The National Armaments Directorate (NAD) Group Director General (DG) Options and Commissioning have identified a portfolio of high priority requirements within their Strategic Programmes division that require commercial support.This portfolio includes requirements to procure hypersonics development, directed energy weapons, as well as a research, test and evaluation framework agreement.By acting as a Senior Commercial Manager for programmes that require commercial expertise, you will lead a broad range of commercial lifecycle activities, and thus ensure that capabilities are delivered on time and at a competitive price.This is especially important because of the scale and ambition of our exciting programmes.These will be busy roles with much exposure to a range of internal and external stakeholders, and so accordingly it offers strong opportunities for career and skill development.This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.Flexible and hybrid working is an option with this role, by agreement with the Line Manager, however there is a Civil Service minimum expectation of 60% office attendance., We are advertising two posts, one of which will have a permanent duty station based in London (SW1A 2HB) and one of which may have a permanent duty station in either Bristol (BS34 8JH), Glasgow (G2 8EX), or London (SW1A 2HB).This is an exciting time to join the team as we expand to provide more support to the Strategic Programmes.These are two new posts created to support the programmes in commercial matters.These will be busy roles with much exposure to a range of internal and external stakeholders, and so accordingly it offers strong opportunities for career and skill development.As a Senior Commercial Manager (SEO) you will:+ Lead commercial delivery of an exciting portfolio of strategic projects, acting as trusted advisor to customers, peers and management.+ Lead, challenge, and support a variety of stakeholders during the commercial life cycle, ensuring that requirements are understood, captured and defined effectively.+ Develop best practice commercial strategies and commercial content for high-value Business Cases in line with relevant standards, policy and regulation.+ Develop suitable commercial models for projects, comprising effective pricing, performance, negotiation and contract approaches. Draft robust, effective contracts for projects.+ Lead Commercial Strategy engagement with assurance scrutineers and approving authorities, effecting positive responses to scrutiny feedback and securing necessary spend control approvals.+ Develop and implement effective procurement exercises, including invitations to tender or negotiate, tender evaluation, tender feedback and contract award, while complying with applicable transparency obligations.+ Install effective contract management plans, including performance management regimes, and create and sustain trusting relationships with project teams to ensure there is sustained oversight of commercial contracts across your portfolio.+ Track risks relating to commercial contracts and perform the necessary actions to mitigate against the risks.+ Improve commercial capability within our workforce, ensuring that colleagues have the confidence to work on commercial topics.+ Ensure compliance with public procurement law, as well as MoD commercial procedure, policy, and assurance processes., We''ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:+ Leadership+ Making Effective Decisions

Technical skillsWe''ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:+ Sourcing: Legislation and Departmental Policy+ Sourcing: Executing the Sourcing Strategy, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.Candidates can apply online via the Civil Service Jobs website by completing the application form before the deadline shown. Apply using the Civil Service Jobs apply button, filling in all required details in all sections. Using the Success Profiles link for information on format and style, ensure you provide evidence for all requested Behaviours.Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability in no more than 1000 words evidencing your skills, experience, and suitability for the role in reference to the person and job specifications.At sift, you will be assessed against your CV and Statement of suitability and the following Behaviours:+ Leadership+ Making Effective DecisionsApplications will be sifted on all of Success Profile elements listed above, but in the event of a high number of applications, the sift will be conducted on your CV and the lead Behaviour of Sourcing: Executing the Sourcing Strategy.At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles:Behaviours+ Leadership+ Making Effective DecisionsTechnical Skills+ Sourcing: Legislation and Departmental Policy (please see attachment)+ Sourcing: Executing the Sourcing Strategy (please see attachment)Candidates who are found to meet an acceptable standard at interview but are not successful in one of the advertised posts may be considered for similar roles within the Business Unit.Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

SecuritySuccessful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

+ Substantial experience of leading development of strategic procurement and commercial strategies for large, complex requirements (private or public sector), including effective pricing, performance, negotiation and contract strategies.+ Substantial experience of leading execution of procurement and commercial strategies, with emphasis on strategic tendering and negotiation, in compliance with public sector procurement regulations.+ Expertise in supporting the defining of requirements, and structuring requirements to best align to market capability and capacity.+ Experience of relationship development and stakeholder management in complex Commercial environments, including working with varied teams and being able to balance competing priorities in a flexible manner.+ Being confident, driven, able to make effective decisions in uncertain environments, and able to work independently and as part of a team.+ Quickly wins respect and gains trust of others, seen as credible when building strategic relationships with internal and external parties.+ Strategically aware, but operationally orientated in delivering value to customers+ Organised, able to prioritise the use of limited resources (money, time and people)+ Engaging communicator (written and oral), emotionally intelligent, able to influence peers and stakeholders of all levels+ Delivers a quality service, demonstrating commercial acumen in advising customers whilst ensuring positive Commercial outcomes+ Holds a CIPS Level 4 or equivalent qualification.+ Willingness to undertake regular travel to relevant MOD locations.Desirable Criteria+ Expertise in procuring under the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014., Holds a CIPS Level 4 or equivalent qualification.

£44,590£1,500 per role, provided there the appointed individuals qualify for a is a Market Skills Allowance for holding a Commercial Delegation, this requires individuals to have CIPS Level 4, London locations may attract an allowance of £3,300 per annum.A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%GBP, Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.+ Learning and development tailored to your role+ An environment with flexible working options+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.The post does not offer relocation expenses.External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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