Deputy Director, Commercial Operations

Ministry of Defence

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 24th November 2024

 
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Details

Reference number

377408

Salary

£76,000
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 1

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Type of role

Analytical
Business Management and Improvement
Commercial
Finance
Governance
Project Delivery
Risk Management
Senior leadership

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Andover, Catterick Garrison, Glasgow, Huntingdon, Lichfield, Rosyth

Job summary

This role is a unique opportunity to lead the Commercial Operations team that will influence the whole of the UK Defence Estate. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is looking for a proactive and very experienced, senior operations professional, with a strong reputation for innovative delivery and excellence and the capability to shape a newly formed portfolio of work that supports our commercial colleagues and enables the delivery of more than £16Bns of complex infrastructure and Facilities Management procurements.

As Deputy Director, Commercial Operations, you will report directly to the Commercial Director and be responsible for providing a leading-edge Commercial Operations function to the wider team. The Commercial Director is currently reviewing the organisation design to deliver a high performing Commercial Operations function, enabling us to overcome the challenges of today and the future. The role holder will be responsible for leading this work, including creating, delivering and embedding policy and working practice changes.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

The current responsibilities of the role include:

  • Responsibility for the strategic management and delivery of the Commercial Operations portfolio of work.
  • Lead on Commercial Operations to enable quality and planned commercial service to DIO customers.
  • Accountability for the department strategic workforce planning including skills, talent and development strategies.
  • Ensure the provision of the required quality data and Management Information to enable the team to proactively deliver the agreed programme of procurements on time and to a high quality.
  • Ensure that Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) projects and programmes adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, contractual obligations and ethical considerations.
  • Ensure that Supplier Relationship Management methodologies and best practice is utilised throughout the lifecycle of the projects, programmes, and procurements.
  • Accountability for the Cost and Price Analysis Capability for DIO.
  • Play an active and effective role on internal committees and meetings including chair of the Supplier Management Committees, Disputes Committee and membership of the Senior Leadership Team meeting and Commercial Management Committee as a senior representative of Commercial.
  • Provide both decisive and educated leadership, facilitating the engagement and effectiveness of the commercial team. Deliver all required line management activities to ensure the team deliver their objectives
  • Support the Commercial Director by being a role model within the Senior Leadership team, actively engaging in decision-making, leading by example, driving adoption of new ways of working and clearly communicating to enable the DIO Programmes Commercial team to fulfil its obligations and objectives.
  • Deliver cash and efficiency savings to support department financial position and maintain a category level savings pipeline and demonstrate delivery against forecast.
  • Deputise for the Commercial Director when required.
  • Represent DIO with senior government officials and industry executives; and support the delivery of DIO strategy and policy, as a key senior leader.

Person specification

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their experience and skills against the following essential criteria:

  • Excellent leadership skills with experience of building and leading high performing, dispersed teams, in a complex and matrixed environment. Also demonstrating the ability to create and present a clear vision and set direction, which motivates and empowers others to work towards a common goal.
  • Experience in making difficult decisions using evidence-based approaches and knowledge to provide accurate, expert and professional advice to a variety of senior stakeholders.
  • Proven experience of senior stakeholder management in a complex and pressured environment with evidence of building credible and respected relationships, especially at board level. You must also demonstrate your effective negotiation and influencing skills with a range of stakeholders. Evidence of operating in an environment that attracts significant stakeholder interest, a high customer focus and an ability to successfully collaborate at all levels.
  • A proven track record of developing and implementing long term strategies at a high level.
  • Proven experience of corporate business operations including project planning, finance, risk management, governance, data control and analytics.
  • Able to demonstrate experience of leading and managing significant or complex changes within an organisation with high customer focus.

Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a strong field of candidates when there is a need to distinguish between candidates. This will be as a second sift, after the essential criteria has been considered:

  • Qualifications in some or one of these disciplines desirable but not essential i.e. Project Management, Accounting, Commercial, Business Management, Private Office.
Alongside your salary of £76,000, Ministry of Defence contributes £22,017 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Selection process details

To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process accessed via the advertisement listed for this role. This should be completed no later than 23:55 Sunday 24th November 2024 and will involve providing the two documents outlined below via the Civil Service Jobs portal:

  • A CV (no more than 2 pages) setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
  • A Personal Statement (no more than 2 pages) explaining how your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role. 

Both documents are weighted equally in their scoring, so it's important to consider this when uploading your application. Failure to submit both documents will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification. 

For further information about the role and full application process, please refer to the candidate pack attached below. If you wish to receive any material in a different format for accessibility, then please contact People-CivHR-SCSCandidateSupport@mod.gov.uk.

We will also be offering an online Q&A session on Tuesday 12th November at 15:30-16:00 to provide an overview of the role and welcome any questions you may have. Candidates can access the meeting by clicking here. Please note this is not part of the formal assessment process.



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

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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
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Working for the Civil Service

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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).
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : SCS Recruitment Team
  • Email : People-CivHR-SCSCandidateSupport@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : People-CivHR-SCSCandidateSupport@mod.gov.

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