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The role Are you a commercially minded contract management professional looking to make a real impact? We're seeking a Senior Contract Management Advisor to join our Contract Management Support Service (CMSS), where you'll play a vital role in strengthening how we manage and deliver contracts across NRW. In this role, you'll provide expert advice and practical support on medium to high-risk contract management activities across a diverse portfolio, including procurement, concessions, timber sales, energy contracts, grants, leases, and management agreements. You'll work closely with contract managers across the organisation, supporting them through the full contract lifecycle - from early scoping and mobilisation to delivery, performance management, risk and change control, and exit planning. By ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements such as governance, data security, anti-fraud, and sustainability obligations, the post helps protect organisational interests while delivering value for money and effective risk mitigation. Your expertise will help ensure contracts are well-governed, outcomes-focused, and deliver genuine value. In addition to hands-on contract support, the Senior Advisor plays a key role in mentoring and coaching colleagues, strengthening commercial capability and promoting best practice. The post contributes directly to NRW's strategic aims by improving ways of working, driving consistency and efficiency, and embedding robust governance and commercial standards across the organisation. This role sits at the heart of how NRW delivers its outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to influence how contracts are managed across the organisation, support colleagues to succeed, and ensure that robust governance and commercial best practice underpin our work. If you're motivated by collaboration, p