Commercial Lead

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

- 375084**Salary**:

- £68,775 - £75,920- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.**Job grade**:

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

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GCF - Department for Work and Pensions**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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- St Peters Square Manchester M2 3AA
Peel Park Control Centre, Blackpool FY4 5ES
Quarry House, Leeds, LS2 7UA
Hartshead Square, Sheffield, S1 2FDAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Thank you for your interest in joining HM Government’s Commercial Function (GCF).

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. The GCF is more than just the response to the challenges that Government has faced in recent times; it is an essential element of the Government’s efforts to address the value for money agenda, while delivering higher quality public services.

We play a pivotal role across Government; from the response to COVID-19, in military supplies, innovative new IT systems, to new infrastructure contracts and support for humanitarian aid.

Our vision is to make the GCF the best commercial function in the UK: staffed with top commercial specialists, creating and managing innovative, efficient and effective commercial arrangements.

This is an exciting and diverse environment - Central Government spends around £70bn per year on procurements that range from £100k to multi-billion pound contracts, with annual spend on individual contracts often exceeding £500m, with a further £230bn spent in the wider public service. Our supply base includes SMEs and the largest multinationals, and our business models have the Government acting as shareholder or sponsor, as well as being an ‘intelligent client’.

We need to continue to improve our knowledge of the marketplace. We need to maximise value from our commercial dealings, and we have increasingly put in place the tools to achieve that - better IT and databases, consistent methodology and benchmarking.

But tools alone are not enough. We need senior commercial specialists across all Government departments working collectively to address common ‘Crown’ objectives, acting as a single, joined-up customer.

Recognising the importance of these senior roles, the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) was established to manage the employment, development and on-going talent management for the most senior grades of commercial professionals within the wider Commercial Function.

We are building a centrally deployed cadre of respected 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 Ministers and policy and operational leaders to develop innovative commercial arrangements, whether through joint ventures, outsourcing or best-in-class contracts.

We hope you will be inspired to join us and help lead the on-going commercial reform agenda of the Civil Service.

**Job description**:
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is an amazing place to work. DWP works on some of the most important and exciting policies in government. We are proud of our work and want to offer applicants the opportunity to get involved in our ambitious agenda to improve outcomes for millions of citizens in the UK; throughout their lives, in the workplace, and in retirement.

DWP is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. Consequently, DWP impacts everyone in the UK, delivering services to help jobseekers find work, assist with a disability or provide support for retirement.

If you like to be challenged, you’ll feel at home with us in DWP Commercial Directorate as we’re one of the largest Government Commercial functions, with stretching challenges and a real opportunity to make a difference to the lives of our customers.

Within DWP, the Commercial Directorate (CD) is an award-winning commercial function, with a unified team culture focused on commercial excellence and continuous improvement. CD shapes how services are delivered across hundreds of third-party contractual arrangements, with some of the largest industry suppliers.

DWP’s CD is divided into several categories, which include Service Delivery Commercial (SDC), and Health & Assessment Services. These Commercial categories are based across our Leeds, Blackpool, Manchester, and Sheffield Hubs.

These categories provide critical services to DWP and its customers, enabling it too effectively deliver its objectives on behalf of the Secretary of State, through effective management of