Chief of Staff, Commercial

7 days ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Department for Culture, Media and Sport Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 340703**Salary**:

- £56,462 - £65,169- National £56,462 - £65,169 + benefits.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 6- Band A(U)**Contract type**:

- Fixed term
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- 2 years**Business area**:

- DCMS - Commercial**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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**Benefits**:
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- ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- The Chief of Staff, Commercial role is a key and critical strategic leadership position within the Commercial Directorate. The Chief of Staff will work closely with the Commercial Director and their deputies to shape and deliver priority and crosscutting work for the director including leadership of our communications and engagement programme, our organisational design and implementation of our strategic priorities.**Job description**:
The role will oversee strategic business initiatives, assist and communicate with the SCS in decision-making, program management, and initiative implementation and work across teams to improve current processes and optimise organizational procedures for efficiency and productivity.

The Chief of Staff will also lead a small corporate team (of c.6 staff) that sits at the heart of the directorate. The Governance, Strategy and Engagement team oversees commercial governance, coordinates communications and engagement activity on behalf of the directorate and acts as the secretariat for the DCMS Commercial Board.

The team oversees and processes commercial spend control requests for consultancy, professional services and contingent labour and conducts IR35 assessments to sustain compliance with Intermediaries Legislation.

The team also oversees the use of Government Procurement Cards (GPC) across DCMS and coordinates Freedom of Information requests and Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on behalf of the directorate.

The strategy function leads on directorate Blueprint activity and special projects of strategic importance whilst providing change management to cross-cutting directorate wide activities.

The team’s mission is to engage with the directorate and key stakeholders; encourage collaboration and compliance; and enable the delivery of commercial outcomes that add value.

Please note the Commercial Directorate is going through a period of transition and some aspects of the team structure may change.

**Person specification**:
Essential Requirements:

- Experience of strategic oversight for a corporate function e.g. Commercial, Finance, Communications or HR.
- Substantial stakeholder communications and engagement experience, leading on messaging for leadership teams with significant experience of working with senior leaders. including Director-level colleagues.
- People management experience - including managing junior staff and multi-site people management. Including managing and leading colleagues not necessarily in the line management chain.
- Workplace culture and change management leadership, overseeing change programmes for people and organisations.
- Substantial experience in an environment of changing priorities.

Desirable Skills:

- Understanding of commercial or procurement environments.
- Budget management experience

We are offering applicants to join a virtual information session on Wednesday 21 February at 1.30pm, hosted by the vacancy holder - James Fleming

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest here and you will be sent an invitation.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service
- Changing and Improving

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £56,462, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £15,244 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We’re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:

- Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home
- 26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice
- 3 days of paid

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