Senior Commercial Officer - Infrastructure and Buildings categories

Are you passionate about delivering value for money to customers? Have you got experience of working in a project delivery environment?, As a Senior Commercial Officer, you will report to a Commercial Manager (Grade 7). You will work with customers from Defra to ensure value for money for the taxpayer while assisting delivery of Defra's objectives and corporate targets. You will award and monitor medium value, medium and high-risk contracts in accordance with Defra's commercial policies and procedures. The roles will provide strategic support to ensure our commercial models help project teams build and maintain flood defences and other assets in the most cost-effective way. You will provide expert advice to the business on commercial issues, governance and operational support to the team. You will engage with colleagues across the country, building their commercial network both internally and through the wider Defra network and Government Bodies., These 2 roles primarily involve letting call-off contracts from Environment Agency owned and managed frameworks. Occasional open market tendering will also be required. These roles will be contractually based in Warrington or Birmingham as appropriate. 1x role to support Thames Estuary phase 2 This role involves providing strategic support to a Commercial Manager in the delivery of a major programme of works providing flood defence on the River Thames. This role can be based at any of the locations listed above, but the successful candidate is expected to work from a central London office once per week. 2x National roles These 2 roles primarily involve letting national contracts and frameworks, as well as managing commercial aspects of the Infrastructure frameworks. These roles can be based at any of the locations stated above. 2x roles to support the Science Estate site These roles involve providing whole life cycle commercial support to facilitate the upkeep and planned development of the Animal and Plant Health Agency site in New Haw. This could involve call off contracts from a Defra owned or Other Government Department framework or open tenders via other routes to market. These roles are based out of the APHA site at New Haw which attracts the London salary, and you are expected to be located at the site at least once a week as part of your minimum 60% time in the office. 1x role to support the Buildings office team The role involves letting and managing contracts related to development and maintenance of the Defra estate. This role can be based at any of the locations listed above.Person specification We are looking for candidates who are building their commercial experience. We want you to be able to challenge and influence across complex and varied customers as well as develop innovative solutions to challenges. You will excel in building networks and see good relationships as a key part of your expertise. It is important for you to feel rewarded by having provided a high-quality professional service with measurable outcomes. Finally, you will enjoy building a positive team spirit and supporting your team to deliver expert outcomes that are valued by your customers.Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service, Sift and interview dates to be confirmed. The indicative programme is below but please note that these dates may be subject to change. You will be informed at the earliest opportunity if any changes are required.
• Deadline for submission of applications - 12 noon on 4th November.
• Shortlisted applicants will be advised on 8th November.
• Interviews to be held during weeks commencing 18th November, 25th November and 2nd December.
• Moderation will take place during week commencing 9th December.
• Results will be announced week commencing 9th December., Where the location is 'National' the successful appointee should discuss and agree an appropriate contractual location in line with both Defra's location policy and site capacity, prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes.
Successful applicants currently employed by the hiring Defra organisation for this post may choose to remain in their current contractual location or may choose to change contractual location to one of those listed above. This should be discussed and agreed prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes. The agreed amount of time spent at a workplace for this post will reflect the requirement for Civil Servants to spend at least 60% of their working time in an organisation workplace with the option to work the remaining time flexibly from home. Working time spent at a workplace may include time spent at other organisational locations including field-based operational locations, together with supplier, customer or partner locations. This is a non-contractual agreement which is consistent with common Civil Service expectations. Travel costs to non-contractual workplaces will be subject to departmental travel and subsistence policies. Travel costs to contractual workplaces are the responsibility of the employee. The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location, and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time., Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter. All of these posts require the successful candidate to hold basic security clearance. Candidates posted to New Haw, Addlestone will be subject to a higher level of clearance (CTC) because of the security requirements for that location, other locations do not require CTC clearance. Job offers to these posts are made on the basis of merit. Security vetting will only take place after the receipt of a job offer. Childcare Vouchers Any move to Defra from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.,
• 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
  
  For the Personal Statement, you should use 250 words to describe your previous work history and relevant experience, and how this will be applied in your new role should you be successful, and 250 words describing your key attributes against the Leadership behaviour. You will need to be able to demonstrate that your experience covers the experience listed., Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

£41,220 - £49,020 National: £41,220 - £45,400, London: £44,500 - £49,020. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading 'Salary'. A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%, Alongside your salary of £41,220, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £11,941 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
• Alongside your salary of £41,220 (£44,500 if role is based in London), the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs provides access to a generous pension scheme. Your pension builds quickly when you add your member contribution to the generous employer's contribution. For example, if you earn between £23,101 and £45,500, you will contribute 5.45% of your salary and your employer will contribute 28.97%, meaning for every £1 you contribute, your employer will contribute almost £5. Learn more here.
• CIPS award winning Learning and development programme tailored to your role. Read more about Defra's recent success here.
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
Things you need to know, New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest. Visa Sponsorship Statement Please take note that Defra does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. Criminal Record Check If successful and transferring from another Government Department, a criminal record check may be carried out. In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading. Reasonable Adjustment 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.