Principal Contract Manager

Salary: £52,049 to £55,615 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time (37 hours per week) Monday to Friday

Location: County Hall, West Street, Chichester, PO19 1RQ or Crawley Library, Southgate Ave, Crawley RH10 6HG or Bridge House , Barrington Rd, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing BN12 4SE or County Hall North, Madeira Ave, Horsham RH12 1AB (Hybrid and Flexible Working)

Interview Date: 08 July 2024

This role offers hybrid working arrangements. Your base location will be agreed in line with your preference and service need. You will be required to work from county council office buildings and make regular site visits, as well as the flexibility of home working as appropriate. Final arrangements to be confirmed with successful candidate.

You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes available.

The Opportunity

As a Contracts Manager, you will thrive as a subject matter expert and strategically lead the efficient and cost-effective delivery of a portfolio of Hard and Soft Facilities Management contracts to provide maintenance services, and assets management planning for all County Council owned or occupied corporate buildings.

Your expertise will be instrumental in providing oversight for the delivery of all capital maintenance projects across the WSCC estate and School's estate delivered by the Hard FM Contractor.

Reporting to the Facilities Management Operations Manager, you will be directly accountable revenue budget of £5m and potential capital delivery projects of an additional £6m a year.

Your focus will on the on the tactical and strategic delivery of the Hard Facilities Management Contract. Alongside this, you will line manage, mentor, motivate and support the growth and development of Soft Facilities Management Contract Manager and their team.

Through joining our motivated, public value-focussed, specialist Facilities Management team, you can enjoy a purposeful career and contribute to the delivery of vital services to West Sussex's residents.

About You

We are looking for someone with proven leadership skills and a desire to use these in influencing colleagues, partners and decision-makers, as part of our mission to secure continuous improvement in the Facilities Management service.

Strong communication and pragmatic problem-solving abilities are a must, as you'll be the go-to person for resolving any issues that may rise.

If you are a proactive leader with excellent negotiation skills and can build strong working relationships, we want to hear from you!

The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and hold a degree or equivalent qualified qualification in the specialist area of Construction Procurement / Contract Management or equivalent level of experience. You will have experience of managing teams from different disciplines with excellent interpersonal skills.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working For Us

Along with a generous holiday entitlement of 30 days plus opportunity to buy additional leave).

Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:

• A excellent local government pension scheme
• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see ourStaff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is EIE01299.

Does this sound like the opportunity for you? Click apply below, upload your CV and cover letter.

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• Outline your motivations for applying.
• Explain the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the attached job description).

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory referencing, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.