IT Contract Manager

Role: IT Contract Manager

Location: Chorley & South Ribble

Contract: Full time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent

Salary: £41,771 - £44,075 + 6% Car Allowance

Closing Date: 3 May 2026

Are you passionate about ensuring value for money in IT? Do you thrive on managing complex procurement processes and managing 3rd party supplier performance? 

If you’re looking for a role where your expertise in IT procurement will shape the future of council services, this is your opportunity. Join a forward-thinking team committed to innovation and delivering quality services for Chorley and South Ribble councils.

What you’ll be getting up to

•  You'll lead end-to-end procurement processes for digital services and IT infrastructure, from tendering and evaluation to contract award and supplier performance management.
•  You'll act as a key interface with Legal, Finance, Procurement, and Service Leads to ensure compliance with public sector regulations and internal governance.
•  You'll oversee the strategic management of council IT assets, ensuring efficient, compliant, and digitally enabled procurement activities.
•  You'll monitor the status of all digital contracts and assets, maintaining accurate inventories and asset tracking using digital tools. 

Who we’re looking for

•  You'll have excellent organisational skills.
•  You'll have proven experience in IT Contract Management including software licensing.
•  You'll have experience of the digital and IT market and its supply chains, and working with external third-party suppliers.

Other requirements

• This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility.
• Successful applicants will be subject to a basic DBS check (applied and paid for by the Council).

Our Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Hybrid/agile working
• Local Government pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments 
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Volunteering days
• Free parking
• Car Allowance

Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.

Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we’re always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit. 

Working Together

We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date. 

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.