The Technical Author will provide comprehensive support across the directorate teams, to oversee and manage the scope, specification, information and requirements throughout the procurement process, from inception to contract award for the project Public Private Partnership (PPP) public concession suite of contract documents. The primary responsibility is to ensure the development and coordination of consistent information documents across Public Private Partnership (PPP) public concession contracts for the project while also identifying and eliminating duplication to reduce commercial delivery risks. The technical author team will support a standardised approach and alignment with EU Procurement Directives and Irish National Regulations and laws, across the business by maintaining oversight of all Public Private Partnership (PPP) public concession contract documents and enhancing engagement with subject matter experts. The team pro-actively simplifies document collation and aids in transferring knowledge and skills to the wider project team.
Principal Accountabilities
- The Technical Author is responsible for developing and managing scope documents by leading the creation of unambiguous, specific, and concise business requirement documents for nominated contracts, ensuring they are aligned with Public Private Partnership (PPP) public concession forms and EU Procurement Directives and Irish National Regulations and laws, eliminate the need for interpretation, thus reducing risk of disputes.
- Collaboration with subject matter experts by working closely to capture and incorporate specialist requirements into contract documentation, ensuring clarity and relevance to the procurement package.
- Conduct reviews and challenges to align documents with commercial strategies, driving value for money (VfM), and performing read across checks to eliminate discrepancies, duplications, and any inconsistencies in contract documentation.
- Monitor and report progress to track and forecast document delivery, report on performance, escalate issues as necessary, and support the continual improvement of document processes in line with the values and processes.
- Provide post-contract support by maintaining and updating scope documents with stakeholder input, managing changes from various sources, conducting audits, and ensuring alignment with governance and good practices throughout the contract lifecycle (including during negotiations and strategic change).
- Carry out tasks with transparency, communicating timescales and progress to the Project Manager to ensure contractual time constraints are met, or managed.
- Develop and administer training and development processes for procurement personnel in conjunction with Learning & Development.
- Cooperate with colleagues in all matters relating to health and safety, always following safe working procedures.
- Act as a role model for the projects vision and values, behaving in ways that align with the Ways of Working, and encouraging and supporting others to do the same.
- Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of corporate information, preventing unauthorised disclosure, modification, or destruction, and never knowingly putting project information or information systems at risk.