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

Government Commercial Function
Government Commercial Function
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £68,775 - £75,920
  • 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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Location

  • Salford, London (Victoria Street), 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 delivery of commercial compliance activities and it will provide a level of assurance on how well our contracts are being procured and 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.

Lead development of our commercial and grants due diligence framework and supply chains, working across internal and external stakeholders, to ensure reputational and financial risks are mitigated.


Person specification:


  • Lead the development and delivery of the DESNZ, DSIT and ICS 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 development of commercial and grants due diligence, working across teams including internal and external relationship, and embedding the due diligence framework.
  • Lead the embedding and further development of commercial counter fraud, including the Fraud Risk Assessment (FRA) and associated action plans.
  • Lead the development of supply chain mapping and assurance framework, working across teams including internal and external stakeholder relationships.
  • 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 and delivery of DESNZ, DSIT and ICS commercial compliance, risk and financial risk framework, ensuring robust and value add review processes are in place.
  • Support delivery of projectbased activities to ensure continuous improvement and interface with the Commercial Excellence Team and Data & MI Teams to ensure capability, policy and governance requirements are addressed.
  • Play a key leadership and change management role in developing a strong commercial function for DESNZ, DSIT and ICS and across government.
  • Line Management of one SEO Governance role.

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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Commercial Focus
  • Experience of leading and/or assuring significant commercial activities and achieving effective commercial outcomes for an organization

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Resilient
  • The ability to work under pressure and deliver multiple projects within agreed timescales

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Builds Relationships
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills and ability to build consensus
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