Details Reference number 457551 Salary £36,026 - £41,042 The salary for this post is £36,026 to £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 (Charted Institute of Procurement and Supply) qualification achieved coupled with the candidates level of experience which will be be eligible to receive an allowance an individual would be required to have a minimum of CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply together with an equivalent 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% GBP 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 Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 4GF : Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZ : Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8FT About the job Job summary 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 manage 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 manage 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. Each team has a Head of Function reporting into the Head of Commercial. 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. If this sounds like you, we?d love you to read on and find out more 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% Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work. 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. We have one role available currently; Commercial Contract Management Specialist ? IT This role will focus on IT contracts. As a Contract Management Specialist, you?ll support key supplier relationships alongside various Business Contract Owners (BCO?s) 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. For a full job description, please see the attached 'Role Profile' document. 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. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. 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. Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment ( to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House. 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. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few. If you require any reasonable adjustments at application stage, or if you'd like to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing. Read our 'Applying under the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS)' guide to find out how to successfully complete an application under the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS). 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. Things you need to know Artificial intelligence 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. 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 Communications will be electronic via email therefore it is important that you check your Civil Service Jobs account regularly, as well as your spam/junk email folder. 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. In your personal statement we are looking for evidence of: Experience of contract management or procurement - including commercial knowledge and experience across the full commercial sourcing cycle, ideally within an IT setting. Experience establishing supplier relationships. We?re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement. Your personal statement should aim to make use of the full wordcount and show how you meet the above criteria. Please give clear and specific examples of what you have done personally and the impact it has had. 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. We may raise the score required if we receive a high number of applications. We may also choose to take through the highest performing candidates to the next stage. If, after the final stage is completed and roles are unfilled, we will proceed to invite lower scoring candidates to interview. Also, if we receive a high volume of applications, we may carry out a pre-sift and will look at your application for evidence of: Experience of contract management or procurement - including commercial knowledge and experience across the full commercial sourcing cycle ideally within an IT setting. Those applications which are successful at pre-sift stage will then progress to the main sift, where we'll read and score the rest of your application. 2. Interview Successful candidates from the sift stage will be invited to attend a virtual interview, which will conducted using Microsoft Teams. Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will be assessing Behaviours and Experience. At interview, we will be asking questions relating to the following: Behaviours: Changing and Improving, Making Effective Decisions, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together Experience There will also be an activity as part of the interview process. This will be a presentation which will assess: Proven experience of contract and supplier performance management - including commercial knowledge and experience across the full commercial sourcing cycle, ideally within an IT setting. More information will be sent to candidates who are invited to interview. The lead criteria to distinguish between tied candidates will be Experience. 3. Offer Once all interviews have been completed, you will be notified of the outcome. Offers will be made in strict merit order. A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles (of the same or lower grade). Subject to business need, if a suitable position opens during this time we may reach out to individuals in merit order. Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners? Recruitment Principles. Sponsorship 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. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship, your application may be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment withdrawn. Pre-Employment Checking In line with Government guidance, successfully appointed candidates will need to provide documents for our Right to Work checks. From June 2026, applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). Your personal details (name, National Insurance number, and date of birth) will be checked against the Civil Service Resourcing Extract IFD. This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. If your details appear on this database, you will not be offered employment unless you can demonstrate exceptional circumstances. Companies House, acting on behalf of the vacancy holder, will inform you if your application is refused for this reason. Please note: You are not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Nationality statement As part of our recruitment process, it is essential for all candidates to independently verify their eligibility to work in the UK before applying. This includes a thorough check of your right to work to ensure compliance with UK employment laws, being mindful of the recent changes to going rates detailed on Please ensure you have the necessary documentation and permissions in place. Our team is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. However, it is the candidate's responsibility to ensure they meet the UK's legal requirements to work. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. 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) 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 Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Jon Shenton Email : Recruitment team Email : Further information We welcome applications in Welsh / Rydym yn croesawi ceisiadau yn y Gymraeg. Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission?s Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners? Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission. Civil Service Commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road SW1A 2HQ