Job Description

Role: Commercial Officer - SC

Location: Shrivenham (2 days/week on site)

IR35: Inside

Rate: £500/day (Umbrella) MAX

Duration: 6 Months

Security Clearance: SC

Minimum Requirement:

• Experience of working in MOD/Defence environment.
• Commercial licence.
• CIPS Level 4 or equivalent.
• Contract management experience
• Focus would be supporting the expiry requirements
• Reviewing a lot of data regarding intellectual property and maybe some TUPE
• Support re-procurement activity
• PFI Experience – highly desirable – no essential but helpful
• Facilities management and PFI contracts (desirable)
• Fast paced environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Commercial Experience (specifically contract management)
• Managing suppliers

Description:

The purpose of this role is to provide commercial support to the Commercial team to deliver professional and effective commercial contract services and support to the customer teams.

Work closely with project and colleagues to deliver commercial aspects of acquisition programme objectives, managing a range of stakeholders in the commercial process within the organisation, Other Government Departments, and Industry, including input into Frameworks.

• Compiling, issuing, and evaluating tenders whilst reviewing work and working collaboratively with the wider Commercial Team on best practice and lessons learned to ensure that the wider team benefit from the innovative commercial approaches you create.
• Initiate, develop and maintain relationships with a range of stakeholders and enablers in Defence and Government, often assisting in conflict resolution or creating solutions.
• Providing commercial advice and guidance, ensuring all procurement activities represent best value for money, and all activity undertaken is in line with HMG procurement policy, applicable regulations, and best practice.
• Compile, issue and evaluate tenders whilst reviewing work and working collaboratively with the wider Commercial team on best practice.
• You should already be working in a commercial environment, building on a skillset involving procurement, stakeholder management, contract negotiation and supplier management.
• You should be a self-starter, who is confident with decision making, an effective communicator and is able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• You will be confident with making decisions and have the self-drive and determination to deliver goods and services for our end users.
• You must have the ability to manage competing priorities, assess information rapidly, seek clarity or additional information where necessary and articulate needs or processes in a way that is understood by the stakeholder audience, bearing in mind that often such audiences have very limited or no procurement and/or requirement setting experience.
• The role is hybrid working so time can be divided between Shrivenham base and WFH.

This job description is a general outline of the job duties and responsibilities and may be amended as the function develops and expands. The successful candidate may undertake other duties as reasonably required.

Security Clearance: SC

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.