West Coast Partnership Development (WCPD) is working with Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd to design, develop and put in place the new world-class, high-speed services that will run on HS2.  

This is an exciting opportunity to join the WCPD Finance & Contracts team as Contract & Compliance Manager.

The purpose of the job is to lead on franchise compliance and ensure the Shadow Operator aspects of the National Rail Contract (NRC) are managed and adhered to:

*                Tracking and delivery of contractual obligations of the NRC, including assuring delivery of products to scope and business plan commitments.

*                Assurance that all changes requested impacting key deliverables within the Accepted and Transitional Programme are managed and controlled from a contract perspective.

*                Ensure Contract Management Systems represent an accurate and up to date repository for all WCPD franchise-related communications.

*                Support and work with colleagues across the business to understand the NRC and collate evidence to support our compliance.

*                Maintain relationships with DfT.

The key accountabilities for the role are:

*                Understand the National Rail Contract and become a champion of compliance for all Shadow Operator aspects and activities.

*                Accountable for ensuring WCPD delivers in compliance with the NRC: maintenance of compliance framework, tracking of core contract deliverables, assessment of Overarching Requirements framework and controls.

*                Work closely with the WCPD team to ensure understanding of the contract and consistency of compliance approach and processes; ensure key compliance milestones are built into Programme deliverables.

*                Check quality and compliance of documentation issued to third parties, including DfT and HS2 Ltd. Review WCPD documents and deliverables throughout the project lifecycle, identifying gaps opportunities for improvement in compliance. 

*                Management of Contract Changes, Variations and Derogations.

*                Lead on the use and continued embedding of the CoreStream Contract Management System (CMS) across the WCPD team.

*                Maintain WCPD input to Jaggaer, DfT preferred CMS platform. 

*                Take a proactive approach to risk management, tailoring reporting requirements for internal reporting (e.g. to WCPD Executive Team) and the DfT to provide comfort that WCPD is compliant with its contractual obligations.

*                Support on the production and maintenance of the of the Shadow Operator Handover Package, a suite of contractual and operational documents and submit to the DfT when required.

*                Support the business to ensure compliance against First Group controls and procedures, including finance, procurement, business ethics, GDPR.

*                Facilitate informal DfT Commercial meetings.

*                Support relationship management with DfT commercial team.

*                Ad hoc responsibilities at request of WCPD Finance and Contracts Director / Head of Finance and Commercial Management

*                ‘To ensure the safety of yourself, others and the railway are at the forefront of everything we do’

The role is based in London and with the requirement for some travel on our network at times. The expectation will be a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. 

Salary

50,000 per annum plus benefits

West Coast Partnership Development

West Coast Partnership comprises two distinct parts – Avanti West Coast and West Coast Partnership Development. Avanti West Coast runs the InterCity West Coast train services from London to north England, north Wales and Scotland. 

Our work in WCPD is focused on developing plans for what the new high-speed services will look like (customer experience), how they will work (railway operations) and how we will start running new services and trains (mobilisation). Over the next 10 years we will develop and implement a programme (HS2 Ltd are building the new railway and associated infrastructure).

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