Defence Business Services

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 291352**Salary**:

- £41,000- per annum (pro rata) with generous employer pension contributions of approx. 27% depending on your salary.**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DBS- Digital, Information & Technology (DIT)**Type of role**:

- Procurement and Contracts Management**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Abbey Wood North, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, South WestAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you a dedicated person who is passionate about making a difference?

Defence Business Services (DBS) is one of the largest shared service organisations in Europe that provides a wide range of corporate services, to over 1.2 million end users, including serving and past military and families, as well as MoD civil servants and industry. DBS aims to be the ‘best business services partner for the UK Defence and Security Communities’ by providing critical business services, including Human Resources, Pay, Veterans, Finance and Procurement, that enable our customers to focus on strategic Defence priorities and maintain National Security.
- Our Vision - To support UK defence customers with outstanding service every time.
- Our Mission - Together we will proudly support Defence, continuously improving and delivering flexible, timely, sustainable and value for money services that underpin the whole force and enhance operational capability.

**DBS is committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues. We are building an inclusive culture and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society.**

**We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us through opportunities to develop your skills and experience. We also offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career accessible to you and offer a Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Where your role permits, we support a blended working approach alternatively known as hybrid working (40% office based pro rata).**

**Come and join the DBS community today**

**Job description**:
DBS DIT are creating a team to ensure greater visibility of both obligations and performance of DBS DIT Contracts and to ensure effective Contract management is embedded in future DBS DIT contracts.

Working as a contract management SME, your main responsibilities will include:

- Establishing relationships with key stakeholders including senior leaders across DIT, finance, people and HR Business Partner colleagues across the organisation in order to understand the current contract landscape and how their delivery supports the business.
- Actively build networks across DIT and other MOD business areas to seek best practice in Contract Management, ensuring suppliers meet the desired requirements and deliverables and the Authority meet their contractual obligations to facilitate this.
- Work with DIT management board to highlight and embed best practice and to ensure forward look and current activities are aligned and any contractual implications are understood.
- Shaping and informing future contractual requirements and strategies particularly by using analysis and insight to reveal patterns and correlations across DBS DIT requirements to identify potential aggregation of requirements.

This post has Line Management responsibilities for 1 x band HEO who will assist in contract management of DBS DIT contracts specifically ensuring core contractual deliverables such as Knowledge Transfer are more accurately captured and validated and 1 x EO who will support as needed specifically ensuring CP&F activities are undertaken as necessary and managing Authorised demander lists for DBS DIT Libraries contracts.

There will also be a requirement to support DBS DIT MI through producing clear reports on contractual performance against deliverables and spend analysis, presenting data and conclusions logically and concisely in the most appropriate format highlighting any insights generated from current activities.
Assist in ad hoc Supplier Management activities, such as collating slide packs, data requests or briefings, alongside cover at DIT Mgt meetings as and when required.

DBS operates a “blended working” approach which will be a combination of office based and homeworking. The post holder will be required to work on a 40:60 office:home ratio.

Occasional travel to other DBS or MOD sites may be required.

**Person specification**:
Experience of contract management activities including drafting and implementing contract management plans, setting and chairing and driving value from governance meetings with stakeholders.

Stakeholder engagement and management with a range of stakeholders both within and outside your immediate team.

Ability to