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Job overview

The Contract Management Team (CMT) is a fast-paced environment that manages many contracts for services provided by NHS and non-NHS providers to the population of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB.

 CMT require an experienced Business Support Officer for 12 months (maternity cover) to provide support to CMT with commissioning related contract management and procurement issues and activities, provide general corporate support and ensure ICB governance and administrative processes are transacted appropriately and accurately at a local level.  The role provides start to end support to regular Contract Review Meetings (CRM) and Clinical Quality Review Meetings (CQRM), managing mailboxes, maintaining electronic data and reviewing and validating monthly submitted data from Providers.

 This role will support the ICB in contracting and commissioning and be part of a professional, high quality, effective and flexible ICB contract management service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide contract- related support including contract queries and variations, checking consistency of information, letters, reports, maintaining accurate records.

The post holder will also provide direct administrative support to the contracting service team e.g. minute taking, maintaining issues & risk logs, document management and filing, liaising with ICBs on meetings and priority agenda items. This role will support and be part of a professional, high quality and effective and flexible team.

The role will be a fundamental part of delivering new ways of working by delivering consistent services, products, functions and information to the ICB and patients. The role will be responsible for contributing to an effective delivery strategy for contract management support services, ensuring effective use of agreed resources and people, consistently delivering successful outcomes and helping to manage risk. The role will support the operational delivery of the wider ICB agenda through matrix working with colleagues and other key functional areas to ensure support services and customer requirements are fully met.

Working for our organisation

The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning functions; managing the NHS budget and arranging the provision of health services in the geographical area.

Location  is home based/hybrid working (most of posts) with travel on occasions to a Hub location with at least 1 days notice.

New starters are expected to collect IT equipment, from offices in Stoke-on-Trent, and if based at home are required to have appropriate desk/chair/ relevant equipment in compliance with DSE regulations

Posts at Band 8c and above, will take part in the On-call rota, flexible over 7 days, supporting the System Control Centre, with full training provided.

Unconscious Bias/Invisible Disability Training and Equality Induction are mandatory.

Interviews may take place via MS Teams or in person

We promote a compassionate and inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The ICB embrace the principles of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and encourages applications from all individuals regardless of their age, disability, gender re-assignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, sex or sexual orientation.  It’s important that our workforce reflects the diversity of communities as much as possible.