Ao Commercial Apprenticeship

3 weeks ago


East Kilbride, United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Full time

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

- 332270**Salary**:

- £26,500- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed term**Length of employment**:

- 24 month**Type of role**:

- Commercial
- Procurement and Contracts Management
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 6Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- East KilbrideAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office pursues our national interests and projects the UK’s role in the world.

We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

You might associate our activities with diplomatic work in countries, digging wells, building hospitals and delivering humanitarian aid, however, not all our projects are of this type. This is why in FCDO we specialise in many areas of commercial and procurement activity: Programme Delivery, Overseas Procurement Delivery, Strategic Relationship Management, Supply Chain Ethics, Governance & Risk, Commercial Operations & Performance and Corporate Services.

Procurement work includes preparation and processing of a product or service as well as the end receipt and approval of payment. Whether you are involved in acquiring goods or services for building new consulates, analysis of our supply chain, procuring new education programmes, safeguarding delivery of vaccines or delivering a new IT system, your role will provide you with an opportunity be make a vital contribution to the Commercial Directorate and our Vision of _Delivering better diplomatic and development outcomes through global commercial excellence._

**Job description**:
This is a great opportunity to start a career in Commercial and Procurement with a team that are dedicated to investing in you and your development

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Modern Apprentices to join our busy team. You will have a keen interest in working in an office environment and will be keen to learn about procurement work while supporting our team on related administration tasks.

We are offering full-time employment with a level 6 Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework (SCQF) in Procurement. This apprenticeship offers practical vocational training in year one, followed by further training towards the professional Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Level 2 (Certificate), 3 (Advanced Certificate) or 4 (Diploma) qualification. The level of the CIPS qualification will be determined by your existing qualifications (including CIPS) and work experience. After this contract, our aim is to offer successful apprentices continued employment and further opportunities to progress their CIPS qualifications.
- Work with colleagues and other stakeholders to gather and summarise information required to support new procurements, contract amendments, and inform commercial procurement planning.
- Assist with maintaining commercial system data and reporting processes.
- Help and support Commercial team to manage changes to live contracts as you develop an understanding of contractual change control processes.
- Draft and issue (with support from the Commercial team) supplier communications to support procurement processes.
- Analyse market and spend activity, to support and inform Commercial Procurement processes and decisions.
- Develop an understanding of commercial risk management.

You will also become experienced in:

- Working in a fast paced, dynamic environment which includes engagement with a variety of stakeholders at various levels.
- Public sector environment and approach
- Arranging meetings and occasional events, creating agendas, and taking notes.
- Handling data and records, including gathering and inputting information / use of Excel and Commercial IT tools.
- Project Management including tracking progress, providing updates and logging risks and issues. Assisting more senior members of the team with additional tasks as required.

**Things you need to know**
- The typical duration for this Procurement Modern Apprenticeship is 24 months. It includes a qualification from the Chartered Institute for Purchasing & Supply (CIPS), which will be offered linked to our current CIPS approach for funding. The CIPS qualification will be either level 2, 3 or 4 and the level will be determined by your existing qualifications, including CIPS, and work experience.
- We will place you into your first commercial role based on your skills, experience, interview and our business needs.
- The positions are currently based in East Kilbride but are due to transfer to an office in central Glasgow during 2025.
- You need to be living in Scotland at the start of and for the duration of your Apprenticeship.
- Depending on wider resourcing considerations, we will c



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