Commercial/procurement Specialist

2 weeks ago


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

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

- 349936**Salary**:

- £42,500- London based - The total package for this role at Grade SEO is £47,500 per annum (non-negotiable). This figure includes a non-pensionable, non-consolidated Location Allowance of £5,000. East Kilbride based - The total package for this role at Grade SEO is £42,500 per annum (non-negotiable).- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

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

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

- 2Contents

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- East Kilbride, LondonAbout 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.

**Main Purpose of Job**

The UK Integrated Security Fund (UKISF) uses a whole-of-government approach to find creative solutions to the most complex national security challenges outlined in the Integrated Review Refresh 2023 (IRR).

The ISF replaced the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) on 1 April 2024. It builds on the success of the CSSF, which started in 2015. The CSSF enabled the UK government to improve how it addressed the greatest threats to UK national security from abroad, including conflict, transnational threats and hostile state activity. Examples of programmes the ISF delivers in are Cyber, Counter Disinformation, Counter Terrorism, Serious and Organised Crime, and State Threats, to name a few.

The jobholder will play a critical role in shaping and managing the categories, as well as building and maintaining an extremely high level of category expertise and procurement capability within the team.

Additionally, the role will focus on upskilling ISF Programme Teams on procurement and contract management through dedicated workshops (usually held overseas) and providing ad hoc advice.

**Job description**:
This is a hands-on role, with strong strategic procurement, programme/project management and supplier engagement being critical skills, along with the requisite interpersonal skills necessary to manage a commercial adviser(s), and lead, support and work with our stakeholders in line with the FCDO Commercial Strategy and the FCDO Values.

**Roles and Responsibilities**
- Leading procurements by working collaboratively to design the requirement and determine the route to market, drafting tender documents with ISF Programme Teams, running the evaluation and moderation process, and awarding contracts based on UK procurement regulations.
- Leading on governance and assurance for your requirements, with the support of your Commercial Lead. This will include drafting governance documentation, as well as presenting cases to the governance board for consideration and approval dependent on risk and value.
- Drafting contracts and contract variations in compliance with UK procurement regulations. Contract variations will require evaluation of commercial pricing and negotiation with the supplier to achieve Value for Money.
- Building stakeholder relationships and advising ISF Programme Teams on complex contract management and supplier issues to ensure successful delivery of requirements or suspending/terminating contracts where necessary.
- Using the FCDO eProcurement portal Jaggaer to run procurements, ensuring data and management information is up to date and responding to queries/ commissions as necessary using this information.
- Delivering training on procurement and contract management to ISF Programme Teams in a clear and confident manner, through formal workshops or on a one to one basis.
- Supporting development of wider team continuous improvement activities, such as increasing supply market awareness, highlighting opportunities for innovation, improvements to stakeholder engagement, and new ways of working for procurement.
- Developing and maintaining technical expertise through personal, team development and formal learning and development requirements (e.g. CIPS).
- Provide leadership, support and advice to members of the commercial teams to develop business requirements and viable solutions. Provide team management support and direction as required.

**Person specification**:
**Minimum Criteria**

We are looking for someone with:

- Relevant commercial experience and in depth understanding of the commercial/procurement lifecycle. This includes knowledge and/or awareness of public procurement procedures (e.g. Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015 and Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 or a similar statutory framework and contract law).
- Strong written and oral communication, presentation and influenci



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