Chief Commercial Officer - Home Office

Government Commercial Function

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Reference number

371202

Salary

£133,000 - £185,000
GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 20% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 2
Senior Commercial Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

GCF - Home Office

Type of role

Commercial

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

This is a national role which can be based at the following locations: Croydon, Manchester or Sheffield (regular travel to London and our major commercial hubs will be required)

Job summary

The Home Office has a compelling mission: to keep our borders secure and our citizens safe. Across the three main systems – Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Migration and Borders, Corporate and Delivery functions – over 40,000 people carry out critical work to make this happen, through our policies, programmes, and front-line operations.

Job description

The Commercial function will be at the heart of the department, shaping, leading and directing the management of third party spend in Government, while building project delivery capability across the Home Office.  This role sits within the Senior Leadership Team and is accountable for everything that takes place within the commercial sphere. The role will require strong leadership skills and a focus on continuing to improve capability to support and influence the wider business in a very challenging financial environment.  

The commercial environment in the Home Office is complex and broad, ranging from significant IT infrastructure investment and digital development of services, to major outsource contracts that deliver frontline services across the UK.  Third party spend accounts for a significant proportion of our operating budget, so it is vital that we achieve Value for Money from these contracts and commercial activities.

Person specification

We are looking for a passionate, experienced commercial leader who can support transformation to improve the function and deliver the best commercial function across Government. You do not need experience of working within the Civil Service in order to apply - if you would like more information please click the apply button and download the candidate information pack.

Technical skills

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

  • Be an outstanding, collaborative, commercial leader with excellent business judgement and highly effective decision making, influencing and negotiation skills, coupled with the ability to use data in decision making
  • Strong evidence of successfully developing and managing complex senior stakeholder relationships across functions, and with a Ministerial team or equivalent senior management, to deliver strong outcomes for the Department
  • Significant experience leading a large & complex commercial function with an annual spend of several billion, providing systems leadership to support delivery of commercial efficiencies & development of a strong corporate services Commercial function
  • Experience building high performing teams – in particular, teams that operate across organisational boundaries, growing confidence and capability, employee engagement, and an inclusive culture
  • A strong track record of driving continuous improvement of core services to achieve increased value for money and efficiencies whilst delivering complex and challenging programmes future proofing organisational sustainability
As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous benefits, Career Coaches, Mentors, L&D, a Commercial College, active talent management and, most importantly, access to commercial projects that will far exceed the scale and complexity on offer elsewhere in the UK.

For existing Civil Servants: For full details of the impact on any move across the civil service on your existing terms and conditions, please read the candidate pack. Please note that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to continue to claim childcare vouchers.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Please be advised that the Virtual ADC is taking place on 8th November 2024 and will require a full day's attendance.

If you are invited to attend a virtual ADC, but for any reason are unable to meet the date outlined then please get in touch with the team on commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible. The ADC is booked and paid for in advance by departments, therefore it is only in certain circumstances we are able to accommodate alternative dates.

Details of schemes available are attached in the advert.

For full details of our process, and a likely timeline, please read the explanation provided in the attached candidate pack.
Throughout our selection process, we will make decisions about your capability to do the job, based on evidence you provide against the essential criteria for the role which are detailed in the attached Candidate Pack.

Your application will be reviewed by a panel and should you be successful at sift we will invite you to attend a Virtual commercial Assessment and Development Centre (VADC). The panel will review results of the VADC and determine which candidates will go through to a subsequent final panel interview. Please note: Only candidates that achieve an A grade at ADC will be invited to interview for this role.


IMPORTANT: If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your application within 2 working days please contact: commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • 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).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : Rachel Whyte
  • Email : commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should direct this to the Head of Commercial Resourcing Hub at the following email commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk quoting the vacancy reference number (if applicable) and the details of your complaint. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission via the following web page: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/

Attachments

Guaranteed Interview Schemes Opens in new window (pdf, 70kB)
371202 - Home Office Chief Commercial Officer - Candidate Pack.pptx (1) Opens in new window (pdf, 3881kB)

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