Royal Borough of Greenwich
Job title:
Contracts and Strategy Manager
Company
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Job description
Contracts and Strategy ManagerHybrid working / Birchmere Centre, Eastern WayRoyal Greenwich is on the up! Having achieved a 3.8% increase in our recycling rate this year, we’re looking for someone who can help us reach the next level of success in our Waste, Street Cleansing and Enviro-crime services.This is an exciting time to join us because the Royal Borough is at the early stages of developing a new waste strategy and procuring a portfolio of waste disposal contracts worth multi-million pounds per annum, and you will be at the sharp end of that work.With an excellent knowledge and understanding of waste, street cleansing and enviro-crime legislation, you will have a proven track record of delivering successful projects, procurements and contract management outcomes.As an experienced and effective leader, you will head a team procuring new contracts and lead the management and monitoring of existing contractual arrangements, to ensure the Council gets full value for money from all its contractors. Your excellent data interrogation skills, via the use of Microsoft Office products, are essential.With a flexible outlook, you will be comfortable working on your own initiative to develop and adopt a new Waste Strategy for the Borough, ensuring it remains in line with the Council’s climate emergency agenda and legislation, to achieve its strategic environmental ambitions.Benefits of working for usAs the home of the Prime Meridian, Greenwich Mean Time, the Unesco World Heritage Site, and the first new Royal Borough for more than 80 years, Royal Greenwich is a great place to live and work.Benefiting from excellent transport links ranging from Crossrail to the Elizabeth line to the Uber boat, we’re one of the easiest boroughs to get to and navigate your way around.Employee benefits include:
- A range of flexible working arrangements
- Excellent pension scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential, including excellent apprenticeship opportunities at all levels
- Vibrant staff support networks
- GreenwichCard which entitles you to discounts at local businesses
- Payroll giving scheme
- Generous leave entitlement, starting at 29 days per year (plus bank holidays)
- Employee Assistance Scheme including external counselling service
For more information about the role, please read the attached job documents. When completing your application form, please detail how you meet the essential requirements in the Person Specification.Closing date for applications 19 January 2025Interviews will take place from w/c 27 January 2025For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Olivier Tang, Head of Fleet and Waste Strategy; [email protected] 07956 962 318If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact or call 020-8921-8977Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.Related informationPlease read any attached documents before applying for this jobFile size: 70.9 KBFile size: 64.14 KBFile size: 349.49 KBExternal linkExternal linkExternal linkAt the Royal Borough of Greenwich we believe children should enjoy their childhoods, and we are determined to apply child-centred best practice in everything that we do.We have opportunities for Social Workers to join our Permanence and Safeguarding Service, including our MASH team (Multi- Agency and Safeguarding Hub).Social Work – Health & Adult ServicesOur people are important to us. We believe in a 21st century adult health and social care that makes the best use of people’s strengths and resources to ensure our residents, and our workforce, thrive.Royal Greenwich is proud to signal our commitment to a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace.Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe. Royal Greenwich proudly supports this.This award rewards the work London-based employers are doing to make their workplaces healthier, happier and more productive.
Expected salary
£50574 – 53607 per year
Location
Greenwich, South East London
Job date
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 01:21:26 GMT
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