Senior Contract Officer Maternity Cover

4 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester Metropolitan University Full time

IT & Digital is central to where we are going as a university and what sort of experience, we offer to both our professional colleagues and our students. The work we do impacts significantly on both the personal and learning experience of those who study here. We are committed to developing and maintaining highly usable, fast, flexible and personalised Information Systems services that reflect the changing needs of our growing university.

We are currently looking for a Senior IT Contract Officer, with a background in contract management, buying or procurement. The successful candidate can expect to be working on key strategic IT contracts working with stakeholders to develop specification, managing contract performance and developing contract infrastructure. The role will have line management for the Contract Officers and responsibility of OPEX management.

The ideal candidate will have experience in contract management working with global vendors and be able to demonstrate a proven record in contract performance management. Candidates must have completed a contract project from tender/ specification development to managing the contract post award. Experience of dealing with senior stakeholders is vital. Candidates with a CIPs qualification or working towards a CIPs qualification will be desirable but not essential.

This is an exciting time for our IT services, in this position you can expect excellent training and development opportunities, exposure to lots of new and emerging technologies and the freedom to work in a friendly and collaborative environment. In return, the university offers a fantastic range of employee benefits including a generous pension scheme, 35 days a year of annual leave (pro-rata), in addition to time off over the Christmas period and bank holidays, access to the childcare voucher scheme and travel loans.

Please attach a CV and covering letter with your application.



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