Commercial Lead

Government Commercial Function

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Details

Reference number

351828

Salary

£68,775 - £75,920

Job grade

Grade 7

Commercial Lead

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

GCF - Ministry of Justice

Type of role

Commercial

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours

Location

Leeds, London, Manchester. Please see the attached the document with the list of offices available for further locations details. Relocation costs will not be reimbursed. Some supplier visits are required. Travel to London or Leeds where some of the team are located. Potential requirement to travel to courts/ HMCTS locations. Minimum requirement is 3 days/week in an office.

About the job

Job summary

Thank you for taking the time to consider this role and joining us here at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).

Never has there been a more challenging time to join our fantastic team, which, as one of the most heavily outsourced departments across Whitehall, will offer the chosen candidate amazing opportunities to work across the ministry, the function and industry, delivering some ground breaking and exciting projects and programmes.

As a member of the Government Commercial Function and the MoJ leadership team, this role will require someone with the ability to engage, motivate, inspire and lead a team (directly and indirectly), working with colleagues across the wider function (such as the Crown Commercial Service, Complex Transactions and Suppliers and Market team) and the other professions (Finance, Digital, Data & Analytical Services, Communications, Legal, Security and Internal Audit).

Whilst functionally we aspire to be the best Commercial Function in the UK; here at the MoJ, we aspire to be recognised as the best commercial function in Government and we can only achieve this by having the best people, being integrated with our stakeholders, providing first class commercial advice across the contract lifecycle and driving market engagement to leverage insight and best practice and by playing our role in the development of the profession.

Again, thank you for considering not just a role with us but a longer-term career within the Government Commercial Function.

Job description

As Commercial Lead, you must be self-motivated and care deeply about delivering important public services and spending taxpayers’ money wisely. High levels of aptitude, enthusiasm and strong work ethic are what will make you suited to this role. You’ll also have strong analytical and communication skills and feel comfortable working at pace to deliver innovation and value for money for the department.

As a leader of a team of 5 people you will be accountable for their day-to-day performance, their personal development and for identifying and growing the next generation of commercial talent. Your team will be responsible for the delivery of category and contract management for HMCTS, which supports the Ministry of Justice.

The portfolio consists of a range of categories, such as language services, intermediary support services, enforcement, open justice, and some digital contracts. Due to a newly launched organisation structure, the role will be transforming the contract management practices and standards within the HMCTS commercial team to ensure standardised practices are implemented and followed. You will be leading this transformation and ensuring your team support the business with performance reviews, contract extensions/ negotiations, taking forward innovation opportunities, responding to contract changes, supplier assurance and developing lessons learned (note: this list is not exhaustive).

You will be required to work closely with a wide variety of, often very senior, stakeholders to make sure our contracts deliver what they’re supposed to and are properly regulated.

Person specification

Guiding and supporting senior operational stakeholders during the contract negotiations
Implementing a consistent and proportionate approach to commercial contract management across the portfolio
Providing leadership and strategic direction to develop a mature category management approach
Using commercial insight to influence and support senior leaders across the MoJ to create opportunities for innovation which deliver value for money
Leading and developing a team of commercial professionals
Working across CCMD to share best practice and building a strong network across GCO including Crown Commercial Service, Complex Transactions Team and Market & Suppliers Teams

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Manages Complexity - Evidence of managing and balancing multiple priorities with competing projects and changing department requirements
Decisive - Able to reassess options based on new thinking and information to unlock innovative solutions in the contract management space
Commercial Focus - Uses contract management knowledge and a good understanding of the entire commercial lifecycle able to identify commercial opportunities.
Builds Relationships - A track record of engaging across a variety of stakeholders, tailoring your messaging accordingly and delivering multiple projects simultaneously
Coaching Manager - Proven ability to identify and develop talent to the benefit of the wider organisation

Benefits

As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous benefits, Career Coaches, Mentors, L&D, a Commercial College, active talent management and, most importantly, access to commercial projects that will far exceed the scale and complexity on offer elsewhere in the UK.

For existing Civil Servants: For full details of the impact on any move across the civil service on your existing terms and conditions, please read the candidate pack. Please note that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to continue to claim childcare vouchers.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Please be advised that the Virtual ADC is taking place on 3rd June 2024 and will require a full day's attendance.

If you are invited to attend a virtual ADC, but for any reason are unable to meet the date outlined then please get in touch with the team on commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible. The ADC is booked and paid for in advance by departments, therefore it is only in certain circumstances we are able to accommodate alternative dates.

Details of schemes available are attached in the advert.

For full details of our process, and a likely timeline, please read the explanation provided in the attached candidate pack.

Throughout our selection process, we will make decisions about your capability to do the job, based on evidence you provide against the essential criteria for the role which are detailed in the attached Candidate Pack.

Your application will be reviewed by a panel and should you be successful at sift we will invite you to attend a Virtual commercial Assessment and Development Centre (VADC). The panel will review results of the VADC and determine which candidates will go through to a subsequent final panel interview. Please note: Only candidates that achieve an A grade at ADC will be invited to interview for this role.
IMPORTANT: If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your application within 2 working days please contact: commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Lynsey Munro
Email : commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should direct this to the Head of Commercial Resourcing Hub at the following email commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk quoting the vacancy reference number (if applicable) and the details of your complaint. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission via the following web page: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/