GENERAL INFORMATION

Salary
The national salary range is £53,324 - £58,656, London salary range is £56,221 - £63,503. Your salary will be dependent on your base location.
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
Cross Government
Location
Arundel, Aylesbury, Barnard Castle, Bedford, Bicester, Birmingham, Boston, Bristol, Brough, Chelmsford, Derby, Devizes, Doncaster, Durham, Eccleshall, Evesham, Exeter, Hemel Hempstead, Henley-on-Thames, Hull, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Leeds, Leicester, Lewes, Leyland, Lichfield, Lincoln, Liverpool, London, Maidstone, Manchester, March, Market Drayton, Market Harborough, Millom, Milton Keynes, Morpeth, Newmarket, Newport (Isle of Wight), Newton Abbot, Norwich, Nottingham, Oakham, Portland, Preston, Princetown, Redditch, Retford, Rochdale, Rochester, Rugby, Shaftesbury, Sheerness, Stafford, Stockton-on-Tees, Sudbury, Sutton, Thetford, Wakefield, Warrington, Wetherby, Wigan, Wilmslow, Winchester, Woking, Wolverhampton, Woodbridge, Wotton-under-Edge, Yarm, York
Region
East Midlands, East of England, Greater Manchester, Kent, Surrey & Sussex, London, Midlands, North East, North West, South Central, South East, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber
Closing Date
28-Mar-2025
Business Unit
AGY - NOMS Agency
Post Type
Permanent
Civil Service Grade

DESCRIPTIONS & REQUIREMENTS

Job description
This is a HQ role, located in geographically dispersed teams across England. The post is based in the Directorate of Operational Contracted Delivery (DoCOD). The role will work to a Senior Contract Manager and may include line management. The post holder will provide robust contract management to ensure successful delivery of Prison Education contracts.
The post holder will be responsible for a portfolio of Contracts within the Prison Education Service (PES). The post holder will also work locally with Prison Group Directors, Group Learning and Skills leads, Governors/Directors, Heads of Education Skills and Work, Learning and Skills Managers and Heads of Reducing Reoffending and Governors/Directors in managing the education contracts at local level. The value of the Education Contracts portfolio is circa £149m per annum.
The Contract Manager will be a key interface for HMPPS and be responsible for managing and developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the HMPPS strategic vision is delivered. The post holder will be required to attend sites on a regular basis to assure the delivery of the Education Contracts.
The geographical base for the Operational Contract Manager will be flexible, the post holders should expect regular travel to London and other locations and frequent on site attendance at prisons within their geographical area of responsibility. Due to the travel expectations within this role a full driving licence will be beneficial.
The geographical lot locations are:
Lot 1 Avon and South Dorset Prison Group & Devon and North Dorset Prison Group
Lot 2 Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Group and Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk Group
Lot 3 Cumbria and Lancashire Group
Lot 4 Tees and Wear Group
Lot 5 East Midlands & North Midlands Group
Lot 6 Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire Group
Lot 7 Kent, Surrey and Sussex Group
Lot 8 London Group
Lot 9 South Central Group
Lot 10 West Midlands
Lot 11 Yorkshire Group
Preferences for geographical locations will be discussed at interview.

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• The post holder will be required to take part in HMPPS national reviews, working groups, and National Boards, to advise and influence HMPPS strategy.
• The geographical base for the CM post will be flexible and will require regular travel to London and other locations.

Accountable for robust management of the contract review process, including financial and performance monitoring, to completing related reports for discussion in holding providers to account and negotiating budgets and targets.

• Accountable for securing relevant assurances of compliance on the implementation of specifications, new services, national instructions, audit and Inspectorate recommendations and highlight barriers to compliance and provide feedback and recommendations.
• Accountable for ensuring that contracts remain fit‐for‐purpose by determining, negotiating and implementing contract variations and all other contract requirements alongside commercial contract management.
• Responsible for identifying issues that might impact on contract delivery and taking the appropriate action, which entails supporting the development of remedial action and manage this through to conclusion or escalate as appropriate, to resolve and mitigate risks.
• Responsible for managing and developing the relationship with the providers and other internal and external stakeholders to support the HMPPS objectives. This involves managing the expectations of change within HMPPS and wider commissioners who use the contracts.
• The post holder will play a key role in ensuring value for money, ensuring that the Secretary of State’s statutory responsibilities are delivered.
• The post holder will engage subject matter experts e.g. Health and Safety as required.
• The post holder will be required to take part in HMPPS national reviews, working groups, and National Boards, to advise and influence HMPPS strategy.

Additional Information

JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHMENT

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  2682 Operational Contract Manager JD V2.0.pdf (Job Description Attachment)

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• The post holder will be required to take part in HMPPS national reviews, working groups, and National Boards, to advise and influence HMPPS strategy.
• The geographical base for the CM post will be flexible and will require regular travel to London and other locations

Accountable for robust management of the contract review process, including financial and performance monitoring, to completing related reports for discussion in holding providers to account and negotiating budgets and targets.

• Accountable for securing relevant assurances of compliance on the implementation of specifications, new services, national instructions, audit and Inspectorate recommendations and highlight barriers to compliance and provide feedback and recommendations.
• Accountable for ensuring that contracts remain fit‐for‐purpose by determining, negotiating and implementing contract variations and all other contract requirements alongside commercial contract management.
• Responsible for identifying issues that might impact on contract delivery and taking the appropriate action, which entails supporting the development of remedial action and manage this through to conclusion or escalate as appropriate, to resolve and mitigate risks.
• Responsible for managing and developing the relationship with the providers and other internal and external stakeholders to support the HMPPS objectives. This involves managing the expectations of change within HMPPS and wider commissioners who use the contracts.
• The post holder will play a key role in ensuring value for money, ensuring that the Secretary of State’s statutory responsibilities are delivered.
• The post holder will engage subject matter experts e.g. Health and Safety as required.
• The post holder will be required to take part in HMPPS national reviews, working groups, and National Boards, to advise and influence HMPPS strategy