Pinsent Masons Vario
Freelance Contracts Manager (Construction Sector)
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Pinsent Masons Vario: Contracts Manager Opportunity
About the Role
You want to work on challenging legal contracts projects on your own terms, while growing professionally and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Pinsent Masons Vario offers freelance legal professionals just this—fully flexible high-quality work with prestigious clients.
We are now seeking additional Contract Managers to join our Vario community, focusing on a live client assignment requiring immediate availability.
Key Responsibilities
As a Contract Manager, you will play a crucial role in:
- Leading the development, implementation, and proactive management of contract risk mitigation strategies, aligned with the client’s business objectives.
- Applying and following contract, claims, and insurance governance manuals.
- Collaborating with the core project team to prepare a Contract Management Strategy Plan.
Core tasks include:
- Analysing contracts to build, implement, and continuously update contract and claims management strategies.
- Monitoring work and compliance—ensuring contractual obligations are met, including:
- Tracking project schedules against contractual milestones.
- Issuing timely contractual notices to customers and partners.
- Establishing and implementing project-specific commercial procedures for:
- Correspondence
- Notifications
- Insurance management
- Variation requests/orders
- Claims preparation
- Monitoring and managing all communications with customers and partners—categorising, analysing, and responding to incoming/outgoing correspondence efficiently.
- Developing and producing project-specific processes and methods for contract/claim management.
- Anticipating risks in contract management and proposing proactive solutions to mitigate or control them.
- Adopting a prudent commercial approach to safeguard the client’s interests with customers and partners (through contractual analysis).
- Working closely with the project team to:
- Identify and mitigate risks.
- Spot, maximise, and leverage claim opportunities.
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What You’ll Gain
Join a community of flexible legal professionals—one that embraces autonomy, freedom, and professional growth—while benefitting from:
- Dedicated support from Pinsent Masons Vario’s Account Management Team.
- Networking with a diverse, flexible workforce.
- Access to Pinsent Masons International partner teams, client relationships, and comprehensive resources including:
- Professional development lawyers
- Library services
Join Our Community
If this opportunity combines your ambition, confidence, and preference for flexibility, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now—we’ll be in touch shortly!
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