Contracts Officer

Indra Park Air work with customers all over the globe to make air travel safer. For over 60 years we’ve been one of the leading producers of VHF and UHF radios, providing the vital link between the ground and the air for passenger, freight and military aircraft.

The reasons behind our success are simple and won’t change. First, we work harder for the customer than the rest. We take time to truly know their needs and create the right product for them. We train them how to use it, we won’t let our equipment be deployed until every detail is right, and then we provide the best care and service for all our products.

At Indra Park Air we stay the best by looking to the future – to new requirements and new possibilities. A radio remains a radio, but we never stop thinking about how we can improve it, and how it can offer more to our customers. It’s no wonder that we are one of only 2% of companies worldwide to hold PLATINUM Level in Investors in People Accreditation.

At Indra Park Air, our values guide everything we do, from developing industry-leading technology to supporting our customers around the world.

Innovation - Our capacity for innovation, cutting-edge solutions, and specialised team of professionals enable us to drive a safer, more connected future through technology.

Trust - We work with strength, commitment, and reliability, delivering quality solutions to build trust with customers, employees, partners, investors, and society.

Connection - We harness the power of collaboration, connect ideas and solutions, and adapt to our customers' needs, supporting them on the path to a better future.

Foresight - We anticipate future needs to make the world safer and more connected, transforming our experience and knowledge into solutions for a better tomorrow.

We are looking for a Contracts Officer to join our busy and fast-paced team. This is a varied and critical role within the business, from supporting proposals through to customer support and ensuring high-quality contractual agreements with our clients and partners. Collaborating with diverse teams across the business including business development, programmes, engineering and operations.

What you’ll be doing:

• Contributing to the development of Customer proposals, actively collaborating with Business Development, Programme Management and Engineering cross-functional bid teams to understand contractual and project delivery requirements and highlight commercial risks and mitigations.
• Be the Commercial focal point in bid review meetings and for contractual support during delivery and support.
• Draft, review, and finalise Customer agreements
• Collaborate with other disciplines within the workstream and leadership to negotiate and finalise contracts.
• Actively review processes to improve efficiency and quality
• Coordination of Due diligence information
• What we need from you:
• We are seeking a proactive, organised, and commercially minded professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

What We're Looking For

We are seeking a proactive, organised, and commercially minded professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate will:

• Bring experience of all types of contractual bid support, contracting and subcontracting in an international environment, including but not limited to teaming agreements, NDAs and licence agreements.
• Possess a strong understanding of commercial principles and programme delivery risk in an international environment.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of influencing and collaborating with colleagues across all functions.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of risk identification and management, have analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Sharepoint and PowerPoint.

Note - In special circumstances individual requirements can be relaxed, e.g. additional experience can be taken in lieu of qualifications.

Security Clearance:

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

Benefits

• Flexitime and core hours – 37.5 hrs a week, core hrs between 0930-1500

• Enhanced Holiday – 25 days plus bank holidays
• Enhanced Pension Scheme – up to 8% company contribution
• Life Assurance
• Liberty Days - you can request up to 3 days of your annual leave ‘on the day’
• Buying and Selling Holidays
• Long service and retirement awards
• Private healthcare
• Flu vaccinations
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Training
• Continuous Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing Services
  

Indra Park Air is an equal employment opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.