Associate Commercial Specialist in London

Salary - £82,600 - £100,938 GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related pay available on accreditation.

Location - London, Birmingham.

Complex Transactions (CTT) is a diverse team of commercial experts who have gained experience across a range of sectors, industries and procurement categories. Working in a pan-Government consulting role, our objective is to support and enable Departments to deliver their most challenging and demanding objectives. All of our work is high profile, high value or integral to Government policy. In many cases, it is all three. This recruitment campaign aims to increase the Associate Commercial Specialist capacity in the team.

Our assignments take us to the heart of Government and we are at the forefront in addressing the commercial challenges that make this country operate. From renegotiating contracts for the Department for Work and Pensions to supporting transformational technology projects for HMRC, our work ensures the delivery of services that impact the everyday lives of citizens across the UK. CTT is in the unique position of consistently shaping and influencing some of the biggest deals that exist in either the public or private sector.

Our role as internal consultants across Government enables us to influence the full spectrum of the commercial agenda. From levelling-up, procurement reform, Net Zero, social value, and digital transformation, we have an opportunity to influence and apply these initiatives across central, local government and the private sector supply chains. We also assess challenges from multiple perspectives, including fiscal, financial, economic, risk, deliverability and many others besides.

The team structure is not typical of the civil service and is a reverse pyramid of senior commercial specialist expertise. The team has approximately 45 members. You don’t need to have a background in public sector procurement to join us; we’re more interested in your commercial acumen, leadership, flexibility and desire to make a difference.

Person specification

To be successful, you will need to demonstrate capability against the following criteria (described in our application system as Technical Skills) both within your application and at the final panel interview:

• Evidence of negotiation skills, likely to have been gained from multiple large deals. Able to demonstrate examples of having been forceful in order to secure a deal, while maintaining strong customer/supplier relationships.
• Evidence of designing, shaping and agreeing innovative sourcing and commercial strategies from a lead role in a complex organisation.
• Significant category expertise, likely to have been gained from working with or in blue-chip organisations at a senior level. Evidence of running insource/outsource conversations and transitioning.
• Demonstrate consultancy skills, whether internal or external; ability to gain credibility and influence through network development, strong stakeholder engagement and effective communication skills.
• Demonstrate high levels of confidence with a natural presence and gravitas that is likely to result in successfully influencing outcomes.
• Track record of success in supporting commercial programmes, driving them forward to completion.
• Demonstrable experience of managing complexity when making commercial decisions.

Although SC is required to take up this post, a DV application is expected upon joining the team. Applications are accepted from individuals holding dual nationality, a requirement of this post is that one of the nationalities must be British.