SEO, Commercial/procurement Specialist

6 months ago

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

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

- 302309**Salary**:

- £39,449- Location Allowance FCDO new joiners/loan in: London Allowance at KCS - £2,000, Hanslope Park - £1,750, Abercrombie House - £0/zero**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

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

- 8Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- East Kilbride, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The FCDO pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good 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.

To provide procurement/commercial support to stakeholders through management of the departments most complex contract variations and most complex and strategic procurements increasing commercials influence of procurement and commercial improvement across FCDO’s spend to improve value for money (VfM) and resulting impact for FCDO and its businesses.

The jobholder will work closely with internal colleagues to proactively seek opportunities to drive additional value and increase efficiency. Delivery in this role will rely on establishing the needs of the business and translating this into effective category based commercial strategies that enable the achievement of value for money, whilst also maintaining commitment and achieving outcomes relating to relevant policy and strategic requirements for the FCDO and HMG.

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.

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 lead, support and work with our stakeholders in line with the FCDO Commercial Strategy and the FCDO Values.

**Job description**:
**Person specification**:
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing

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

- Technical competence - Understanding of the procurement lifecycle

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.Application:
An anonymised CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last three years.

A Personal Statement explaining your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the ‘About You’ section of the Job Profile.

If selected for interview this will be arranged directly with the hiring manager. Interviews and additional assessment activities will be assessed against the criteria outlined in the Job Profile.

Circumstances that may impact on obtaining security clearance:
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:

- See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:

- Open to UK nationals only.**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).-
- 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.- 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:
- Abi King
Recruitment team

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