Commercial Assistant, at Transport for Greater Manchester

Job title:

Commercial Assistant, at Transport for Greater Manchester

Company

Transport for Greater Manchester

Job description

Job title: Commercial Assistant
Salary: Band 4 – £26,029 – £27,841
Contract: Permanent

Do you have strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail?

Are you looking to progress your career?

TfGM has an exciting opportunity for a talented Commercial Assistant to join our Commercial team. As a Commercial Assistant, you will have the opportunity to be involved in a wide variety of projects and programme’s by supporting with contract management activities across the lifecycle of multiple contracts. In this role you will support with contract administration predominantly related to NEC Contracts, as well as having the opportunity to get involved with exciting developments in relation to Manchester!

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Who are we?

Projects Group is a matrixed team within TfGM which is both expanding and changing to meet the requirements of Greater Manchester and the public. As well as our more traditional transport construction projects and programmes, such as Metrolink, transport interchanges, rail stations, highways and bus priority, we are now delivering a range of emerging priorities from easing congestion, addressing air quality and encouraging more people to cycle and walk.

What you’ll bring

You will have experience in assisting in the production of cost reports with good knowledge of construction contracts including payments, valuations, final accounts, invoicing and procurement. You will have the ability to support in gathering, interpreting and presenting of data to facilitate the preparation of budgets, as well as Commercial and public sector projects delivery experience. You will also have experiences in building and maintaining strong relationship and effective communication with external stakeholders and/or contractors. You will be able to work as part of a team as well, as under your own initiative and under cost or time critical conditions.

Please note to qualify for this role it is essential to have GCSE Maths and English Grade C/4 and above.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent role with a salary of £26,029 – £27,841 dependant on skills and experience.

28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays).

Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance.

Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary.

Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions.

Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role.

We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required.

What you do and how you do it is important – whatever type of role you work in at TfGM – and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt. You can find out more information about our values & behaviours via our careers page here –

To apply please submit your CV; all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

Internal candidates – check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.

For more information on working for TfGM including details on our Guaranteed Assessment scheme please visit

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK – if in doubt please visit the following link . Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.

salary from

£26,029

contract

permanent

working hours

full time

application deadline

11 00 pm

11th Feb 2024

Expected salary

£26029 – 27841 per year

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:17:48 GMT

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