Contract Support Officer

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester City Council Full time

**About The Role**:
**Working Hours**: 35 hours per week

**Contract Type**: Permanent

**Additional Payments**:N/A

**Closing Date**:
**Manchester is fantastic and we want you to be a part of it**

We are excited to be expanding our current Contracts Team within the Adults directorate to be recruiting to a **Contract Support Officer** roles to assist us in delivering the organisations mission of improving health and care outcomes for the people of Manchester.

Why?.. Manchester is a vibrant and multi-cultural city where it’s citizens are at the heart of everything we do. As a cosmopolitan city, we pride ourselves in welcoming and celebrating diversity, drawing on the many cultures to continuous driving the city forward. With over 500,000 people living across the city, health and care services are at the centre of ensuring our citizens are supported to live independent and positive lives, improving outcomes for people in receipt of care in the community. This is where the Manchester Local Care Organisation comes in (MLCO).

The MLCO has been established by its partners: NHS Manchester CCG, Manchester City Council, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Greater Manchester Mental Health Service NHS Trust and Manchester Primary Care Partnership to integrate, plan and manage community health and social care across the City. The goal is to improve outcomes for our citizens and support individuals to make informed choices about their health and care needs.

By working in an integrated setting, we are bringing community health and social care services together, removing barriers to seamless care for both patients and citizens accessing services. If this interests you and you feel that you can contribute to our mission then please continue reading..

**Opportunity/Role**

These exciting opportunities are being introduced in recognition of the important work the Contracts team undertakes within the MLCO and Manchester City Council but supporting our front line teams in delivering the best care of our citizens

Each role offers an opportunity for professional development and experience to be gained to support future career progression and is an ideal position for individuals fresh out of education or individuals with real work life experience who are keen to personally develop and engage in a rewarding career.

The roles both operate 35hrs per week, Monday to Friday. The successful post-holders will receive training and development in drafting, negotiating and managing contracts as well as being the focal point for the contracts team inbox. We promote hybrid working as well as offering the post-holders the opportunity to work in heart of the city centre.

The post-holder will need to:

- Be solutions focused and embraces the unknown through resilience and a positive mindset
- Be enthusiastic, personable and passionate about helping people live their best lives possible
- Be keen to learn and develop oneself to meet the challenges and opportunities facing Manchester’s public sector.
- Challenge the “norm” and introduce new ideas to improving current operating models.
- Hold personal integrity and be passionate about their standards of work.
- Be highly organised & efficient to contribute to the success of the role and other projects, gathering information and undertaking enquiries as and when necessary,
- Be confident in a range of communication skills to correspond with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to ensure commitment to a high level of customer service and reputation of the team.
- Be willing to undertake professional development.

This will be a varied role with opportunities to develop your skills, experience and knowledge base.

**About Us**:
We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.

When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.

To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ - the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:

- We take time to listen and understand
- We work together and trust each other
- We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
- We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
- We’re proud and passionate about Manchester

A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and buil


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