Job summary
Procurement reform is a key component of the Government�s post-EU Exit and economic recovery work programme. Cabinet Office�s Government Commercial Function (GCF) leads for the UK Government on commercial policy, including reforming the UK�s legal framework for public procurement - the Transforming Public Procurement (TPP) Programme. This is an exciting opportunity to take on an important role supporting the senior leadership and wider policy teams, shaping the UK�s future landscape for public sector procurement.
Our team objectives are to:
1. Develop and roll-out a comprehensive package of information, tools and engagement events that communicates the benefits and requirements of the Transforming Public Procurement programme to all stakeholder groups (including sector specific strategies).
2. Act as intelligent client for Cabinet Office and on behalf of stakeholders for the L&D products, digital change and go-live offer.
3. Deliver transparency and digital policy in the Procurement Act 2023 (including primary, secondary legislation and guidance as well as wider government policy on open contracting).
4. Design and implement strategy and monitor Central Government Departments� readiness for reform to ensure the benefits are realised.
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the policy team leading on the delivery of the transparency and digital policy elements of these reforms.
You will:�
5. Work as part of a team acting as the owner for interaction between digital policy and platform build, supporting the collective sign-off on system functionality
6. Support development of platform infrastructure by ensuring effective engagement with the digital platform teams and policy leads, providing effective triage on procurement policy to facilitate delivery of the platform.
7. Identify policy gaps and misunderstandings and work with policy topic leads and transparency legislation team to find solutions and details and convey those to the digital teams.
8. Take forward a key government priority working closely with stakeholders to undertake discovery in order to develop the platform to enable payments to be matched to contracts and supporting the development of legislation to drive this measure.
9. Ensure delivery of effective user testing as an enabler to L&D and Systems programmes.
10. Embed transparency by default throughout the realisation of the central platform, across the commercial lifecycle from planning through procurement, contract award, performance and completion.
11. Support implementation of the Open Contracting Data Standard by all contracting authorities so that data across the public sector can be shared and analysed at contract and category level.
12. Maintain momentum on the government�s open contracting commitments and support the work of the anti corruption policy lead.
13. Undertake data analysis using procurement data to provide data-driven conclusions for senior civil servants and Ministers�
We are looking for someone with great project management and delivery skills, along with someone who is comfortable working with large, complex data sets. You will have excellent communication skills, experience working with data and of policy delivery and the ability to form working relations with a range of stakeholders in and outside of the centre.
This is an excellent opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver a policy driven digital and data project at the heart of government.
Person specification
Key Accountabilities
14. Contribute to digitally enabled change programmes across the public sector.
15. Development of options and detailed plans.
16. Delivery against agreed milestones and budget.
17. Active management of key stakeholders often with conflicting priorities.
18. Preparing analysis on data to support policy development.
Essential Criteria:
19. Self-starter with excellent project management and delivery skills, able to quickly get up to speed and lead cross-organisational workstreams.
20. Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to draft high-quality technical submissions and briefings to ensure ministers and senior stakeholders quickly understand the implications.
21. Experience of successfully ensuring that competing priorities are delivered on time and at high quality.
22. Excellent stakeholder management, relationship-building skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
23. Analytical competence and interest, able to transform and interpret complex information to form balanced conclusions.
Desirable Criteria:
24. Understanding of the UK's public procurement rules regime.
25. Experience of policy making and delivery in a complex organisation/environment.
26. Practical procurement/commercial experience.
27. Experience of working across the wider public sector.
Additional information:
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
28. Making Effective Decisions
29. Working Together
30. Delivering at Pace
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
31. Making Effective Decisions
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
32. Analytical Thinking
33. Evidence-Based Decision Making
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �40,850, Cabinet Office contributes �11,029 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
34. Learning and development tailored to your role.
35. An environment with flexible working options.
36. A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
37. A which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
38. A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.