About the job

Job summary

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.  

Can you deliver at pace and work to competing demands?

Are you able communicate effectively with various stakeholders to influence positive decision making?

Have you got strong expertise with Excel and are you proficient in working with data?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Job description

This is a new role in the Commercial Capability Team which sits in the Group Commercial Directorate of DfT.

Commercial Capability is a key priority for the civil service, and with significant changes to procurement regulation on the horizon the role holder will play a significant role in ensuring that commercial capability in the DfT Group (central department, agencies and arm’s length bodies) have access to and undertake relevant training to support the delivery of their roles).

This role will be responsible for coordinating Learning & Development, supporting capability led change projects and generating data sets to support strategic goals. The Commercial Capability Project Support Manager will act as the process lead for capability data and sourcing learning whilst providing general support to the DfT commercial capability team. They will support in identifying opportunities within DfT for disseminating Commercial Capability.

The individual who will take on this role will be actively supported in identifying and undertaking professional development to raise their capability to help achieve career aspirations.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting on the delivery of Commercial Capability projects such as the Transformation of Public Procurement and the Contract Management Capability Programme.
• Liaising with stakeholders across the DfT Group and other Government Departments in support of project implementation.
• Acting as the Capability Forum secretariat which is responsible for ensuring the People Pillar of the DfT Group Commercial Strategy is embedded across the group and continually improves.
• Creating and maintaining a range of databases in support of capability projects, including accurate records to support budget management and profiling.
• Creating, maintaining and sharing data and statistics to support and inform the Management Information & Data Systems.
• Support the delivery of training identified in individual Professional Development Plans which may include procuring closed courses and/or a series of events where groups of individuals have the same development need.

 For more information, please see the attached Role Profile.

Person specification

About you

To thrive in this role, you will:

• Have a degree of Data proficiency and Excel expertise as these are essential to enabling success in the role.
• Have experience of working in a project support environment, in particular the use of data in support of projects.
• Possess the ability to deliver at pace with competing demands and priorities.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders (orally and written) to support positive outcomes.

Additional Information

This role may involve occasional travel across the UK.

A minimum of 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance. 

Benefits

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance. 

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Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

How to apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Your CV should be tailored to the role.

Your Personal Statement should be no more than 1000 words and should provide detailed evidence of the following:

• Your knowledge and experience of using the Microsoft Excel platform.
• A time you have used data to influence decisions made by other Stakeholders.
• A time where you have built and maintained effective working relationships.
• Experience of supporting and influencing Projects from inception to completion.

The sift is due to take place from the 15th December 2023.

Interviews are likely to be held from week commencing 22nd January 2024.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates. 

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include: 

• An interview.

This interview will be conducted online via Teams. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.  

You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within. 

Reasonable Adjustments

As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Document Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.

Further Information

For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.

Pre-employment Checking

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. 

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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

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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.