25428 - Commercial Contract Manager (Procurement, Sourcing, Contract and Supplier Management) - Resettlement
About the Role
The Ministry of Justice is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. Responsible for courts, prisons and probation services, we work to ensure sentences are served and offenders are given rehabilitation opportunities to become law-abiding citizens.
The Commercial and Contract Management Directorate manages over 1000 active contracts and spends £3.5bn a year and is crucial to the successful delivery of prison and court reform programmes. It provides procurement and contract management activities across a wide range of categories, ensuring value for money agreements are in place for wider MoJ staff to source goods and services from.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Manager to join our Rehabilitation Services team in Manchester. This team covers a wide range of services from the National Probation Service to Privately run probation services, Resettlement services within prison, Education, HMPPS Grants and ESF contracts. As a Commercial Manager you will play a key role in delivering procurement, supplier and contract management activities to reduce commercial risk and exposure and increase value for money. Working within a fast-paced environment, you will bring excellent communication and organisational skills to ensure contracts are working effectively to meet business needs and stakeholder relationships are managed appropriately.
Key Responsibilities
With an opportunity to drive value and create real difference within Justice Services, the post holder will be supporting the Senior Commercial Manager in the delivery of category and commercial contract management services within the Resettlement Services Portfolio, focusing specifically on Resettlement services within Prisons and Grants. Challenges will never be the same, something that in itself makes this area so appealing, ranging from current day to day commercial issues to shaping the future generation of portfolio services.
- Leading pre-procurement, sourcing and contract management activity including strategy development, market engagement, negotiation, performance management and exit activity where required
- Analysing market, spend and performance data and using this to inform commercial activity and deliver against reporting requirements
- Ensuring adheres to governance, legislative and policy requirements as appropriate
- Develop and manage productive relationships with stakeholders and suppliers to support delivery, implement and manage commercial services, contract management and sourcing strategies (stakeholders include: customers, suppliers, legal and finance);
- Owner of key strategic contracts and the relationships with assigned suppliers.
- Be a key member of the commercial team and support development and improvement of operational efficiencies between all specialisms.
- Driving commercial opportunities to deliver value for money and/or savings
- Tracking spend, savings, supplier performance and continuous improvement across the team
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A proven track-record working in a similar commercial environment in either a procurement, contract or supplier relationship management role
- Excellent team working and collaboration skills;
- Managing supplier and contract performance across multiple, complex contracts
- Delivery of OJEU procurement projects and awareness of public sector procurement legislation
- Excellent stakeholder and supplier management skills;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills;
Desirable
- Relevant category knowledge and/or industry experience
- Application of public sector procurement legislation in a central government setting including a working knowledge of public sector procurement legislation including EU Rules and UK interpretations;
- Working knowledge of Procurement Systems, e.g. Oracle and/or Bravo.
Qualifications
Essential
- MCIPS or IACCM qualification or relevant industry experience and a willingness to work towards gaining qualification
Behaviours
Most importantly we are looking for people with the right personal qualities – enthusiasm, energy, proactivity, collaborative, prepared to work as part of a team and under their own initiative and to be flexible and adaptable in a demanding environment.
The Civil Service Competency Framework sets out standard skills, knowledge and behaviours that all civil servants are expected to meet. You will be required to provide evidence of the following competencies at level 3:
Collaborating and Partnering
- Encourage collaborative team working within own team and across the Department
- Establish relationships with a range of stakeholders to support delivery of business outcomes
Changing and Improving
- Actively encourage ideas from a wide range of sources and stakeholders and use these to inform own thinking
- Be willing to meet the challenges of difficult or complex changes, encouraging and supporting others to do the same
Delivering at Pace
- Regularly monitor own and team’s work against milestones or targets and act promptly to keep work on track and maintain performance
- Plan ahead but reassess workloads and priorities if situations change or people are facing conflicting demands
Achieving Commercial Outcomes
- Identify and understand relevant legal and commercial terms, concepts, policies and processes (including project approvals and assurance procedures) to deliver agreed outcomes
- Gather and use evidence to assess the costs, benefits and risks of a wide range of delivery options when making commercial decisions
Commercial professional competencies
Procurement – Category Management
- Actively seeks opportunities for continuous improvement across their category
Procurement – Supplier and Contract Management
- Works collaboratively to resolve performance issues
Working Arrangements & Further Information
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.
Flexible working hours
The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.
Benefits
The MoJ offers a range of benefits:
Annual Leave
Generous allowances for paid holiday starting at 25 days per year, and rising as your service increases. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Pension
The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
Training
The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
Support
- A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
- Access to flexible benefits such as salary sacrifice arrangements for childcare vouchers, and voluntary benefits such as retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
- Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
- Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.
Networks
The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code 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.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.
There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Eligibility
Staff on fixed term appointments must have been recruited through fair and open competition.
26/04/2019, 23:55 hours.
If you require any assistance please call 0845 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@sscl.gse.gov.uk Please quote the job reference - 25428.
Interviews will be held at Manchester Civil Justice Centre, 1st Floor
Contact will be Julia Goodwin (email - Julia.Goodwin@justice.gov.uk, Phone - 07973683878)
Please familiarise yourself with the security requirements of entering the building, location information is also provided in the links below:
https://courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk/courts/manchester-county-and-family-court
https://www.gov.uk/entering-court-or-tribunal-building
To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why.
For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).
If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:
- You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
- You were studying abroad
- You were living overseas with parents
In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.
Candidate Information
You may be required to provide statements describing your skills and experience relevant to each of the selection criteria. We recommend that you structure any examples as Situation, Task, Action and Result. For more information about the recruitment process and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
In the event of a large number of applications, we reserve the right to undertake the following processes:
- An automated online test where a benchmark must be passed to progress;
- A sift on the lead selection criteria. If this happens, the lead criteria will be the first one listed in the advert.
During the selection process, you may be asked to undertake an additional assessment (such as written test). If this is applicable you will be notified of this when you are invited to interview.
IACCM
Qualification or willingness to work towards
We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.
Application form stage assessments
Interview stage assessments
A Great Place to Work for Veterans
The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans
Redeployment Interview Scheme
Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.
MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.
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) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
· 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) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules
This Vacancy is closed to applications.