Job details
Location: Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton, BN1 1GE
Date posted: 20/03/2026
Job reference: REQ0000431
Salary: £39,862 - £42,839
Contractual hours: 37
* Fixed term: Until 31 July 2027
Job description
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Contract Manager to lead the Adult Skills Fund and wider Employment & Skills commissioning activity across Brighton & Hove. This is a key role within the Employment & Skills Team, ensuring high‑quality delivery of skills provision that supports residents to gain the training and opportunities they need to progress.
What you’ll be doing
* Leading the work programme for the ASF and related Employment & Skills contracts.
* Acting as the technical expert on contract management, procurement routes, and compliance.
* Building and maintaining strong relationships with training providers, internal teams and stakeholders.
* Developing clear contract specifications and monitoring performance, quality and learner outcomes.
* Ensuring contract management processes, procedures and documentation remain up to date and compliant.
* Using learner feedback, data and progression information to inform contract decisions and drive improvements.
* Managing operational delivery, funding rules compliance, financial monitoring and audit arrangements.
* Completing performance reports, business cases and briefings for Programme Boards and senior leaders.
* Supporting colleagues to develop effective, value‑for‑money contracts that meet local skills needs.
* Providing advice, training, and guidance on procurement, quality assurance and contract management practice.
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it is what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term‑time only.
Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
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