Contract Officer

Summary: The Contract Officer role at Primary Eyecare Services involves supporting the Service Development Directorate through responsibilities such as reporting, stakeholder engagement, project management, and communications. The position requires a proactive individual with strong planning and organizational skills, capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will work autonomously while building relationships with internal and external colleagues to enhance service delivery. This is a new role aimed at shaping and developing critical functions within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate monthly and quarterly contract performance reports, manipulate data on Excel, and write narratives to support data presentation while meeting deadlines.
• Work with the Governance team to develop quality reporting templates and produce required reports.
• Collaborate with Contract Managers and Clinical Leads to create presentations and reports for commissioners, maintain Directorate trackers, and build relationships to drive consistency and efficiencies.
• Support communications to sub-contractors, attend engagement events, provide procurement support, develop SOPs, and manage failsafe processes.
• Handle various administrative tasks, including maintaining logs, managing inboxes, and updating policies and data for reporting.

Key Skills:

• Minimum 5 GCSEs (Including English and Mathematics) / A levels or equivalent.
• Experience working in an administration function supporting the work of other team members.
• Management and oversight of projects/workstreams.
• Working with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work appropriately with high levels of confidential and sensitive information.
• Generating reports with complex information.
• Extensive use of the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to express information clearly.
• Problem-solving skills and confidence in working with senior team members.

Salary (Rate): 30000

City: Manchester

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other