About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a Senior Contracting and Procurement Manager to help shape high-quality, equitable and cost-effective services across Humber and North Yorkshire.
This Band 8a role offers the opportunity to lead complex contracting and procurement across acute and mental health services and other assigned ICB portfolios. Working with senior leaders and partners, you will turn commissioning priorities into outcome-based agreements that support better care and financial sustainability.
You will bring significant experience of high-value contracts, specialist procurement and payment knowledge, and the confidence to negotiate, influence and provide expert advice. The post is agile, following the ICBs Purposeful Presence approach, with in-person working where needed to achieve effective outcomes.
Main duties of the job
- You will lead procurement exercises, negotiate and manage complex, high-value contracts, and embed measurable quality, safety, equity and outcome requirements.
- Working with Finance, Analytics, Quality and Commissioning colleagues, you will interpret provider performance, identify risks and lead corrective action.
- You will manage delegated budgets, champion innovative payment models and ensure compliance with legislation, NHS guidance and governance requirements.
- You will advise senior leaders and Board committees, develop contracting and procurement policies, oversee reporting and audits, and provide line management and professional development for contracting and procurement staff.
- Strong negotiation, analytical and communication skills will be essential, alongside the ability to manage competing priorities with significant autonomy.
- Our Contracting and Procurement Team works closely with Finance, Analytics and Insight, Quality Assurance and Commissioning colleagues, alongside providers and wider partners.
- We combine technical expertise, evidence-based advice and collaborative working to support effective commissioning and value for money.
- The role contributes to team capability through training, mentoring and shared learning, reflecting the ICBs values: We Care, We Connect and We Innovate.
About us
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the strategic commissioner of NHS services for a population of 1.7 million people. We plan and arrange services to meet our populations diverse health needs, focusing on improving health outcomes, reducing inequalities and making the best use of available resources. Our area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York and large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
Our role is to make sure health services work well and are of high quality. We also work to join up health and care services, improve the health and wellbeing of local people and reduce health inequalities across our area.
The ICB adopts a Purposeful Presence model as the default way of working. Subject to any reasonable adjustments that may be required, this means:
- Individual work is undertaken remotely and digitally in almost all Circumstances.
- Collaborative work is predominantly delivered through digital platforms.
- In-person working is reserved for situations where outcomes cannot be achieved effectively through digital means.
Contractual bases are determined by post category. This post is designated as: Agile Post
This means the appointed postholder may choose either Health House, Willerby or home as their contractual base (please note that the Purposeful Presence principles still apply if Health House is chosen)
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Role and reporting arrangementsLead complex contracting and procurement across the Acute and Mental Health programmes of care and deliver activity across assigned portfolios for other ICB functions.
- Ensure contracts are outcome-based, legally compliant and support high-quality, equitable and cost-effective services.
- Accountable to the Assistant Director: Contracting and Procurement and responsible to the Head of Contracting and Procurement (Acute and Mental Health).
- Responsible for the Contracting and Procurement Senior Officers (Acute and Mental Health).
- Operate with significant autonomy, shaping long-term service delivery models, provider relationships and financial performance.
- Contracting and procurementLead operational delivery for assigned portfolios.
- Negotiate and manage high-value, complex contracts, embedding measurable KPIs and quality, safety and equity metrics.
- Plan and execute procurement exercises in compliance with legislation, NHS guidance and Standing Financial Instructions.
- Maintain robust governance, risk and audit processes.
- Provide expert advice to senior leaders on contracting and procurement policy, strategy and risk.
- Champion innovative payment models to support value and sustainability.
- Monitor provider performance and take corrective action where necessary.
- Communication and relationshipsCommunicate highly complex, sensitive and sometimes contentious information to providers, partners and senior stakeholders, using persuasive, negotiating and reassurance skills to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance.
Build trusted relationships with providers, local authorities and partners to enable collaborative commissioning and procurement solutions. Present complex contractual and procurement strategies to Board committees clearly and transparently. Work with contracting and procurement leaders, Finance, Commissioning and Planning, Analytics and Insight, Quality Assurance and Clinical Leadership, provider finance and contract leads, local authorities, NHS England, regional teams and legal advisors.
Planning and analysisDevelop annual and in-year procurement plans aligned to commissioning priorities and integrate them with finance, commissioning and quality strategies. Maintain procurement registers and audit-ready records. Plan resources to meet statutory deadlines and emerging priorities. Interpret complex national guidance, market intelligence and provider performance data. Undertake options appraisals assessing the benefits, risks, deliverability and sustainability of contracting models.
Triangulate financial, quality and activity data to identify variance and trigger corrective action. Commission, conduct and oversee benchmarking and market analysis to support strategic procurement planning. Financial management and staff developmentAct as authorised budget holder for high-value contracts and procurement portfolios, with delegated authority to commit expenditure and ensure financial sustainability. Provide financial leadership, variance analysis and corrective action planning to maintain organisational balance.
Authorise expenditure and contractual commitments within Standing Financial Instructions. Provide line management for Contracting and Procurement Officers, including recruitment, appraisals, performance management and career development. Build capability through training, mentoring and professional development. Policy and service developmentLead the development, implementation and evaluation of contracting and procurement policies across the ICB, aligned with national legislation and strategic commissioning priorities.
Embed policies in provider contracts and commissioning programmes, and monitor their impact on service delivery. Maintain a live policy and specification library with rolling review cycles. Ensure compliance with statutory duties, procurement law and national guidance. Information, governance and assuranceOversee the integrity and strategic use of contract management databases and procurement information systems. Commission and validate complex reports linking contractual performance to outcomes, financial sustainability and equity.
Ensure Board committees receive timely, accurate information for assurance and decision-making. Maintain data integrity and security. Oversee dashboards linking contractual performance to service outcomes and value for money. Ensure timely, accurate reporting to governance forums and regulators. Audit and wider responsibilitiesCommission and oversee contracting and procurement audits and implement recommendations promptly. Evaluate innovation pilots and embed learning into future practice.
Maintain business and patient/service-user confidentiality, comply with health and safety and equal opportunities requirements, complete mandatory training and uphold safeguarding responsibilities. The full attached job description and person specification provide further detail.
Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to negotiate and influence at senior level.
- Analytical skills to interpret complex data and make evidence-based decisions.
- Commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and reducing health inequalities.
- Ability to manage multiple contracts and competing priorities.
- Clear and effective communication with diverse audiences.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Collaborative and supportive team player.
- Promotes transparency and financial stewardship.
- Champions patient-centred, outcome-based approaches.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in managing complex, high-value contracts and procurement processes.
- Delivering outcome-focused commissioning and performance frameworks.
- Coordinating contract management with Finance, Analytics and Quality teams.
- Leading provider engagement and improvement discussions.
- Supporting procurement planning and compliance.
- Experience of budget management and achieving financial balance.
- Line management experience, including recruitment, appraisals and performance management
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters-level qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of NHS procurement law, complex contracting models and commissioning frameworks across multiple portfolios, with the ability to act as a senior subject matter expert advising Board committees and external partners on risk, compliance and innovation.
- Understanding of outcome-based commissioning and payment models.
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Payment Scheme and Payment by Results (PBR).
- Awareness of procurement legislation and standards
Desirable
- MCIPS or relevant professional qualification.
Employer details
Employer name
Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)
Address
Humber and North Yorkshire ICB
Health House
Grange Park Lane
Willerby
HU10 6DT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://humberandnorthyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)