Contracts Officer

We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.
We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.
We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.
Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a 6 months' probation period in line with the Probation Policy., This Contract Officer role is based in the part of the Contracts Team that manages Community Clinical Service Contracts.
Please note this vacancy is being advertised as a 6 month fixed term role which is intended to provide cover for another member of staff on long term sick leave.
The main role of the Contract Officer is to be the lead for a small portfolio of NHS, private and third sector community service provider contracts - the value of the contracts commensurate with the seniority of the role - acting as the first point of contact between the ICB and the providers and providing effective liaison between the providers and the commissioners of the service. The Contract Officer is an externally facing role and the post holder will be expected to interact with different providers on a daily basis., The role of this Contract Officer role is also to provide administrative support to other members of the team who manage high risk or high value provider contracts, or who have responsibility for cross portfolio work areas. This tasks may change occasionally and at the present time this Contract Officer role will be expected to:
+ be the administrator the of the ICB electronic Contract Register (Atamis based) which will include adding and removing users;
+ schedule and take notes for the contract performance meetings with the Partnership of East London Collaboratives;
+ support the maintenance of the Contracts Team shared drive.
The contracts in the portfolio of the Contract Officer can expire at different times of the year, and provider performance or payment issues can arise unexpectedly, and the Contract Officer needs to be able to respond quickly to changing priorities and manage their own workload.

Working for our organisation
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.
We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.
We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.
We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing., + Support teams to deliver effective contractual management within the Finance Directorate to deliver to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed and delivered effectively.
+ Support and inform the targeting of resources, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the tasks/projects by providing high quality support including complex information and analysis, communications and stakeholder management.
+ Ensure accurate and open communication and co-ordination with a range of organisations and individuals, researching and drafting correspondence and papers and ensuring the management of specific tasks, lead reporting and analysis across a range of specialties, functions and projects.
+ Be a key member of the team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally.
+ The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details., Applicants who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our role profile requirements will be shortlisted for interview. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances please ensure you quote your application reference number.
Please ensure you check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. Invitations for interview are sent by email only, so it is important that you monitor your emails once you have submitted an application online. If you have not heard from us within a month of the closing date you should presume that you have not been shortlisted.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process, you may be required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau check, all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Applications are welcome from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to this post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post or if we are unable to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test.