Commercial Compliance Lead - London, United Kingdom - Government Commercial Function

Government Commercial Function
Government Commercial Function
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £65,500 - £73,000
  • GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performancerelatedpay available on accreditation.

Job grade:


  • Grade 7
  • Commercial Lead
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • GCF
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
    Type of role:
  • Commercial
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed Hours
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • Salford, London (Victoria Street) or BirminghamAbout 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 DESNZ commercial team delivering departmental objectives.


Job description:


This role will involve the development and implementation of commercial compliance activities and it will provide a level of assurance on how well our contracts are being managed against best practice standards.

There will be a keen focus on the continual improvement of our commercial processes, alongside ensuring the relevant guidance is produced.

There will also be a focus on ensuring all involved in commercial processes are recording information and data accurately, as well as sharing their best practice knowledge across the department.


The Commercial Compliance Lead will lead the development, as well as the embedding and delivery of the department's Commercial compliance service offering.

This will include the delivery of Contract Management Health checks and associated compliance activity on all contracts above and below £10m, embedding and further development of the departments Commercial Risk and Financial Risk Management Framework.

There will also be the opportunity to support delivery of the BEIS Group Commercial Assurance Board (CAB), which assures commercial activity over £10m, at Outline and Full Business Case stages.


The role will also support commercial transactions and assurance for those above £10m, including new contracts and variations for core Department and Partner Organisations.

Proactive engagement with stakeholders will be required to advise them on how to develop the commercial case, providing challenge where required and identifying areas of improvement.

Working with Cabinet Office, senior leaders in Commercial and its Partner Organisations, this role is critical to ensuring robust, defendable commercial and investment decisions are made.


Person specification:


  • Lead the development, embedding and delivery of the BEIS Commercial compliance service offering, including the delivery of Contract Management Health checks and associated compliance activity on all contracts above and below £10m.
  • Lead the Compliance Team in engagement with commercial leads in embedding best practice Compliance and Assurance processes across the Group and liaise with Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) and Cabinet Office (CO) to leverage and implement best practice and initiatives.
  • Leading the development, delivery and embedding of BEIS commercial compliance and assurance framework, ensuring robust and value add review processes are in place.
  • Embed and further develop BEIS Commercial Risk and Financial Risk Management Framework.
  • Support delivery of the BEIS Group Commercial Assurance Board (CAB), which assures commercial activity over £10m, at Outline and Full Business Case stages.
  • Ensure robust assurance processes are in place and followed throughout BEIS Group, including supporting the management of the Commercial Assurance Board.
  • Support delivery of projectbased activities to ensure continuous improvement and interface with the capability team to ensure capability, policy and sustainability requirements are addressed.
  • Play a key leadership and change management role in developing a strong commercial function for BEIS and across government.

Technical skills:

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


  • Risk Mindset
  • Ability to make recommendations based on partial / incomplete information and the ability to consider multiple interconnected commercial risks to arrive at a balanced course of action or solution
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