Commercial Assurance Lead

**Details**

**Reference number**

- 377685**Salary**

• £72,000 - £79,200- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.**Job grade**:

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

- Permanent**Business area**

- Building Digital UK**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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Location

• London, Manchester. Occasional travel between offices required. About the job

**Job summary**

This role is high-profile and requires a driven and dynamic individual with a capacity for innovative and strategic thinking in complex environments, as well as a focus on results and excellent communication and working relationships with senior stakeholders within the Department, across government and with industry.

As a member of BDUK you will gain experience of Government delivery with a mix of career civil servants and expert contractors; including telecommunications professionals, finance, and digital & commercial specialists, analysts and project management specialists. You will also have the opportunity to work with a number of internal and external stakeholders and will gain a unique range of career development, skills and learning opportunities in a Government-led and funded commercial delivery programme.

**Job description**

The Commercial Assurance Lead is responsible for leading the independent assurance of procurements and contracts as required under the government standards and Procurement Regulations. These main responsibilities are likely to include:

• Leading on the administration and coordination of assurance processes.
• Assessment and evaluation of supplier information to support the programme deliverables.
• Liaising with stakeholders such as the Devolved Administrations, Cabinet Office, Department Commercial function, and HM Treasury to ensure that all key deliverables required for assurance and approvals are on track.
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders to improve risk and assurance processes and governance.
• Identification and assessment of risk across the commercial lifecycle, communicates risks to senior stakeholders in order to inform decision making. Assessments can include:

• Evidence that procurement processes and regulations have been followed.
• Evidence that tender documentation has been drafted in accordance with government and BDUK processes.
• Evidence that delegation of authority limits have been observed and all necessary approvals are in place.
• Evidence that contract management standards have been adhered to and contract obligations are being met by BDUK and the supplier.
• Support the development of BDUK’s commercial strategy through robust, evidence-based analysis;
• Provide line management, coaching and development support to more junior members of the team.

**Locations**

Your time spent on official duties at workplace locations other than your contractual office such as supplier, customer or partner locations required to perform your role is included in the 60% attendance.

This requirement will however take into consideration any reasonable adjustments agreed upon appointment for people with a disability, flexibilities agreed for those with specific caring responsibilities, or other similar temporary flexibilities.

**Person specification**

**Essential**

• Application of risk management key principles.
• Sound judgement and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work within multi-functional teams and be able to communicate and influence effectively.
• Ability to prioritise and manage a diverse and demanding workload, meet deadlines and deal with unexpected changes.
• Excellent written and IT skills with high attention to detail.
• Logical problem solver with an appetite for improving the way we do things in order to deliver better outcomes.
• Qualification for Procurement and / or Commercial, or a willingness to study towards one e.g. CIPS.
• Some experience and understanding of the telecoms marketplace and regulated market environment, including awareness of broadband and other telecom infrastructure technologies.

**Technical skills**

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

• **Risk Mindset **- Ability to oversee effective evaluation of commercial documentation, supplier submissions & contract management records, with focus on ensuring effective mitigation of commercial risk through use of relevant tools and policy
• **Manages Complexity **- Being able to analyse information to improve decision making in complex commercial situations
• **Commercial Focus **- Understanding of procurement & contract management principles, concepts & techniques including awareness of the Procurement Regulations; practical experience of using these techniques to support great commercial decisions
• **Builds Relations