Associate Commercial Specialist

**Associate Commercial Specialist (G6)**:

- Inside IR35**

**Contract Term: 12 Months**

**Contracting Authority: Cabinet Office**

**Location: London -Hybrid**

This is a high profile role, advising Ministers and Senior Officials on the most complex and high value procurements and commercial deals. As a member of the Commercial Assurance team within the Strategy Assurance and Standards directorate, you will lead on the delivery of the Cabinet Office commercial spend controls and wider functional assurance, influencing spend of approximately £300bn per annum.

**Role Description**
- The first point of contact for departments and organisations within your portfolio, you will proactively manage the pipeline of live cases, proposing the appropriate assurance status to the Deputy Directors as part of regular Pipeline Assurance Reviews.
- End to end management of ‘Control’ cases, including early engagement with department commercial leads; review of business case documentation; departmental and external stakeholder engagement; drafting and presentation of related case submissions to Deputy Directors or ministerial panel for approval decisions.
- Pro-active management of conditions set for Control cases, including review and assessment of submitted responses from Departments.
- Through engaging with the most senior commercial leads within your assigned portfolios, you will lead Account Management Reviews (AMRs). In these engagements, you will have the opportunity to recognise areas of excellent commercial practice, as well as identifying areas for further support and development.
- As a member of the leadership team, you will role model positive values and behaviours; identify areas for collaboration across the Cabinet Office Central Commercial Teams; and manage team resources in both a direct and matrix management style. The post holder will be expected to have a key role in coaching and developing other staff within the team and wider commercial function.
- Work with colleagues across the IPA and HM Treasury to promote functional commercial leadership and standards, and deliver effective outcomes.
- Contribute to the development of effective organisational continuous improvement tools and techniques to aid Departments in assessing, baselining and continuously improving their commercial capability.
- Provide timely and trusted advice to officials and Ministers on both programmes/projects and wider Departmental delivery of the Commercial Operating Standards.
- Support the Deputy Director and Director to achieve the business plan objectives for the commercial function and to disseminate good practice to improve overall commercial capability.
- Grow and evolve the team’s approach to commercial assurance, suggesting and implementing improvements to existing assurance processes and controls.
- Supporting and iterating Commercial Standards, wider spending controls and other outputs related to commercial assurance and commercial continuous improvement.

**You’ll have relevant experience in**:

- Risk Mindset - Ability to analyse commercial risks and understand margins of error in developing recommendations for Customers and/or key stakeholders.
- Decisive - Take personal responsibility; challenge and hold stakeholders to account, create an environment that acts as a catalyst for continuous improvement.
- Commercial Focus - Have a sound knowledge of Government Commercial and Procurement policies and procedures and evidence commercial lifecycle and procurement experience with a demonstrable track record of delivering value for money across a range of procurement projects and contracts demonstrating commercial acumen, specifically in the Public Sector.
- Resilient - The ability to challenge senior stakeholder decisions, work under pressure, and deliver multiple projects within agreed timescales
- Builds Relationships - Be able to demonstrate experience of developing and managing relationships with senior stakeholders
- Active SC or DV Clearance

**Disability confident**

**Armed Forces Commitment**

**We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.**

**Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.**- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._