Your new company

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) are part of the NDA Group, who are undertaking the biggest clean-up project in Europe. NWS is a great place to work where you will have every opportunity to progress and grow your career. As a company they strive for ambition, collaboration and integrity. They are an organisation with plenty of talent from whom you can learn and get all the support to thrive.

Your new role

NWS are looking for a Senior Contract Officer to join their commercial function. You will take responsibility for the contract management department. You will be the main point of contact for both the pre and post-contract management of Professional Services framework agreements and contracts.

As a Senior Contract Officer you will be responsible for managing a couple of junior contract professionals, providing them with guidance and help when necessary. It will be your responsibility to lead their learning and development programme and help them progress in their roles.

An exciting opportunity to get involved in full contract lifecycles and help NWS deliver high quality services to both their internal and external clients. This is a perfect opportunity for you to progress in the world of contract management, allowing you to gain senior experience to one day become a contracts manager or procurement manager. A great career move to strengthen your experience with a great team and improve your work-life balance as they offer mostly remote-working.

What you'll need to succeed

• Contract management experience, ideally within the public sector.
• Line management experience
• Experience with NEC Contracts or similar
• Ideally MCIPS qualified
• Strong commercial acumen
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  
  What you'll get in return
• Competitive annual starting salary of £51,757 with regular pay reviews
• Discretionary bonus scheme based upon company targets
• Competitive pension scheme with employers contributing up to 13.5%
• Flexible working options are available.
• Hybrid working (mostly remote-working) - 1 day in the Cumbria office
• 25.5 days annual leave + bank holidays - this increases with time served at the company
• CIPS memberships funded
• Aviva digital health care

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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