Payment Policy Lead - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £50,694 - £57,654
Job grade:

Grade 7
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
CO
Government Commercial Function
Small and Mediumsized Enterprise (SME) and domestic commercial policy team
Type of role:
Policy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
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Location

Glasgow, Norwich, YorkAbout the job

Job summary:

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive individual to work in a high profile role.

The post holder will sit within the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) and domestic commercial policy team within the Government Commercial Function in the Cabinet Office.

They will lead on payment policy which is a key concern for SMEs, including the manifesto commitment to use government buying power to ensure big contractors comply with the Prompt Payment Code.

This role will support the work of the SME team to obtain value for money and support SMEs and Start-Ups through procurement.

A key priority over the next 12 months will be the development of new legislation following the consultation Transforming Public Procurement.

Many of these issues attract regular interest from the top of Government and Whitehall, including Ministers, Number 10 and the Government Chief Commercial Officer.

The post holder will need to develop and maintain good working relationships with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy who own business to business prompt payment policy.

Job description:

This role will have line management responsibility for one member of staff

Payment Policy Lead

Leading the policy development of payment proposals set out in the Transforming Public Procurement consultation and work with Cabinet Office Legal Advisors on new payment legislation as part of the Procurement Reform Bill.
Lead on driving improvements in supplier payment performance to their supply chain by implementing the prompt payment measure in Government contracts.
Leading on changes to public sector payment performance reporting through new legislation as part of the Procurement Reform Bill.
Setting and implementing Government targets to demonstrate prompt payment to their suppliers.
Producing high quality data reports for Ministers / senior officials on both departmental performance and government suppliers.
Maintaining working relationships with high profile external stakeholders such as business leaders, trade bodies and Crown Representatives.

Person specification:

Essential Criteria

Proactive, selfstarter who uses sound judgement, evidence and expertise to diagnose issues and identify opportunities for improvement.
Experience of working closely and confidently with senior leaders and external stakeholders.
Outstanding oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the credibility to present to senior audiences.
Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with a record of collaborating across organisational boundaries and communicating complex solutions simply and clearly
The ability to work flexibly and at pace and to make sound decisions in a complex and multistakeholder environment (for example, departments, Ministers, senior officials, external stakeholders).

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of the policy and regulatory framework for public procurement in the UK.
Procurement / commercial experience

Behaviours:

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

Communicating and Influencing
Seeing the Big Picture
Changing and Improving
Making Effective Decisions
Working Together
Communicating and Influencing

Benefits:

Learning and development tailored to your role.
An environment with flexible working options.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

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Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Application process

Selection process
Expected sift date - w/c 2/01/23
Expected interview date/s - 16/01/23
Interview location - Virtual via Google Meet

Reasonable adjustments

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Further information
A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of