Commercial Contract Management Lead - Corporate Services in Belfast

Reference number: 457541

Salary: £46,744 - £51,256. Successful candidates will usually be offered the minimum of the pay scale. There is also an additional Commercial allowance of up to £6,000 available. The salary and allowance awarded will be based on the level of CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) qualification achieved coupled with the candidate's level of experience, with a minimum of Level 4 required. Evidence of CIPS qualification will be required from the successful candidate at offer stage.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.

Job grade: Senior Executive Officer E

Contract type: Permanent

Business area: Commercial

Type of role: Commercial Procurement and Contracts Management

Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available: 1

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 4GF; Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZ; Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8FT

About the job:

Join us as a Commercial Contract Management Lead at Companies House! It’s an exciting time to join our Contract Management Team, as we’re strengthening our team by introducing additional roles to manage contracts and supplier relationships. Our Commercial Contract Management function provides commercial leadership and support to our supplier relationships and operational contract owners, ensuring our commercial relationships are supported, and contractual controls are managed effectively in line with both procurement legislation and central government policy.

Our Commercial team is split into three teams:

• Commercial Delivery: manages the first stages of the commercial life cycle from end user requirements through to market tender and contracting with selected suppliers.
• Contract Management: manages contract implementation, delivery, disputes, transition/exit, and everything else in between.
• Commercial Governance and Assurance: manages all policies, assurance activities, and P2P.

Each team has a Head of Function reporting into the Head of Commercial. We are seeking commercial professionals with excellent enthusiasm, energy, proactivity, collaborative and adaptable skills. This is a proactive role, engaging with a range of suppliers and internal stakeholders. This role will contribute to delivering our commercial contract management strategy, providing a customer-focused support service, understanding business needs and stakeholder drivers, driving supplier performance, and ensuring full commercial control of our contracts.

You’ll support rolling out Government Contract Management standards and processes, ensuring contracts are managed proportionately according to value, complexity, and risk, and that supplier performance is appropriately measured and reported.

Why choose Companies House?

At Companies House, we take a proactive approach to wellbeing by promoting a welcoming culture, healthy work-life balance, and supporting colleagues to be their best at work because we know people are the key to our success. Our benefits include:

• Flexible working with no core hours (between 6am and 8pm)
• 30 days annual leave
• 8 bank holidays & 1 privilege day
• Enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme, with an average employer contribution of 28%

Job description:

Please note: You will be aligned to either our Cardiff, Edinburgh, or Belfast office, where you will be expected to attend regularly. Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Due to the nature of the role and team structure, this is a full-time position, and the successful candidate will be required to work a full-time working week; however, we can consider applications from those looking to work compressed hours.

This role will focus on Corporate Services contracts, which excludes IT-related contracts. The role includes overall leadership and commercial management for the Contract Management program within assigned contracts, which may include: Customer Contact Centres, Print and Post Services, Debt Collection, Payment Providers, Occupational Health Services, Logistics, Document Storage and warehousing, and other associated agreements. This role reports directly into the Head of Commercial Contract Management.

We’re looking for somebody with:

• Proven experience of contract and supplier performance management - including commercial knowledge and experience across the full commercial sourcing cycle, ideally within a corporate services setting.
• Public Procurement experience within PCR2015 and PA2023.
• Ability to work across teams and business units - bringing people together to achieve a common objective whilst creating an effective network and building trust.
• Proven experience of driving and supporting complex supplier contracts - building relationships with key supplier personnel and driving best value from supplier agreements.
• Well-developed interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills - with experience of communicating to a wide range of audiences.
• Ability to quickly gain the respect and buy-in of stakeholders at all levels - as a collaborative and engaging leader in a highly complex, fast-moving environment.
• Ability to demonstrate evidence of commitment to personal development.
• Expert commercial knowledge - that you can share and that draws on relevant procurement legislation, policy, information, supply market knowledge, and commercial experience.
• Applicable professional qualification(s) along with a strong understanding of the principles of commercial management (e.g., Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), World Commerce and Contracting Association, Institute of Leadership & Management) and/or equivalent or a willingness to work towards, and demonstrable experience.

Behaviours:

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture

Benefits:

Alongside your salary of £46,744, Companies House contributes £13,541 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House, we’re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.

We celebrate diversity:

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent, we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers. We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive, and we can make adjustments as needed through our process.

Where will you be working?

You will be aligned to our Cardiff, Edinburgh, or Belfast office, where you will be expected to attend regularly. We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work, which provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities. Your manager will agree regular patterns of attendance with you; however, you may be required to make yourself available to attend the office more frequently when required to meet business needs.

Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change): Closing date - 10th May 2026, at 23:55. Sifting - w/c 11th May 2026. Interviews - w/c 18th May 2026, on Microsoft Teams. Communications will be electronic via email; therefore, it is important that you check your Civil Service Jobs account regularly, as well as your spam/junk email folder.

In your application form, we’d like you to:

• Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements.
• Write a personal statement of 750 words where you demonstrate how you meet the skills required for this role, providing examples to evidence your level of skill.

We’re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement. Your personal statement should aim to make use of the full word count and show how you meet the above criteria. Please give clear and specific examples of what you have done personally and the impact it has had.

What will the process look like?

1. Sift: Once the advert has closed, we will sift applications - this involves reading through them all. The panel will look at your work history and personal statement and are looking for evidence of the stated points.
2. Interview: Successful candidates from the sift stage will be invited to attend a virtual interview, which will be conducted using Microsoft Teams.
3. Offer: Once all interviews have been completed, you will be notified of the outcome. Offers will be made in strict merit order.

Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence, but this can only be used for certain roles, and this campaign does not qualify. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship, your application may be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment withdrawn.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Apply and further information: This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction.