Contracts Officer

Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Lorien

CONTRACTS OFFICER – INITIAL 3 months – INSIDE IR35

One of Loriens leading Public Sector Clients is looking for a Contracts Officer to join their team on an initial 3 months contract working one day per week in Glasgow.

Essential Skills

• Awareness of Public Procurement legislation.
• Excellent communication skills communicating with key stakeholders internal and external.
• Negotiating and influencing skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Analytical skills – required to analyse, provide and receive highly complex data and information.
• Proactive with ability to make best use of time and prioritise tasks.
• Commercial sensitivity awareness.
• Planning skills for managing contract reviews, contract renewals, meeting planning.
• Admin skills for capturing actions, tracking actions, updating documentation and databases.
• Experienced user Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Teams, Powerpoint.
• Highly organised and focussed to plan workload, ensuring tasks are completed and to timeline as required.
• Degree level knowledge or equivalent level of experience of working within an administrative role, preferable within an Information, Technology and Health related environment.

Assignment Description

• Admin Support
• Mailbox management.
• Meeting support.
• Database management – updating supplier database entries with new/updated documentation, notes, or data, ensuring all Dependent information is up to date.
• Quote Management.
• Identify Agreements or CCN’s (Change Control Notices) approaching expiry with ability to prepare a plan for renewal.
• Assist with the collation of reports.
• Attend meetings with Procurement partner, Suppliers, and internal business colleagues providing support, contract options and guidance.
• Engage with business owners informing of potential contract extension options for renewal or re-procurement activity.
• Document reviews.
• Effective version control.
• Log and Track tasks using MS Teams Planner.
• Support Contracts Manager preparing procurement plans.
• Maintain Supplier files held within shared drives.
• Database audit and correction.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.