About the job

Job summary

The Deputy Director - Internal Contract Management is a key new leadership role within Procurement Operations with responsibility for leading the strategic development and operational delivery of a diverse range of functions which impact all areas of the wider CCS organisation,
helping to shape the growth and development of CCS now and in the future.

Job Summary
Reporting to The Director of Procurement Operations, the Deputy Director of Internal Contract Management , will lead three business critical functions:
• Internal Contract Management Team (ICMT)
• Commercial Agreement Advisory and Approval Board (CAAAB) team
• Digital Products Business Ownership Team (DPBOT)

The postholder will lead and ensure successful implementation across their diverse portfolio, ensuring we have the strategies, structures, standards and professional capabilities needed to deliver successfully now and in the future.

The post holder will also be a key figure in the Procurement Operations/ CCS leadership team, playing a full role in shaping the development and continuous improvement of our services and our directorate/organisation more widely.

Job description

Team Summary
The Deputy Director of Internal Contract Management, sits in the Procurement Operations Directorate responsible for managing three diverse teams who provide leadership, advice and support to all CCS business areas on a wide range of commercial agreement pipeline,
governance, contract management and digital service issues. The three teams consist of 13 multi-skilled professionals based in CCS Liverpool and Newport Offices.

Key Accountabilities:
The post-holder will be responsible for:

• Developing, implementing and embedding CCS internal contract management function including:

  • policy, process, governance, planning, prioritisation and continuous improvement,

  • leading and collaborating with key senior internal and external stakeholders and CCS portfolio of suppliers,

  • ensuring all internal contracts are commercially robust, compliant with all current and future regulatory and policy requirements and aligned with CCS Business Plan priorities and objectives

  • leading the development of contact management capability for all staff and roles involved in internal contracts

• Manage CCS internal contract suppliers which will involve improving value add, operational effectiveness. You will reduce risk and ensure suppliers deliver contractual outcomes to time, quality, financial and performance requirements

• The design, development, implementation and day to day operational management of Procurement Operations digital solutions e.g. digital contract and procurement solutions, the provision of technical and service support to CCS internal users and external customers and

• suppliers etc.

• Leadership and management of the Commercial Agreement Advisory and Approval Board (CAAAB) process including:

  • Chair of the CAAAB Board active participation other relevant boards

  • ensuring alignment with CCS overarching governance structure,

  • the proactive planning and publication of CCS Commercial Agreement Pipeline,

  • supporting and the transition of the CAAAB function to the new regulatory framework.

• Providing vision and direction to your teams, ensuring they work collaboratively with each other and across the organisation to support and enable delivery of CCS Business plan and strategic objectives

• Building high performing teams and inclusive working cultures to deliver outstanding customer outcomes. This will involve developing an agile and multi-skilled capability which is able to flex across functions and business areas to improve resilience, productivity and efficiency

• and improving the organisations wider professional capability

• Leading a change in culture that results in a highly motivated, corporate and flexible approach. You will champion shared ownership and responsibility, collaborating with stakeholders to understand and agree corporate priorities and embed continuous service improvements

• Establish and maintain a broad range of strong and collaborative relationships across CCS. You will partner with senior stakeholders impacted by the functions processes and systems providing support, challenge and leadership in a collaborative, authentic and respectful way

• Be a highly visible corporate leader, engaging widely to ensure alignment in objectives and that desired outcomes are delivered through collaboration and a clear, strong shared sense of purpose

Person specification

Essential Criteria (to be assessed on application):

• An inspiring, confident and thoughtful leader with a track record of building, developing and continuously improving high performing, diverse and inclusive operational teams

• Significant experience of working across, and leading, teams in a complex public sector commercial, contract and procurement environment and practical knowledge of said teams.

• Experience of successfully leading and managing change, with a proven track record of developing, implementing and embedding new functions, strategies and ways of working

• Demonstrable project management skills and experience

• A strategic thinker with a strong record of delivery at senior levels involving significant financial, commercial, contract and programme responsibility and strategic risk management

• Experience of and confident at decision making at senior levels with minimal direction, an excellent problem solver and a decisive team player with a focus on collective goals

• Experience of making balanced risk judgements and acting as an escalation point on complex matters in a regulatory and compliance environment whilst setting and meeting challenging targets across a range of services and functions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £75,000, Crown Commercial Service contributes £22,500 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

Selection Process

Candidates who are successful at sift will be contacted as soon as possible following the closing date and advised of the interview process in more detail. The sift and interview times and dates are oulined above. (Subject to change)

Assessment
If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to take part in a staff engagement exercise. This assessment will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather, it is designed to support the panel’s decision making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.

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Please note: Applicants can make use of artificial intelligence but the information presented at application must be factual.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

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

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist 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

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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.