Assistant Commercial Lead - London, United Kingdom - Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
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London, United Kingdom

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Salary:

- £37,470 - £45,565
  • National: £37,470 £41,925; London: £41,055 £45,565
    Job grade:
  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • BEIS
  • Corporate Services
  • Commercial
& Operations
Type of role:
  • Commercial
  • Procurement and Contracts Management
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
    • Location

    About the job


    Benefits:

    Things you need to know

    Location

    • Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

    Job summary:


    Our Mission
    At BEIS, we are leading the UK's recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission

    We lead on the UK's commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.


    Our Inclusive Environment


    We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves.

    We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

    We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension.

    We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer.

    We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.


    Job description:


    • The purpose of this role will be to provide commercial support to the Energy Affordability Programme within the Energy Markets & Supply DG Group. The Energy Affordability Programme consists of a list of energy support schemes which form part of the government's cost of living assistance package for the UK.
    • The appointed individual will be responsible for the procurement and contract management of essential supporting contracts, such as audit & assurance services, monitoring & evaluation services, and contact centre services which are critical to the delivery of various energy support schemes. In addition, the individual will be responsible for running other procurements as requested and managing the procurement pipeline, agreements register and commercial database.

    Person specification:


    • The Assistant Commercial Lead will support Commercial Leads to deliver strategic objectives for Energy Affordability Programme:
    • Work effectively with various partners, including the Central Commercial Team to ensure that consistent commercial advice and support is provided to programme teams.
    • Work collaboratively with colleagues in finance, policy, project delivery, legal and support senior leadership teams.
    • Manage all aspects of procurement and tendering for designated procurement projects in accordance with legal compliance and BEIS policies.
    • Lead all aspects of contract monitoring and management for designated contracts. Ensuring standards are set, met, and maintained and appropriate processes are followed.
    • Manage programme procurement pipeline, agreements register and commercial trackers. Ensure the projects data is recorded and maintained on BEIS esourcing portal in accordance with internal policies.

    Skills and Experience

    Essential

    • Demonstrable experience of effectively managing end to end procurements and commercial agreements.
    • Demonstrable capability to work proactivity and to take ownership and accountability of your own tasks and work.
    • Demonstrable capability in managing stakeholders and establishing relationships both internal and external to your organisation.
    • Demonstrable understanding of commercial risk, and the ability to identify, mitigate and escalate as appropriate.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

    Desirable

    • CIPS, MCIPS or IACCM qualifications.

    Behaviours:

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

    • Working Together
    • Making Effective Decisions

    Technical skills:

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

    • Procurement or contract management experience
    • Working under pressure
    • Stakeholder engagement

    Benefits:


    BEIS offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
    A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.

    Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme.


    A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.

    An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities,
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