Location – IPT EKFB Milton Keynes - 3 times per week on site.
Salary : Base salary: £24,022 pa to c.£28,261 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
The Contract Administrator will provide administrative support and data analytics to contract administration teams who manage a series of transactional communications around scope, estimates, programme and deliverables. The interactions between the client and contractor teams are documented and administered using IT database and workflow systems that link with document management and contract administration.
About the role:
* Maintain and provide updates on the contract management system activities/actions and ensure accurate communication of requirements arising from these to the HS2 and Contractor commercial teams.
* Effectively translate the system outputs into forms and reports that are readily understood and that drive good collaborative and effective contract management behaviours.
* Provide guidance and advice to inform continuous improvement on systems and, in time, lead training and refresher training on systems.
* Report monthly and other frequency performance statistics and develop informative reporting templates to inform team performance.
* Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
About You:
Skills:
* Administration and Organisational Skills – including ability to use databases and document control processes
* Ability to produce and manipulate a range of forecasting and numerical analysis tools including spreadsheets, pivot tables and databases.
* Analysis skills – including compiling, assessing and analysing business information and data reports to identify key issues.
* Ability to use Excel spreadsheets, MS Word and PowerPoint or equivalent packages
* Ability to liaise with managers, teams and individuals across the organisation
Type of experience:
* Experience in assessing and analysing business information and reports to identify key issues.
* Experience of contract management and contract administration in large multi-disciplinary teams.
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect.
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.