Head of Government Delivery Agreements Job Reading England UK,Management

Head of Government Delivery Agreements Package: A competitive salary aligned with the seniority and impact of this role

Location:

Reading, with free onsite parking.

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply.

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

The Head of Government Delivery Agreements is accountable the contracting of AWE provided services that support

National Security and Counter Terrorismactivity that sits outside AWE's principal accountability to design,manufacture and support of warheads for UK's nuclear weapons.

The role shall be accountable for delivering the end-to-end contracting process to include opportunity identification, solution development, proposal / bid development (with suitable support from P3M & Technical), contracting,contract and relationship management ensuring compliance with Treasury (Managing Public Money) and applicable MOD & AWE policy in accordance with AWE's principal agreement with HMG.

They shallbe responsible for working closely with the applicable AWE business unit leadership team(s) on agreeing the scope and applicable pricing, as well as developing and nurturing relationships with customers who include MOD, Government Departments and key MOD industry partners.

The Head of Government Delivery Agreements shall report to the Commercial Operations Director.

Key Accountabilities:

Accountable for the contracting and contract management of services outside of the principal contract between HMG and AWE.
Develops strong relationships with key customers such as MOD, Government Departments such as Home Office and key industry partners todemonstratethe breadth the scope of services AWE can deliver to support

National Security and Counter Terrorismactivity.
Works collaboratively with senior stakeholders to evaluate customer requirements, develop proposals (incorporating scope of service, commercial proposal) and seek necessary approval submit.
Implementscorporate Non-M&O (Management & Operations contract) contractual strategies, including the customer relationship and pricing strategies and managing thesub-function to achieve its strategic goals or other contractual strategies as may be required.
Maintainsrelationships and awareness with key internal stakeholders, including communicating current and projected performance against contract.
Managesandmaintainscontracts from bid and negotiation through to contract close / handover, managing key stakeholders' expectations on contract baseline performance.
Managesdispute resolution andaccountablefor ensuring actions / plans are implemented wherever a gap occurs between contractual requirements and performance (actual or projected), where appropriate asagreed with the customer.
Implementsthe established set of Government Delivery Agreements processes and governance arrangements for delivering contracts anddemonstratingthat the AWE work being undertaken is necessary and sufficient tocontractual deliverables.
Implementsandmaintainscompliance against the AWE Delegation of Authority at AWE plc.
Maintains and promoteshigh personal standards in environment, safety, health,security and quality and bea great team player.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

Compliance withrelevantlegislation and regulations.
Must have proven professional experience.
Experience in a senior commercial and/or senior financial or compliance role in a large organisation.
Significant experience in leading contractual performance management on complex commercial contracts
Experience of Stakeholder management and relationship development at Senior Management and Customer level.
Experienced use of benchmarking techniques and analysis of financial and business data as part of a Senior Commercial role
Experience in contracting for the provision of services with specific experience in bid writing, contracting of services and relationship management
Experience of successfully leading,motivating and managing…