Contracts Manager- Abt Australia

The Opportunity

As a Contracts Manager you will provide technical expertise to, and support the Contracts Director in the management of, Abt Australia’s enterprise contracting activity.

If the successful candidate is legally qualified, they may also support the Head of Legal and the Senior Legal Counsel provide legal advice to Abt Australia as required.

The position will develop and maintain trusted relationships and high customer service standards with diverse internal and external clients.

Core Responsibilities

Contracts

• Support the Contracts Director in the development, implementation, and continual improvement of a pragmatic and innovative framework for contracting activity in close consultation with program and corporate stakeholders, including the corporate policies, processes, templates, systems, and data analytics supporting client, consultant, subcontract, grant, supplier and property contracting and procurement. 

• Support the Contracts Director on contracting activities and approvals.  Provide technical advice to other corporate stakeholders as required in the devolution of activity, from home office to the programs in a risk and equity-appropriate way, including the development, implementation and continual improvement of the processes, systems, and training to support it. 

• Lead the provision of technical advice and undertake contracting and procurement activity in respect of complex and high value contracts, including reviewing and approving (in line with delegated authority) consultant, subcontract, grant, supplier, property, and other contracts.

• Continuously improve expertise in, and current awareness of changes to, the laws and client procurement rules relevant to Abt Australia’s contracting activity. 

• Provide guidance to Abt Australia’s Business Growth teams in the contracting aspects of new business opportunities being pursued; and 

• Train staff and provide additional capacity building to key internal clients on templates, policies, procedures, contracting and grant. 

• Serve as contracts POC for subcontracts. 

Entity Management

• Coordinate director/shareholder approvals, statutory filings and registrations, with a focus on international branches and subsidiaries; 

• Support establishment, maintenance and closure of entities, branches and registrations across operating jurisdictions; and

• Maintain company records and corporate information.

Legal (if candidate is legally qualified, but not required)

• Provide practical, accurate and timely legal advice, training and other legal support to the company and its subsidiaries on a broad range of legal issues as required, under the direction and supervision of the Head of Legal and the Senior Legal Counsel. 

General

Other reasonable duties as required. 

What We Value

• Tertiary qualifications in Law, Commerce, Business, Procurement, Contracts Management or a related discipline and three years of work experience.
• Legal qualifications are desirable but not essential. 
• Demonstrated experience managing complex commercial contracts, procurement activities, grants, subcontracts, supplier agreements and/or consulting arrangements within a government, international development, professional services or similarly regulated environment. 
• Strong knowledge of contract lifecycle management, procurement frameworks, risk management and commercial governance practices. 
• Experience interpreting and applying client procurement rules, legislative requirements, corporate policies and contractual obligations. 
• Proven ability to provide sound commercial advice and manage high-value, complex or strategically significant contracting activities. 
• Demonstrated capability to build trusted relationships with diverse stakeholders and deliver high levels of customer service across corporate and program teams.

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