). 

The responsibilities for the DSIT are:

• Positioning the UK at the forefront of global scientific and technological advancement.
• Driving innovations that change lives and sustain economic growth.
• Delivering talent programmes, physical and digital infrastructure, and regulation to support our economy, security, and public services.
• R&D funding.

DSIT offers stimulating, challenging, and engaging work that makes a difference and that has a direct impact on the quality of people's lives, as well as the opportunity to progress your career.

Role:

To play a key role in managing complex supplier relationships, driving contract performance and helping shape contract management best practice across the organisation.

You will be responsible for leading the operational management of major Gold and Silver contracts, ensuring robust governance, effective supplier performance management, risk control and value for money throughout the contract lifecycle. In addition to managing live contracts, you will contribute to the development of the contract management hub, supporting transformation initiatives, continuous improvement activities and capability development across the team.

This role requires candidates who can quickly establish credibility, operate effectively in ambiguous environments and provide strategic advice to senior stakeholders.

As a Contract Management Lead, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Lead the operational management of a portfolio of complex Gold and Silver contracts and strategic supplier relationships.
• Drive contract performance, ensuring suppliers meet contractual obligations, KPIs and service level requirements.
• Lead contract mobilisation, transition and exit activities to ensure continuity of service and minimise operational disruption.
• Manage supplier performance issues, implementing improvement plans and contractual remedies where necessary.
• Act as the senior supplier relationship lead, building constructive yet challenging relationships to maximise value and delivery outcomes.
• Chair and lead governance forums, ensuring effective decision-making, issue resolution and appropriate escalation.
• Identify, manage and escalate risks, issues, dependencies and supplier financial concerns.
• Oversee contract variations and change control processes, ensuring compliance with governance and commercial requirements.
• Maintain robust contract management documentation, including contract management plans, obligations registers, risk logs and assurance records.
• Support financial oversight of contracts, including spend monitoring, invoice validation and value-for-money assessments.
• Collaborate closely with commercial, finance, legal, policy and delivery teams to resolve issues and support successful contract outcomes.
• Support re-procurement activities and future commercial planning across the contract portfolio.
• Provide leadership, coaching and guidance to junior contract management colleagues.
• Contribute to the development of contract management standards, templates, reporting frameworks and best practice across the organisation.
• Provide updates, recommendations and strategic advice to senior stakeholders and governance boards.

Essential:

• Significant experience in operational contract management and/or supplier relationship management within a complex, regulated or large-scale environment.
• Experience managing high-value and complex contracts across the full contract lifecycle, including mobilisation and contract exit.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including engagement with senior internal and external stakeholders.

Desirable:

• Experience working under Procurement Act 2023 and Public Contracts Regulations (PCR 2015).
• Previous line management, coaching or mentoring experience.
• Public sector experience.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DSIT 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. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DSIT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".