Contract and partnership manager

Closing date: 
Monday, 14 November, 2022

 

Location: Remote based, with occasional travel expected within UK

Salary: £35,820 – £39,800 per annum

Contract: Full time (37.5hrs per week), fixed term contract until 20 October 2023. This role is funded externally, with the option to extend subject to funding availability.

As the UK’s cycling charity, we inspire more people to ride, making our streets safer for cyclists and opening up traffic-free routes to reach our vision of millions more people cycling across the UK.

Cycling UK’s extensive experience of engaging with people from all walks of life means we recognise the barriers, challenges and perceptions that can deter people from trying cycling. We have just embarked on an innovative new programme for people who might not normally consider riding a bike, Making cycling e-asier and we’re looking for a contract and partnership manager to join our brilliant team.

The Role

Making cycling e-asier is reliant on the successful collaboration between Cycling UK and 13 consortia partners. The role holder will be responsible for ensuring effective management of all contractual relationships, ensuring regular communications and opportunities for supplier management and engagement are in place, including the identification and mitigation of any risk to the partners performance.

Managing complex commercial arrangements and processes with multiple stakeholders is an essential aspect of this role. Promoting best practice and efficiency through collaborative procurement will be a key of objective within this role too.

If you’re the right person for this opportunity, we want to hear from you!

The Candidate

The successful candidate will be a strong relationship builder with high levels of initiative, able to manage contracts to ensure that contractual agreements are delivered on this innovative programme.

How to Apply

Explore the attached job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening and send it to recruitment@cyclinguk.org

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to both the job description and person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

Apply before 12am, Monday 14 November 2022

We are an inclusive organisation and would particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We strongly believe that diversity strengthens our work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of us are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to us.

If you think that this describes you and you are excited by the prospect of joining our team, please do get in touch to find out more.