Contracts Manager

Main area administrative services Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Secondment: 12 months Hours

• Full time
• Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 828-PROVIDE4013 Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Colchester HQ, 900 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park. Town Colchester Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Dependant on experience Salary period Yearly Closing 12/04/2026 23:59 Interview date 23/04/2026 Job Overview The postholder will be working as part of a dynamic Contracts and Legal Team in the Enterprise Division to support with contract negotiations and the documenting of these agreements. The role will perform duties of the Contracts and Legal team, supporting with preparing, negotiating, monitoring and extending contracts. Additionally, the role will be expected to facilitate and support the procurement of current or new supplier contracts. Main duties of the job The postholder will be assigned business areas and responsibilities within the Provide group. You will be expected to develop effective working relationships with the service managers and provide advice and support on contractual matters when required. A proactive, solution focused approach to managing workload and challenges is necessary to fulfil the demands of the role. You will work autonomously, however you will be supported by the wider Contracts and Legal team, who have a wealth of knowledge and experience. Working for our organisation Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services. We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England. A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times: Vision: Transforming Lives Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people. Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks. We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background. Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities To review and negotiate supplier agreements to ensure value and efficiency To support the team in building and managing relationships with suppliers and to attend meetings with suppliers to monitor their performance and report key issues. Prepare contracts from templates as instructed by Senior Contract Managers such as contractor, non-disclosure or licence to occupy agreements. This may involve liaison with services to ensure that we have the required information to complete the templates. Answer contractual queries from Provide service managers and/or other senior managers. This may involve research, or looking up terms in a contract to support answering these questions. Updating an online database which monitors all key details of contracts to ensure data is accurate e.g. contract end dates. Prepare activity data for internal contract meetings and when requested and to support the production of Board Reports Monitor contracts through the contracting process and highlight contracts due to expire to service managers for action. Deputise at meetings on behalf of the Contracts and Legal team as requested by line manager and other senior colleagues. Person specification Qualifications And Experience Essential criteria

• Degree OR Equivalent level of experience

Experience Essential criteria

• Demonstratable work related knowledge and experience or transferrable to role

Skills Essential criteria

• Ability and presence to represent the organisation at local level

Desirable criteria

• Demonstratable - Excellent people skills

Skills Essential criteria

• Ability to work flexibly and respond positively to short deadlines and diverse workload
• Resilience and the ability to work under pressure and to cope with complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity

IT Skills Essential criteria

• Good working skills and knowledge of Microsoft packages – Word, Excel, Powerpoint

FURTHER INFORMATION: How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
• As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
• If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net
• If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

Checking progress on your application? To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can. Closing Date Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post. Professional UK clinical registration required for the role? If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment. COVID-19 Vaccination Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination. We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families. Anti Fraud Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents. Disability If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net. Work Trials Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager. We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage. Successful Applicant: You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators. The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.