Dio - Commercial Practitioner - Sensitive Projects

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

- 257546**Salary**:

- £33,000- £1,500 Commercial Market Skills Allowance (MSA); individuals are eligible once essential criteria for this allowance is met. Please note that this allowance will be pro-rated for Part Time staff + Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27% and additional benefits**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Commercial - Enabling Services**Type of role**:

- Procurement and Contracts Management
- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Andover SP11 8HJ, Corsham SN13 9NR, Glasgow G2 8EX, Lyneham: Chippenham SP15 4XX and Whittington: Lichfield WS14 9PY.About the job

**Job summary**:
Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe

**Job description**:
**About our Sensitive Projects Team**:
Part of the DIO Commercial directorate, Sensitive Projects’ team are a dedicated team providing Commercial support to delivery of Sensitive Defence infrastructure projects across the UK. We manage large construction projects on high security military bases working with teams with the highest levels of security clearance. We provide Commercial support throughout the life of Projects and Programmes from initial Procurement Strategy development through to Project / Programme closure. We do everything from compiling and issuing tenders, negotiating, and placing contracts including changes and contract management activities.

**As a** Commercial Practitioner for Sensitive Projects**

You will provide Commercial support to an Associate Commercial Lead and senior Commercial colleagues on the projects and programmes delivered from within the Sensitive Projects team. You would be required to support and work with Associate Commercial Lead 's who will lead the Commercial activity involving supplier selection, running the tender process, awarding the contract and then contract management of the delivery. It is a challenging yet absorbing role liaising with customers, colleagues and suppliers to help achieve best value for money for the public purse operating within the Commercial regulations, whilst observing the strictest security protocols in all we do.

**Why join us**:
Sensitive projects are a unique and interesting environment due to the secret and sensitive nature of the projects. You will learn and build your Commercial skills through working on challenging and diverse projects, with different customer bases which have very different needs. Their often-unique requirements will highlight the many ways that Commercial can contribute to the Defence mission, and you can be part of this exciting journey.

DIO’s mission is to **Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique. **To enable this DIO recognises that a diverse workforce is at the heart of different insights, ideas and innovation. A workforce diverse in background and life experience produces trusted public services and better decisions. We want our people to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, **collaborative **in an inclusive culture, ambitious and resilient and **committed **to Defence, empowered and able to **challenge** so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation.

**To enable this DIO commits to offering its employees**:

- The ability to obtain industry recognised qualifications supported by DIO
- Free membership for professional qualifications including CIPS
- Professional and Personal Development of skills
- Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by DIO
- Opportunity to join 6 networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers
- Opportunity to drive and embed sustainable practices and solutions through delivering and managing sustainable procurement for Defence estates

Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters**:Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.**

**Locations**

Our Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Commercial Teams are based across the UK including Andover, Corsham, Glasgow, Lyneham and Whittington.

If found successful, you will be offered one or more of the above locations as your base office. You will be required to work from this specific office on a hybrid basis, therefore you must consider if any of the above lo