Corporate & Delivery - Commercial Cips Apprentice

5 months ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom Home Office Full time

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

- 308275**Salary**:

- £28,000 - £33,600- National: £28,000 min - £29,400 max. London: £32,000 min - £33,600 max.**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Apprenticeship**Business area**:

- HO - Capabilities and Resources Group**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 21Contents

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Location
- Lunar House - Croydon, Freemans Reach - Durham, The Capital - Liverpool, Soapworks - ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Do you want to join a profession which contributes to keeping our citizens safe and our country secure?
To grow knowledge and develop expertise on procurements and contracts that help to reduce crime, enforce the law, protect our borders and the most vulnerable in our society?

If so, the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) apprenticeship may be for you.

The Home Office Commercial Directorate is at the cutting edge of public policy making and our work is among the most challenging and rewarding in government.

Home Office vision is for a safe, fair and prosperous UK spending approximately £3bn each year on contracts which are manged by our Commercial teams of 300+ professionals. The goods and services we buy is varied, supporting operational delivery for asylum seekers, accommodation provision, passports, e-gates to provision of sniffer dogs at our ports, to name a few.

You will work with us to deliver the best possible value from the goods and services that we buy for the Home Office (HO).

You will be an enthusiastic team player, a good communicator and able to think on your feet to support busy Commercial teams.

The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) apprenticeship offers you the opportunity to study while working, gaining a recognised commercial qualification and invaluable, hands-on experience in the workplace. This role will allow you to build a foundation of transferable skills in a stretching environment, providing a great stepping-stone for a future career in the Civil Service.

You could find yourself working in one of the following Commercial business partner teams
- Homeland Security - responsible for safeguarding our nation from terrorism, extremism and cyber-attack.

Customer - responsible for passports, citizenship, civil registration, visas and asylum support.

Grants - working across HO portfolio to support operational delivery e.g., Police and Fire.

Digital Data & Technology - responsible for digitising service delivery platforms.

**Job description**:
We are seeking hard working, aspirational, motivated individuals able to support the delivery of Commercial’s objectives, who can contribute to building our reputation as a directorate trusted to deliver value for money from our contracts.

Applications are welcomed from backgrounds which reflect the UK’s diverse heritage supporting an inclusive insight to our work. Home Office is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive environment where all our people can bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best. There are varied employee networks to ensure all our people feel supported at work.

HO exercises a hybrid approach to working with a minimum 40% in the office (equivalent to 2 days).
Other flexible working requests will be considered in line with Home Office policy working no less than 16 hours and no more than 30 hours per week to accommodate learning (up to 80% work/ 20% learning).

**Person specification**:
**About the Role**

The role of a Commercial Apprentice will provide the right person with an invaluable insight into how the Commercial team enables delivery of important services to the public.

You will contribute towards the effectiveness and efficiency of Commercial, by supporting your team with varied tasks and helping to resolve problems.

The roles are in Croydon, Durham, Liverpool and Manchester and align to current hybrid working arrangements referenced above.

**Responsibilities**
The post will provide opportunities to be involved in the following:

- Assisting Commercial leads to manage live contracts, ensuring that goods or services are delivered as agreed.
- Helping Commercial leads to manage changes to live contracts, developing an understanding of full change control processes.
- Understanding the legal terms which are put in place once a contract has been agreed.
- Manage relationships with suppliers to deliver contracts which ensure quality goods and services to agreed timescales.
- Provide content for Commercial reports.
- Learn about risks and how to manage these in order to support contract delivery.
- Help to ensure adherence to policies as part of the Commercial support team.

You will become practiced in:

- Arranging meetings and occasional events, creating agendas and taking notes.
- Handling data and records, including gathering and inputting informat


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