Pre-Contracts Associate

This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. You’ll join your colleagues in one of our main locations on a monthly basis.

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.

Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally.

What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people!

Joining us as a Pre-Contract Associate

You’ll be a key addition to our Pre-Contracts team, taking responsibility for the regional strategic procurement and contracting works / services for the rollout of our full fibre network, as well as the planning and awarding of work packages under our existing framework contracts.

You’ll receive a salary of up to £36,000, a performance related bonus, and a range of benefits to support you across your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

Day to day, this is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Supporting the wider team to implement contracting and sourcing strategies
• Proactively engage stakeholders and suppliers throughout the framework lifecycle to ensure work is contracted in line with our agreed rollout plan and budget
• Supporting the ongoing commercial analysis of tender submissions and contract rates
• Identifying new suppliers, conducting initial engagement, and making recommendations to the business
• Owning the framework call-off- production and award, including Bill of Quantities production, design inputs and contract programmes
• Owning post-contract award processes and activities, including contract handover, storage, and expiry management

What you’ll bring to the role

You’ll already have some experience in supply chain or procurement administration alongside the willingness to grow and learn surrounded by an experienced and supportive team. You’ll also bring the following with you:

• Ability to manage your time effectively, change priorities and work to deadlines
• Experience analysing data and making informed conclusions
• Strong stakeholder and supplier engagement skills – building long-term successful relationships
• Competent in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way.


What you can expect from us

We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [email protected]. We want to help!