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EOI – Commercial Business Partner
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Department
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Location
- London, Manchester
- Openings
- 1 post
- Grade
- Grade 7
- Salary
- £54,582 to £69,740
- Closing
- Closed
- Profession
- Finance
- Contract
- Temporary
- Security clearance
- SC
- Working pattern
- Flexible working, Full-time
Job summary
This is a short-term role for a maximum of 6 months, which is available on temporary promotion.
We are seeking an expressions of interest for a six-month temporary promotion opportunity to cover one of our fDCMS Commercial Business Partner roles. The successful candidate will bring strong commercial expertise, including pre- and post-contract specialisms, knowledge of public procurement regulations, contract management experience, and experience drafting agreements and business cases.
What they’re looking for
- The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience, please note that desirable skills will only be used in the event of tied candidates:
- Essential requirements:
- Demonstrable track record of leading end-to-end, high-value public procurement projects in compliance with UK public procurement legislation, consistently delivering measurable value for money, social value, and high-quality outcomes for end-users.
- Ability to partner with diverse, multidisciplinary stakeholders to translate complex policy priorities, commercial objectives, and user needs into robust, compliant procurement strategies.
- Ability to provide constructive commercial challenge, hold internal and external partners to account against delivery targets, and drive a culture of continuous improvement, commercial assurance, and lessons learned.
- Experience in strategic supplier and market engagement throughout the commercial lifecycle—from early market engagement (pre-procurement) to contract delivery—leveraging market intelligence, managing risk, and driving innovation.
- Be able to demonstrate experience of developing relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Desirable skills:
- Ideally, the successful candidate will hold, or be working towards, MCIPS, MRICS, or an equivalent professional qualification.
Job description
Key responsibilities will include:
- Procuring goods and services in compliance with public procurement regulations.
- Providing clear, pragmatic commercial advice to senior leaders and external stakeholders.
- Advising on and undertaking contract management activities.
- Acting as a key commercial adviser to relevant committees and programme boards.
- Drafting Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), licences, and other commercial agreements.
- Supporting the development of business cases, including leading on the drafting of the Commercial Case.
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
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Selection process
Please discuss this opportunity with your line manager for approval before applying, if successful, you’d be required to start as soon as possible.
To express your interest in this role, please send a statement of suitability of no more than 500 words describing your suitability for the role, along with your CV setting out your career history with key responsibilities and achievements by 17:00 pm on Monday 16th November to samir.acharya@dcms.gov.uk.
Your statement of suitability should focus on how you meet the criteria set out above and will also be assessed using the same criteria.
The successful candidate will be selected via a paper exercise. Only where necessary will an interview panel convene. If you are invited to an interview the vacancy holder will confirm what to prepare in the invitation.
For further information on this vacancy, please contact samir.acharya@dcms.gov.uk
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