Job summary
- Main area
- Contracting
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 362-ADM5FIN-02-26
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital / Tameside General Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Contracts Manager (Income)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Job overview
This vacancy is for a Band 5 post (subject to Agenda for Change job panel matching) but depending on experience and qualifications this could be a development opportunity as Band 4 post, progressing to a Band 5 once suitable experience and milestones have been met.
Working within a joint Contracting team across Stockport and Tameside Trusts the Assistant Contracts Manager (Income) role is key to the robust management of relationships with commissioners and internal stakeholders, providing an essential service across the trusts. The post holder will provide support to the Trusts’ operational teams and managers as well as working closely with commissioners.
Main duties of the job
This role involves developing new and existing relationships to ensure that robust contractual relationships are in place and effectively managed, ensuring compliance with Standing Financial instructions.
Full training and support will be provided as required.
Applicants should be highly computer literate with clear verbal and written communication skills and be capable of prioritising workload effectively and working independently. The successful applicant must be able to demonstrate a willingness to learn and develop personally and professionally, as a role model within the department.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details
Assist in the management of income contracts, supporting the Senior Contracts Manager in populating contract agreements, dealing with queries from commissioners and liaising with internal stakeholders.
Assist in developing service level agreements (SLAs) with other NHS Providers, supporting divisions in ensuring that appropriate agreements are in place and reviewed regularly.
Work with divisions to develop a robust management framework for monitoring SLA performance.
Support the Senior Contracts Manager in arranging insourcing and outsourcing services in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime. This will include assisting with the publishing of relevant procurement notices and working with Trust stakeholders to develop relevant documentation including service specifications and performance indicators
Raise the profile of the Income, Costing and Contracting team across Tameside and Stockport and promote the benefits of effective and best contracting practice.
Attend staff and divisional meetings and deputise at meetings for the Senior Contracts Manager as and when required.
Develop a culture that encourages the use of initiative, individual and team responsibility and open communication, in particular to ensure that time and resources are managed through effective teamwork, leadership and motivation.
Support the wider Income, Contracting and Costing team as required, having involvement in service developments and change across the Trusts.
Assist in the delivery of the Trusts’ Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) savings targets.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum 5 GCSE’s at Grade C or above (or equivalent) including English and Maths.
- Educated to Degree Level, or equivalent knowledge, training and experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of personal development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An understanding of the relationship between commissioners and providers in the NHS.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS planning, contracting and income.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a busy environment.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting operational managers to achieve objectives.
- Experience of facilitating meetings
- Experience of providing support to facilitate service redesign
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good modern IT skills.
- Good organisational skills.
- Good negotiation skills.
- Good verbal, written, literacy and numeric skills
- Ability to analyse and present potentially complex data.
- Ability to liaise and negotiate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders of all levels
- Ability to prioritise workload efficiently to enable deadlines to be met.
- Ability to analyse problems and evaluate solutions.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work on a varied portfolio of tasks.
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly in order to meet deadlines
- Ability to use own initiative to work successfully alone or collaboratively as part of a team.
- Participate in training and development activities that are relevant to the job role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan Rigby
- Job title
- Senior Contracts Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 2043
- Additional information
Interviews are likely to take place during week commencing 23rd February 2026
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