Contracts Manager Non-Clinical
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves managing a portfolio of non-clinical NHS contracts, supporting commissioning, procurement, and delivery of corporate, estates, and digital services. The postholder will oversee contractual processes throughout the contract lifecycle, including implementation, monitoring, variation, and review. This ensures compliance with national guidance and local governance. The position is within the Contracts and Procurement team of the NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of managing risks and reporting.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level.
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
- Understanding of the public sector.
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
- Analytical
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
- Communication & Relationship Skills
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Planning Skills
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Knowledge, Training and Experience
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of managing risks and reporting.
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level.
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
- Understanding of the public sector.
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
- Analytical
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement.
- Communication & Relationship Skills
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Planning Skills
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Surrey and Sussex ICB
Contracts Manager Non-Clinical
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
Together, we have an ambitious vision for improving health and care services across Surrey and Sussex. We are working to: - Improve health and care outcomes for everyone, with a focus on preventing ill health and proactive care. - Tackle inequalities to reduce unfair gaps in access, experience, and outcomes. - Get better value from our services by enhancing productivity and value for money. - Support local communities to grow and thrive through social and economic development.
We also work with NHS trusts and organisations which deliver healthcare services through developing Provider Collaboratives to improve healthcare pathways, so local people experience better care and outcomes.
To achieve this, we need a team of people who can think beyond organisational boundaries, strong collaborators, can navigate complexity, challenge constructively, and keep communities at the centre of decisions.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible for the effective day-to-day management of a defined portfolio of nonclinical NHS contracts, supporting the commissioning, procurement and delivery of corporate, estates, digital and other enabling services on behalf of NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB. Working within a Contracts and Procurement team, the role will manage
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