Location - Bristol
Contract - Permanent

This is an exciting entry role into the discipline of Commercial and Contract Management.

As part of the commercial team you will be working to understand how we do business and be given responsibility for monitoring and reporting Ascent and supplier performance ensuring delivery of key products, maintaining stakeholder relations, contract administration and information management, ensuring compliance against contract obligations.

To apply please visit Ascents website directly which can be found HERE

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor MOD/Supplier/Ascent compliance with Contracts and Commercial Law
• Act as custodian of and administer Contracts & related contractual documents
• Act as a formal contractual interface with MOD & suppliers
• Assist in the management of contract changes, ensuring changes are logged, suppliers engaged and change proposals drafted
• Maintain information asset register in accordance with Ascent's Information Assurance Policy and drive Ascent's use of contract management ICT
• Legal, contractual and commercial issues are proactively reported in a timely manner using the relevant process/format
• Communicate Contract rights/obligations providing visibility & awareness

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Essential:

• Core Competence including (Practitioner Level): (a) communication; (b) team working including building relationships and giving support; (c) change, innovation and adaptability; (d) investigating issues, processing details, problem solving and making decisions; (e) structuring tasks, planning and prioritising
• ICT Competence (Practitioner Level) - including experience of relevant common business ICT tools including Microsoft Office and SharePoint

Desirable:

• Minimum 2:2 (Hons) degree
• 'Procurement Commercial Competence' (Awareness Level) including skills, experience and knowledge of managing competitions, bid evaluation and negotiation
• 'Contract Management Commercial Competence' (Awareness Level) including skills, experience and knowledge of service delivery & performance management, supplier relationship management, contract administration.
• 'Sector awareness Commercial Competence' including knowledge and awareness of the Company, UK defence, aerospace/simulation industry sectors and supporting technologies including aerospace, simulation, training and infrastructure
• The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM) Certification or equivalent experience

Benefits
In return, we will provide you with a generous benefits package including the equivalent to 25 days annual leave, a Defined Contribution Pension plan, access to a range of flexible benefits, an Employee Assistance Programme, and Private Medical Insurance.

Our Values
One Ascent Team
Ability and evidence of being a role model of Ascent values:
Responsive

• Hours not days; days not weeks
• Giving the best possible answer every time

Respectful

• Listening to everyone's views
• Professional & supportive to all our partners and colleagues

Safe

• Total Safety: Airsafety, HSSE & Airworthiness
• Immediate escalation of issues

Security
Successful candidates will need to satisfy Ministry of Defence Security requirements and may be required to complete a medical assessment.

Conflicts of Interest
In order to discharge Ascent's primary UKMFTS duty to the MOD to identify and avoid or mitigate conflicts of interest in conjunction with our activities as MOD's Training Service Partner, Ascent must ensure that no employee or secondee working for Ascent is materially restricted by any conflict of interest when carrying out duties and functions on its behalf. Therefore, candidates who are currently working for or have been employed during the previous 2 years by organisations such as MOD, Babcock, Lockheed Martin or any related group entity or any organisation bidding into the UKMFTS contract should note that Ascent reserves the right to request further information in relation to that candidate's current or previous employment history and/or take other appropriate steps to ensure Ascent's full compliance with its primary obligation. Any concerns you have should be discussed with the Ascent HR representative prior to submitting of a Curriculum Vitae.

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To apply please visit Ascents website directly which can be found HERE