Commercial Contract Management Specialist - IT in Belfast

Reference number: 457551

Salary: £36,026 - £41,042. Successful candidates will usually be offered the minimum of the pay scale. There is also an additional Commercial allowance of up to £4,000 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. 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: Higher Executive Officer D

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 at Companies House as a Commercial Contract Management Specialist! It’s an exciting time to join our Contract Management Team, as we’re strengthening our team by introducing additional roles to support the management of 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, managed and controlled effectively.

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 our selected suppliers.
• The Contract Management team takes up the second part of the life cycle and manages contract implementation, in-life contract management, disputes, transition/exit and everything else in between.
• The third team is the Commercial Governance and Assurance team, who manage all policies, assurance activities and P2P.

This role will support the Commercial Contract Management Lead in delivering our commercial contract management strategy, providing a customer-focused support service, understanding the 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.

We are seeking Commercial Professionals with excellent enthusiasm, energy, proactivity, collaborative and adaptable skills.

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 in 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 on a regular basis. 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 IT contracts. As a Contract Management Specialist, you’ll support key supplier relationships alongside various Business Contract Owners (BCOs) and ensure plans are implemented to maintain a robust performance management regime, ensuring adequate investment by our business areas in contract, supplier and service management. This’ll ensure we can meet and deliver business and strategic objectives.

The focus of this role will be to split between support for the Commercial Contract Management Lead, and also directly leading on some contract management activities. This role will support the Commercial Contract Management Lead with leadership and commercial management for the Contract Management program within assigned contracts, which may include: Software, IT Hardware, IT Professional Services, Cloud Computing, Cyber and Networking.

This role reports into the Commercial Contract Management Lead: Software, Hardware and Networks.

Person specification:

We’re looking for somebody with:

• Experience of contract management or procurement - including commercial knowledge and experience across the full commercial sourcing cycle, ideally within an IT setting.
• Public Procurement experience within PCR2015 and PA2023.
• Ability to work across teams and business units.
• Experience establishing supplier relationships.
• Interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate evidence of commitment to personal development in commercial knowledge.
• Applicable professional qualification(s) along with 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

Benefits:

Alongside your salary of £36,026, Companies House contributes £10,436 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 on a regular basis. 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.

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.

What will the process look like?

1. Sift: Once the advert has closed we will sift applications - this involves reading through them all, please bear with us as this can take some time. 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.

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

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

This job is broadly open to UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, and 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).