Governance & Contracts Manager

The College is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. 

The Leicestershire College is looking to recruit an experienced Contracts Manager to lead a small team, reporting to the Director of Governance & Legal Services.

The post holder will be responsible for managing the tracking, monitoring and compliance of all college ‘contracted’ provision. (To include subcontracting-in, subcontracting-out, all commercial contracts, HE, International and Apprenticeship contracts.)

The postholder will also manage the newly merged team, which handles complaints, appeals and data protection issues, while supporting the College’s governance function.

To be considered for the position candidates should be able to demonstrate good leadership and be target driven and self-motivated. A detailed knowledge of both operational and legal contracting activities is essential as the post will involve interpreting specialised data, and problem solving on a daily basis. Experience of Further Education subcontracting rules will be an advantage. We are looking for someone who has excellent communication and negotiation skills and can work closely with staff at all levels of the College. 

The Leicestershire College is a great place to work and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. 

We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award. We actively encourage applications who are current under-represented and where we are using positive action under the Equality Act. We welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey. The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised.

Alongside our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

• A competitive pension scheme


• On-site parking


• One campus facility 


• Subsidised nursery fees


• Up to 25 days annual leave per year 


• Additional annual leave available


• Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development


• Well-being hours 


• Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, agile working, staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.

We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.

The successful candidate will be employed by The Leicestershire College a subsidiary company of Loughborough College. The terms and conditions of employment offered by the Leicestershire College are different to those of Loughborough College. Please note that employees of the Leicestershire College are based at Loughborough College.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on the Gov website.

If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk