About the job

Job summary

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) plays a vital role helping the UK public sector buy common goods and services to deliver maximum value for the taxpayer. CCS works with central government departments and their arm’s length bodies, as well as organisations across the public sector, including in the NHS and in local government, helping them to purchase everything from locum doctors and laptops to police cars and electricity. CCS aims to be trusted and admired by buyers and suppliers for its expertise and the quality of the services it offers, and the solutions it provides. In the last 12 months, the organisation has delivered £3.8 billion of commercial benefits, with a spend throughput of £31 billion. It is the largest public sector procurement organisation in the UK and a key part of the Government Commercial Function.

Job description

Next year, the CCS Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Simon Tse, will retire and an opportunity now exists to appoint a new CEO to lead an organisation that is a key part of the Government Commercial Function and sits at the heart of commercial transformation taking place across government. The successful candidate will lead over 800 staff based across five main locations in the UK, and drive the organisation to achieve an even greater level of impact and influence.

Person specification

The successful candidate will bring a track record of first class leadership and business acumen to further CCS’s organisational development. They will have a proven ability to authentically engage and deliver for senior customers, and will be able to demonstrate excellent people, stakeholder management and engagement skills that will need to be applied to a broad range of both existing and new stakeholders. They will be an inspirational role model who engages, develops and encourages staff at all levels to build a confident, delivery focused workforce.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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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).

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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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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.