We're actively seeking a Contracts Manager to join our facilities management service.

Salary: £53,350 to £57,005 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time (37 hours per week) Monday to Friday

Location: County Hall, West Street, Chichester, PO19 1RQ or Crawley Library, Southgate Ave, Crawley RH10 6HG or Bridge House , Barrington Rd, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing BN12 4SE or County Hall North, Madeira Ave, Horsham RH12 1AB (Hybrid and Flexible Working)

Closing date: Sunday 01 December 2024

Interview Date: Week commencing 16 December 2024

This role offers hybrid working arrangements. Your base location will be agreed in line with your preference and service need. You will be required to work from county council office buildings and make regular site visits, as well as the flexibility of home working as appropriate. Final arrangements to be confirmed with successful candidate.

You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes available.

Our work in Facilities Management and any given day can often feel quite different from the next! There will be some key responsibilities likely to feature in this role, including:

• Thriving as a subject matter expert in Contracts Management.
• Strategically leading the delivery of Hard and Soft Facilities Management contracts.
• Providing maintenance services and asset management planning for County Council corporate buildings.
• Overseeing the delivery of capital maintenance projects across the WSCC estate and School's estate.
• Reporting to the Facilities Management Operations Manager.
• Accountable for a revenue budget of £5m and potential capital delivery projects of £6m a year.
• Focussing on tactical and strategic delivery of the Hard Facilities Management Contract.
• Line managing, mentoring, motivating, and supporting the Soft Facilities Management Contract Manager and their team.

About you

The successful candidate will be pivotal to ensuring West Sussex County Council provides a safe and fit for purpose-built environment for all staff and members of the public alike.

In order to achieve success in this role, you will need to have:

• A minimum of 5 years' experience in Contract Management within Facilities Management industry.
• Valuable experience in delivering strategic and commercially sound advice.
• Excellent negotiation skills and can build strong working relationships
• Ability to influence colleagues, partners, and decision-makers.
• Proven leadership skills
• Strong communication skills
• A commitment to continuous improvement in Facilities Management service
• Pragmatic problem-solving abilities.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the main advert on our job website.

Working For Us

From flexible working (where possible) to access to our Employee Assistance Programme, we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance.

A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 30 days annual leave, plus the opportunity to buy additional leave, an excellent local government pension scheme as well as a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers.

A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform.

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

Does this sound like the opportunity for you?

Click apply where you will be directed to our job website where you can upload your CV, and complete the application form, explaining how you meet the key skills in the attached job description and experience you can bring to the role. Please ensure all that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV.

Please ensure all that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory referencing, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.