Head of Contracts

**Description**:
**About the Team**

The Professional_ _Regulation directorate is responsible for delivery of the NMC’s core regulatory functions. We work with a range of contractual partners to ensure our services meet the highest standards. We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Head of Contract Management to join our team and lead our contract management efforts. This role will be responsible for driving and maintaining strong effective contractual relationships across the Directorate to ensure delivery of our shared aims. You will lead a small team of contract and quality managers.

**About the role**

This an exciting new role that will provide senior leadership and oversight for all contracts that sit within the Professional Regulation directorate, which are of varying value and complexity. You will drive contractual performance, ensure cost-effectiveness, and adopt best practices in contract management, governance, and team leadership. Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders is crucial to this role.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will have experience managing and leading a high-profile function at a senior level, with strong contracts management experience.
- You’ll possess a deep understanding of public sector procurement, including relevant legislation, and have been involved in large-scale procurement exercises.
- You’ll be commercially minded, with the ability to work through complex contractual issues to reach pragmatic and beneficial negotiated positions that satisfy all parties involved.
- Your highly developed communication and influencing skills enable you to convey ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences, able to manage conflict, and gain confidence from stakeholders.
- You’ll be passionate about public sector procurement.

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**Benefits**:

- 30 days annual leave - plus bank holidays
- Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme - with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions
- Life Insurance - 4 x current salary
- Hybrid/Flexible working policies
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Perkbox membership
- Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office
- Season ticket loans

**About Us**:
Our core role is to **regulate**. First, we promote high education and professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, we investigate concerns about nurses, midwives and nursing associates - something that affects a tiny minority of professionals each year. We believe in giving professionals the chance to address concerns, but we’ll always take action when needed.

To regulate well, we **support** our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people’s careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we’re increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work.

Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to **influence** health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions.

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**Additional Information**:
**Our Pay Policy**
It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request.

For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy.

**Reasonable adjustments**

**Screening and vetting**

**About The Nursing and Midwifery Council**:
**About the NMC**

Our vision is safe, effective and kind nursing and midwifery practice that improves everyone’s health and wellbeing. As the independent regulator of more than 841,000 nursing and midwifery professionals, we have an important role to play in making this a reality.

**Our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion**

The NMC is an exciting organisation with the ambition to be the leading healthcare regulator. To achieve this, we are working in an agile way that offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds. We are committed to being