Employment Category

6 months ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Department for Work and Pensions Full time

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

- 324416**Salary**:

- £35,711 - £36,545-
**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DWP - Finance Group - Commercial Directorate**Type of role**:

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

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

- 3Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Leeds - Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UA. Sheffield - Hartshead Square, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2FD.About the job

**Job summary**:
**What you can expect**

If you like a challenge, you’ll feel at home with us at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). We’re a big organisation, with big challenges, big opportunities and we’re building a reputation for pushing the governments agenda in getting people back to work following the Covid-19 pandemic. If you are passionate, proactive, and can take ownership, and share our commitment to inclusion and innovation, we want to hear from you.

**Making the Difference**

The DWP is one of the UK's biggest government departments, building services that make a real difference to the lives of 20 million people. Commercial Directorate (CD) is one of the leading government procurement functions, is commercially unique and presents an attractive challenge for anyone wanting to advance their procurement career.

**Our Inclusive Culture**

We continue to grow our inclusive, diverse culture and focus on making CD a fabulous place to work. A culture where all our people feel themselves, feel valued, empowered, and have a voice that’s heard. We do this well and as a result have a culture where innovation is driven at all levels and by everyone

**Job description**:
Your role will be supporting the procurement and contract management of a multitude of contracts throughout the commercial lifecycle. You will also provide essential support to the wider Commercial Employment Category Team on a variety of Project Management and commercial activities. A large part of this role includes creating, analysing and maintaining information in relation to numerous projects within the category, so attention to detail is key. You will be required to communicate with a large number of managers and stakeholders on a regular basis to ensure information collected is up to date, accurate and helps ensure Senior Manager are able to make informed decisions that affect the category.

The post holder will also support their respective line managers in all the necessary commercial activity to the enable best Value for Money solutions to be realised. The post is challenging, it requires pro-active and innovative thinking, with good communication skills and an outgoing and enthusiastic approach to challenges.

Employment Category is well-established. We have a great team ethos focused upon Commercial excellence, continuous improvement & knowledge share.

**Person specification**:
The roles and responsibilities for this position include, but are not restricted to:
Commercial Strategy
- Supporting the procurement and contact management of new and existing critically important and complex contracts including existing contractual agreements.

Stakeholder Management / Engagement / Communication
- Strong communication and influencing skills to work with stakeholders at all levels (internal and external).
- Create positive supplier relationships, encouraging innovation, creation of “value add” solutions, and a strong customer service ethic.

Leadership
- Play an active part in supporting Commercial Directorate values and culture.

Contract Management
- Take responsibility for commercial management and review of existing contracts, including key milestones and analysis of contract performance information. Ensuring information is up to date and recorded on DWP systems.

Application of Contract Law
- Be comfortable dealing with complex contract and procurement documents.

Other Information
- Contribute to the project management of necessary work streams and initiatives to ensure timely delivery of objectives, ensuring all necessary processes, including formal stakeholder engagement and approval are completed.

**ESSENTIAL SKILLS**

Stakeholder management / engagement / communication
- Demonstrate previous experience of working collaboratively across a range of stakeholders and gained buy-in using appropriate communication & influencing skills.

Leadership
- Demonstrate how you have previously worked as part of a team, taken ownership to drive an issue forward, given direction and feedback to colleagues that has produced positive results.

Business Acumen & Commercial Judgement
- Demonstrate understanding of managing complexity (such as considering trade-offs) when making commercial decisions.
- Demonstrate how shaped your organisation’s requirements to be market-suitable, including through the use

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