Commercial Assurance Lead

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Government Commercial Function Full time

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

- 267997**Salary**:

- £65,500 - £73,000- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.**Job grade**:

- Grade 7- Commercial Lead**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GCF - Department for Transport**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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- London, Birmingham, Leeds, Swansea, Hastings, occasional travel to attend client meetingsAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Job description**:
The Commercial Assurance Lead will provide scrutiny and expert, robust challenge, covering all commercial affairs, ensuring that senior management and governance bodies are advised of procurement and commercial risks in the delivery of the Department’s aims and objectives

The position will involve cross functional working within the DfT Group Commercial Operating Model, undertaking commercial assurance reviews for a portfolio of projects from across the Department, and reporting to Investment Boards and the Commercial Assurance Board.

**Person specification**:

- Lead and support the delivery of commercial assurance across the DfT Group, including its Arm’s Length Bodies and Agencies
- Identify commercial risks and present solutions
- Engage with senior commercial leaders on complex commercial arrangements and risks across the Department and with wider Government
- Maintain a forward look of the commercial assurance pipeline
- Capture and share lessons learned across the commercial community
- Support SCM colleagues to identify market risks, and utilise supply chain intelligence in assurance reviews
- Review complex, high value business cases as part of the Commercial Centre of Excellence function, and to assist with briefing the Commercial Director prior to endorsement decisions
- Ensure alignment between progressive assurance and Commercial Assurance Board (CAB) reviews
- Provide reports on assurance activity and commercial considerations for each project
- Maintain a tracker for each assurance project to produce a formal review (CAB and Business Case) and approval (Investment Portfolio Delivery Committee - IPDC) stages history
- Constructively challenging commercial decisions at Governance Boards

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- **Risk Mindset** - Ability to analyse commercial risks and understand margins of error in developing recommendations
- **Manages Complexity** - Experience of having had a leading role in complex commercial activities, with demonstrable experience across the commercial lifecycle
- **Commercial Focus** - A deep understanding of contract literacy with experience in creating, interpreting and managing contractual arrangements
- **Resilient** - A deep understanding of contract literacy with experience in creating, interpreting and managing contractual arrangements
- **Procurement Process** - Experience in the development of strategies for high value/risk, critical/complex procurements and playing a leading role in the implementation and end to end delivery of these

**Benefits**:
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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.-
- The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.- This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.-
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Sean Kelly
Recruitment team:
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