Contracts and Grants Manager - #1702094

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Contracts and Grants Manager

Waverley Court

£44,257 - £52,373

Hours: 36 per week

We have an exciting opportunity for a Contracts and Grants Manager to join the newly formed Housing and Homeless commissioning and contracts team.

The successful applicant will manage a team to procure, and contract manage several suppliers and providers working to deliver the outputs and objectives of key strategic plans such as City of Edinburgh Councils Local Housing Strategy and Rapid Rehousing transition plan. The post holder is crucial to support deliver the key objectives of the service and prevent homelessness in Edinburgh.

You will have the opportunity to work with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams to find the best solution through local and national contracting agreements to deliver for our front-line services. A large part of the successful applicants workplan will be focused on supporting the delivery of a workplan focused on the commissioning of third and private sector contracts which centre around temporary accommodation and support services. The successful candidate will also be expected to support their peers in the delivery of the service workplan in relation to capital works and repairs.

We are looking for candidates who can be innovative in their approach and have a desire to assist and support providers to meet the needs of our council tenants and landlords whilst meeting the statutory requirements of the Council. You should be confident in supporting a busy team and have strong communication skills. The successful candidate will have the relevant qualification(s), have knowledge and an understanding of contract management practices. Experience of line management is also critical to the success within the role.

The successful candidate should also have a good understanding of project management principals and contract administration. You should be confident in working with colleagues from our procurement and finance teams and will have the ability to work collaboratively with suppliers and providers to deliver on their agreed KPIs. Committee report writing, strong presentation skills and ability to influence are all key characteristics we are looking for in a successful candidate.

If you are someone who enjoys new opportunities and are interested in working in a fast-paced environment supporting front line services and promoting best practice, we would love to hear from you.

You must also have strong skills demonstrating our behaviours - respect, integrity and flexibility as well as experience of maintaining and contributing to a high performing culture, driving change and supporting service delivery.

If you have any questions or want to find out more about the role, please contact

Requirements

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page v.uk/work-us/behaviours" target="_blank">Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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