Contract Manager (Cyber Security)

This is a new role for the London Ambulance Service, which recognises that the Trust needs to build capacity and capability to develop and deliver effective contract management assurance including supplier assurance in relation to data protection, information governance and cyber security.The post-holder will lead and support the development of robust and secure cyber supply chain and contract management practices, ensuring that suppliers operate to appropriate security and develop robust governance standards., They will develop and embed standard approaches and best practice principles to contract management, supplier assurance, and data and cyber risk oversight across the Trust, working closely with Procurement, IT Risk, Governance and Cyber colleagues to ensure that contractual arrangements support business continuity and minimise risk from third-party systems or data handling.The post holder's main responsibility is to implement, own and manage a Cyber Security Contract Management strategy for key contracts., Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:

• Our care- delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation- being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London- using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.
To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.