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Job summary
NHS Greater Manchester is looking for two Senior Contract Managers to join our Contract Management and Procurement team within the Strategic Finance Portfolio. This is a Band 7 role at the heart of how we hold our providers to account for the quality, performance and value of the services they deliver to the people of Greater Manchester.
You will manage a portfolio of provider contracts, deputising for the Senior Contract Lead as required, and working as part of a wider team to monitor the quality and performance of commissioned services across the health economy. It's a role for someone with strong NHS or commissioning experience who can build relationships with providers, get to grips with complex contract information, and turn it into clear, confident action.
Main duties of the job
You'll hold day-to-day responsibility for a defined portfolio of provider contracts -- leading regular contract and performance review meetings, ensuring reporting is relevant and timely, and driving remedial or reinforcing action where provider performance needs to improve. You'll lead and assist in the annual contract negotiation cycle, including arbitration or mediation where necessary, and ensure contract levers are used in full and within agreed limits.
You'll translate NHS GM's commissioning intentions and priorities into signed contracts that meet national and local requirements, support the delivery of the organisational quality strategy, and challenge providers on poor quality performance where needed. You'll also provide specialist contract advice and guidance to colleagues, lead contract project meetings with internal and external stakeholders, and -- where line management responsibilities are assigned -- provide supervision, guidance and support to members of the Contract Management Team.
About us
You'll be joining a supportive, knowledgeable team that takes real pride in getting complex contracting right for the benefit of patients and communities. Matrix working is central to how we operate -- you'll build close working relationships across finance, quality, BI and other functions, and with providers and other commissioners, valuing different perspectives and working collaboratively toward shared goals.
Equality, inclusion and human rights sit at the heart of everything we do, and we're committed to a culture where everyone feels valued, respected and able to thrive -- with a zero-tolerance approach to bullying, harassment and discrimination. As part of the NHS, you'll benefit from the wider NHS package: membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, generous annual leave that grows with service, flexible and hybrid working arrangements, and genuine support for your ongoing development and career progression.
Details
Date posted
15 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
896-FC-1058-A
Job locations
Tootal Buildings
1st Floor Tootal Buildings, 56 Oxford Street
Greater Manchester
M1 6EU
United Kingdom
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