Job summary
- Main area
- Contracting
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- 10 months (10 months - Secondment Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 095-8245721-TS
- Employer
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gail House
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Contract Support Officer
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
We are seeking an organised and proactive individual to provide high-quality administrative and business support to the Contracts Team. The successful candidate will play a
Key responsibilities will include monitoring the progress of contract documentation, managing meeting administration and associated governance processes, maintaining the
Main duties of the job
- Provide high quality project, service, initiative and administrative support including information and analysis;
- Provide business and administrative support to the CCG contracts team
- Assist in the preparation of contracts documentation with support
- Meetings administration
- Maintain the Kent and Medway contracts register
- Provide support to resolving queries, engaging with providers and CCG staff as appropriate and managing the team mailbox
Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves.
Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That’s why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them.
We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions.
We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.
All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Person specification
Administrative skills
Essential criteria
- Proven experience working within an administrative role
Desirable criteria
- Proven experience of completing administrative tasks
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of communicating effectively and developing productive working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Organisational skills
Essential criteria
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload effectively.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Weatherall
- Job title
- Interim Contract Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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