Defence Digital Commercial in Military Technology

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

- 338032**Salary**:

- £76,125 - £97,760- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.**Job grade**:

- Grade 6- Associate Commercial Specialist**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GCF - Ministry of Defence - Defence Digital Commercial**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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- Corsham. Occasional travel required.About the job

**Job summary**:

- Building a strong Commercial Function in Government, and with it the right commercial capability, is at the heart of a far-reaching programme of Civil Service reform.
- We are building a cadre of commercial talent in all Government departments; people who can manage our commercial portfolios, who can lead our most complex and novel programmes and projects, people who have the gravitas and depth of experience to work alongside our policy and operational leaders to develop innovative commercial arrangements, whether through joint ventures, outsourcing or best-in-class contracts.- We have already made significant progress through the establishment of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), our single employer of senior commercial talent across government. This role will sit within the GCO, but based in our Ministry of Defence - Defence Digital Commercial commercial team delivering departmental objectives.**Job description**:
This is an exciting time within Defence Digital Commercial as we embed Category Management within the Commercial and Project Functions. Consequently, the Military Technology Category is looking for an expert Associate Commercial Specialist with a wide range of procurement knowledge to share their experience and to help shape and influence the evolving market facing Category Management Strategies.

We have one Associate Commercial Specialists vacancy within the Military Technology Category in the Level 2 Category called Space.

**Military Technology**

The Level 1 Military Technology Category manages a portfolio of 62 contracts with a total contract value of £2.298bn and an annual spend of £560m split across two Level 2 Categories** **which are Space and Tactical Communication and Information Systems (TACSYS).
- Space Level 2 Category_** **SKYNET is a family of military communication satellites which are currently operated for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) which provide strategic communication services to the UK Armed Forces and Allies. SKYNET 5 is the most recent generation of this family with SKYNET 6A on contract with Airbus for the design, manufacture, testing, launch, delivery and integration into the wider SKYNET System. The Space Level 2 Category Team are responsible for the procurement of the MOD’s satellite communication capabilities which as well as the satellites include ground support infrastructure, modems, and bandwidth. This is an exciting time to join the Space Level 2 Category, with the establishment of the National Space Strategy, the Defence Space Strategy and the UK Space Agency at Harwell. We have a vacancy leading the SKYNET 6A commercial activities, which also includes the procurement of Maritime and Land Terminals and Protected Modems. The role includes Line Management Responsibilities managing a Team of eight Civilian Commercial Staff and a team of five external Commercial Contractors.
- TACSYS Level 2 Category_** - **TACSYS consists of multiple sub programmes and projects with the aim to deliver the next generation of tactical military communications in the land environment, providing the means to make informed and timely decisions enabled by agile Communication Information Systems (CIS). The portfolio includes Bowman, ComBAT Infrastructure and Platform (BCIP), MORPHEUS, Personal Mobile Radio, Falcon, Trinity and Dismounted Situational Awareness (DSA). The range of services procured cover software, voice and data services, deployable Wide Area Networks (WAN) and hardened deployable secure networks. We have a vacancy leading the in-service requirement for the Land Environment (Army) which includes logistics, repairs and warehousing, Tactical Radios and Battlefield wi-fi and deployable Wide Area Networks (WAN). The role includes Line Management Responsibilities managing a Team of twelve Civilian Commercial Staff.

**CIPS**

**Clearance**

All roles require SC before commencement of posts and may be required to be DV cleared once in post.

**Person specification**:
**The main responsibilities are likely to include: -**
- Stakeholder engagement and management - Building influential internal relationships to ensure that commercial objectives are fully understood and embedded.
- Category Management - Responsibility for developing and implementing market facing Category Strategies and embedding change within the organisation includi