Description

Contracts Manager

Market-related Package

Cape Town

About the Role

An exciting opportunity exists for a Contracts Manager to join a fast-growing renewable energy company. This role is critical in managing and optimizing the post-signature lifecycle of customer energy supply agreements (CESAs) and power purchase agreements (PPAs). The successful candidate will ensure contract compliance, risk mitigation, and stakeholder alignment while continuously improving contract management systems and processes.

If you have a passion for contract law, renewable energy, and structured risk management, this role will allow you to work at the forefront of South Africa’s clean energy transition.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee post-signature contract administration, ensuring compliance with milestones, obligations, and industry regulations.
  • Track and report on deliverables, CP fulfilment, and contractual compliance using structured tracking systems.
  • Draft and manage contract amendments, variations, and formal notices, ensuring accurate record-keeping.
  • Identify contract risks, implement mitigation strategies, and manage dispute resolution.
  • Coordinate with internal teams, customers, and external partners to facilitate seamless communication.
  • Enhance contract management through process improvements, compliance advisory, and reporting.
  • Stay updated on South Africa’s evolving electricity market and guide stakeholders through regulatory changes.

Requirements Qualifications & Experience:

  • LLB or relevant degree in contract law, business, or related fields.
  • 8+ years experience in commercial or large-scale project contract management (preferably in energy, renewables, or infrastructure projects).
  • Strong expertise in contract administration, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and workflow management tools.

Key Attributes:

  • Detail-Oriented & Process-Driven: Able to track and manage complex contractual obligations.
  • Strong Stakeholder Management: Excellent ability to communicate and coordinate with legal, financial, and commercial teams.
  • Analytical & Problem-Solver: Skilled in risk assessment, contract performance tracking, and dispute resolution.
  • Flexible & Adaptable: Thrives in a fast-paced, evolving energy market.
  • Customer-Focused & Commercially Minded: Understands the impact of contracts on business operations and profitability.

Why Join?

  • Competitive salary, short-term incentives, and equity investment exposure.
  • Work with a mission-driven company leading the renewable energy transition in South Africa.
  • Be part of an innovative, high-growth team at the forefront of the renewable energy industry.

Please note: If we do not contact you within 2 weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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SET
HR Services, Recruitment & Selection • 1-10 Employees
15 Jobs

In Short

  • Industry HR Services, Recruitment & Selection
  • Founded
  • Location Cape Town
  • Company size 1-10

About us

Founded in 2003. SET Consulting is an Executive Search and Contingency Recruitment Advisor with a reputation for excellence. We assist clients with their recruitment requirements across South Africa, Africa as well as Internationally.

SET Recruitment Consultants (Pty) Ltd has a Level 2 B-BBEE organisation, one of a few specialists Recruitment Consultancies that is a true Level 2 B-BBEE provider. We are 51% owned by African Female, Humbulani Ralatisane and 49% owned by Carl Endenburg, a veteran in the recruitment industry.

We have three Operating Business Units that have delivered success within the Recruitment Market of South Africa and Rest of Africa, respectively, SET Consulting, based Johannesburg and Cape Town, working across all provinces within South Africa, Africa, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Copper Quail Global, based in Mauritius, focusing on Recruitment in Africa and the rest of the World, and Africa Deployments, based in Mauritius and are Immigration & Payroll Specialists.

We pride ourselves in our specialist orientation and you can be assured that our understanding of your needs and position fulfilment will be reflected in the quality and relevance of the candidates put forward. You will not find yourself wading through irrelevant CV’s, wasting valuable time as you may have experienced with other generalist agencies, but selecting from a few quality candidates.

We will listen to your requirements, guide you through every stage of the recruitment process and advise on various options.

Our services include:

EXECUTIVE SEARCH

Today’s leaders must optimise performance, drive innovation, and meet stakeholder demands. Our comprehensive industry and functional knowledge allow us to source the executives most suited to clients’ current requirements.

IN-HOUSE ADVISORY

We maximise recruitment process efficiency by significantly reducing time to hire. We manage the recruitment process 100%, providing our clients with a series of back-to-back qualified candidate interviews. We also provide professional insights into the outcomes of the interviews.

RETRENCHMENT PROGRAMMES

Retrenchments are a reality – and can be a significant source of stress. Our comprehensive programme lets organisations focus on their core business while we help their employees find new employment, help protect the client’s reputation and ensure both parties are looked after ethically and legally.

COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT

SET Consulting is committed to managing candidates from the moment they accept an offer to work for a client. We continue as their main point of contact, keeping in regular touch with them to ensure issues are dealt with as they arise, clients receive feedback about any concerns, and candidates are motivated to give of their best for their new organisations. This service is provided by trained specialists and is free of charge.

IMMIGRATION AND RELOCATION

SET Consulting works across South Africa, Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We assist with all aspects of immigration and relocation visas, permits, compliance and expatriate relocation support. We also train expatriates to better understand the culture of their new countries, helping them adjust and make their assignments a success. We work with our joint venture partner, a specialist immigration and relocation services company, to provide these services.Our partner provides expatriate support anywhere in South Africa and on the African continent. The success of businesses in Africa largely depends on in-depth knowledge and experience of the country specifics. Their experience and knowledge of African countries enables them to provide a customizable end to end solution to deploy and manage Expatriate and Executive talent in Africa. The joint venture allows SET Consulting to provide a diversity of services to enable clients to focus on the growth of their businesses while we take care of the mobilising of the workforce.

OUTSOURCED CONTRACT LABOUR

SET Consulting offers Outsourced Contract Labour solutions through our sister company, Africa Deployments (ADS). Through them we can provide outsourced immigration & payroll solutions in over 45 African countries should our clients wish to outsource their labour. ADS can offer cost-effective solutions with a quick turnaround time to ensure that companies can operate efficiently and deliver on time results.

PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENTS

SET Consulting offers Psychometric Assessments through a 3rd party service provider. A wide variety of assessment tools and solutions, from basic to comprehensive Psychometric Assessments will help you to better understand if a candidate is the right fit for your business based on their Cognitive Capability and Potential, Emotional Intelligence, Integrity, Competency Potential, Skills set, Personality Preferences and Literacy.

PERSONALITY PROFILING

SET Consulting is in partnership with Rainmakers, a solution-based Consulting practice that provides an array of bespoke Workshops and Seminars focused on the enhancement of employees in fields of Communication, Sales, Training and Customer Service.

Furthermore, our affiliate from Rainmakers as well as SET Consulting’s Director, Carl Endenburg are experts in administering the Personality MatriX ProfileTM (PXP), a Training and Recruitment Tool used in over 121 different countries. The PXP provides Directors and Managers with insight into their teams (including yourself) via an Assessment that reveals strengths and development areas across ten dimensions of your personality. Once these Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats are revealed, the sky is the limit for your team. .

CV CONSOLIDATION/ RESPONSE HANDLING/ GENERATING JOB SPECS

As part of our Value-Added Services, we also offer a CV Consolidation/ Response Handling/ Generating Job Specs Service which has added great value to our clients and provided them with peace of mind and shorter lead times during longlisting, shortlisting and interviewing phases of the Recruitment lifecycle.

CANDIDATE SERVICES

SET Consulting turns job searches into rewarding journeys as we help candidates every step of the way, from assisting with their CV’s to preparing them for their job interviews.Our uniqueness comes from the relentless customer focus which has led to a large portion of our business being referral based.

Our objective is to become a trusted Business Partner within our client’s organisation, understanding not only the people at their heart, but also their culture and ethos. We take pride in our reputation for excellence and the relationships we create with our clients and candidates. We use our significant market knowledge, experience, and judgement to help our clients employ the best qualified individuals for each position.