Contract Assistant

**Contracts Assistant - Inside IR35**

**Contract Term: 12 Months**

**Contracting Authority: Nuclear Waste Services**

**Location: Cumbria - 1 day/week in the office**

**Nuclear Waste Services brings together the UK’s leading nuclear waste management capabilities.**

We have integrated the expertise of Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR), Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group’s Integrated Waste Management Programme (IWMP). This creates an organisation focused on the management of the UK’s nuclear waste, safely and securely for generations to come.

We are part of the NDA group, which is undertaking the biggest clean-up project in Europe over many decades. Nuclear Waste Services is integral to this environmental clean-up mission, as we work to provide permanent answers to our country’s nuclear waste. The UK has been producing and managing radioactive waste on an industrial scale since the 1940s. However, today’s approach and capabilities for waste management need to adapt to keep pace with NDA’s decommissioning ambitions. This includes its commitment to recycle 50% of waste from decommissioning and reduce secondary wastes by around 70% by 2030.

**As a Contracts Assistant, your main responsibilities would be**:

- Support the further competition (FC) activities through issuing and managing the FC via the e-portal, collating and distributing replies to technical and commercial queries received during the tender period, attendance at consensus meetings recording notes as required, and supporting the contract award process.
- Assist the post-contract administration duties including contract mobilisation and the change management process (Early Warning Notices, Instructions, Compensation Event Notifications and Compensation Event Quotations).
- Maintain the appropriate Contract Administration Tracker(s) to record all reportable data and information in relation to the Contract.
- Maintain local electronic and hard copy filing systems including Contract records, registers and correspondence.

**Essential Skills / Qualifications**
- Excellent IT skills with practical experience of Microsoft Excel and Word.
- A demonstrable ability to deal with stakeholders across a broad range of management levels and technical expertise.
- Be self-motivated with strong interpersonal skills, an ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients and colleagues.
- Excellent written and report writing skills.
- Effective time management skills to operate efficiently both independently and as part of the team;
- Have a demonstrable flexible approach to work.
- Be able to prioritise work and deliver in a pressured environment.
- Be able to obtain baseline personnel security standard.

**Desirable Skills / Qualifications**
- Experience in supporting the commercial delivery of contracts.
- Experience of the invoicing and payment processes within a commercial function.
- An understanding of contract preparation, procurement procedures and contract administration
- Be familiar with working to management systems and procedures of a commercial department.
- Hold baseline personnel security standard.
- Practical knowledge and experience of the NEC suite of contracts, specifically the NEC3/4 Professional Services Contract (PSC).
- Experience of contract administration within the nuclear industry
- Experience using contract management software.
- A full UK driving licence.- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._
- We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place to work where everybody is action orientated, ambitious, collaborative and acts with integrity. It will combine the talent of our people and give them an environment in which to thrive. Not only will this be good for our people, but also allow Nuclear Waste Services to grow its capability even further._