Commercial Practitioner - Digital Category

The role will require you to work closely with colleagues and stakeholders from respective business areas; Digital and wider DWP and also with Finance Business Partners to shape how we approach the market for the requirements our stakeholders have, to run effective commercial processes that deliver excellent outcomes, and to ensure the contracts placed are managed effectively to achieve those outcomes. We require passionate and dynamic individuals who can deliver commercial solutions at pace. You will be required to provide commercial advice, guidance and a proportionate level of leadership within the commercial team and stakeholders across a portfolio of Services in Digital Group. working to challenging timescales, and delivering core services as well as supporting transformation activities. You will be pro-active and demonstrate commercial knowledge and understanding of the procurement process and alignment with Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook and work in accordance with the DWP commercial operating model and policies. You will be motivated to achieve value for money and wider social value through the commercial activities you are involved in. CD believe in supporting staff development and offer relevant training; all staff are expected to use at least five working days per year on development activities, balancing on the job learning with more traditional training courses. Person specification The roles and responsibilities for this position include but are not restricted to:

• Leading commercial activity for specific Digital initiatives across the full commercial end to end lifecycle (pre-market engagement, sourcing, contract, performance and relationship management).
• Developing and maintaining commercial pipelines and plans to ensure sufficient time is given to commercial activity while supporting business stakeholders in achieving their objectives.
• Undertaking and ensuring robust governance and assurance is conducted to meet audit and compliance requirements across the Department, Cabinet Office, Government Digital Services, Minister and Her Majesties Treasury and ensuring adherence to Government Commercial Operating Standards.
• Identifying opportunities and challenging the market to deliver added value through contracts, such as the achievement of social value initiatives.
• Identifying, contributing to and delivering commercial cost savings playing your part in achieving overarching targets within your category and collectively within CD.
• Participating in, and driving improvement in, the in-life management of contracts and suppliers.
• Promoting commercial best practice and DWP/Government commercial policies to stakeholders to maximise compliance.
• Maintaining auditable records of commercial activity on our eProcurement solution., If you are successful at the sift stage, you will be invited to a video interview using MS Teams, where your experience against the role requirements will be assessed via questioning and we will also assess you on the two behaviours listed below.
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
  
  Demonstrate how you shaped the description of your organisations requirements or the way your organisation was approaching the market to elicit the best response from the external market, articulating any trades-offs you may have made.
Technical Commercial Skills
• Provide evidence to show how you have added value to commercial activity, resulting in a better outcome for your organisation. This activity can be from any point in the commercial lifecycle, i.e. understanding needs & sourcing options, the procurement process itself, or in-life contract or supplier management.
Stakeholder Management / Engagement / Communication
• Demonstrate previous experience of how youve worked collaboratively across a range of stakeholders and secured buy-in using appropriate communication and influencing skills, preferably in a commercial context.
Leadership
• Demonstrate how you have previously taken ownership to drive an issue forward within your team, including giving direction and feedback to colleagues that has produced positive results; including how you demonstrated resilience in resolving issues internally and in working with others in the team to manage setbacks.
Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace, Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Generous annual leave at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (prorata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 years continuous service.
• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes., UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .