Senior Contract and Delivery Manager

City & Guilds
About the role

This role encompasses both contract delivery management and stakeholder engagement with senior leadership and management of a team. The role has the following key objectives:

• Accountable for relationship management with Contracting Authorities, DfE and other relevant stakeholders; acting as our primary point of contact between the AO and external partners.
• Comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategies with contracting authorities, governmental bodies, educational institutions, and other key partners.
• Successful development and operational implementation of strategic government contracts, ensuring that all operational considerations are addressed successfully prior to products going live.
• Contract delivery governance, such as executive management, escalations, risk and issues management and decision-making.
• Develop and implement robust operational plans to guarantee the efficient and effective execution of contractual obligations.
• Navigate the intricacies of external policy changes, particularly those outlined in the Skills Bill
• Commercial negotiation and financial monitoring throughout the contract lifecycle
• Drive commercial discussions, utilising your understanding of stakeholder needs to contribute to the negotiation and development of contractual agreements and/or required contractual changes.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that commercial considerations are integrated seamlessly into future T Level bids.

About you

The right candidate must be able to demonstrate the following:

• Proven track record and expert knowledge in contract delivery management and stakeholder engagement within the education or qualification sector and/or awarding organisation.
• Outstanding stakeholder management skills and the ability to build strategic relationships easily and quickly across the business and with suppliers.
• In-depth knowledge of T Level programs, Qualifications Wales contracts, and a nuanced understanding of stakeholder dynamics.
• Experience overseeing the entire contract lifecycle, from initiation and development to execution and evaluation with complete success.
• Previous experience in managing relationships with contracting authorities (such as Qualifications Wales and The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education), governmental bodies, educational institutions, and other key stakeholders.
• Strong grasp of qualification reforms and the implications on stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Expertise in risk and issue management, able to assess risks and issues, work with teams to generate and execute effective mitigation and contingency countermeasures.

Our Story And Mission

Our vision is for a world in which everyone has the skills and opportunities to succeed. We support almost five million people each year to develop skills that help them into a job, develop on that job and to prepare for their next job. As a charity, we’re proud that everything we do is focused on achieving this purpose.

Through our assessment and credentialing, corporate learning and technical training offers, we partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations and wider society. We create flexible learning pathways that support lifelong employability, because we believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again – gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.

At the heart of our business sits the City & Guilds Foundation which amplifies our purpose by helping to remove barriers to getting into a job, celebrating best practice on the job, and advocating for jobs of the future.

We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.

Our rich experience means we’re uniquely positioned to understand the future of work and learning. And, we continually evolve to develop and deliver skills for the workplace of the future. Today, as well as qualifications and assessment, we offer digital credentialing, elearning technologies, executive leadership development, technical training and consultancy.

What We Offer

We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.

You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.

We welcome a discussion about how this role could work flexibly for you. For example work pattern, hours or location.

Next Steps And How To Apply

If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply