Deputy Director - Commercial Policy Implementation
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Position: Deputy Director - Commercial Policy Implementation
Band: SCS1
Location: Liverpool, Newport, Norwich or Birmingham
Term: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Closing Date: 09/07/25
Join a team that brings value to the nation
Are you passionate about implementing government policy? Are you motivated by solving complex problems and driving continuous improvement?
Join the CCS’ Strategy Policy and Governance directorate — a central force in shaping how public procurement policy is designed and delivered across government. In this leadership role, you will inspire and guide a talented team, fostering a collaborative environment where innovative ideas can flourish. You will work closely with senior leaders across CCS and central government, influencing key national commercial policies and setting a strategic vision that aligns with organisational goals.
If you thrive in a high-impact leadership environment where policy meets practice, and are excited about helping government deliver value for the nation through commercial excellence — we want to hear from you.
Directorate Overview
The Strategy Policy and Governance directorate plays at a key role at the heart of the Crown Commercial Service supporting the Chief Executive in establishing CCS’s strategy, managing the CEO office and the executive and non-executive governance of the organisation, leading on key aspects of the relationship between CCS and the Cabinet Office, while also taking responsibility for ensuring the implementation of government commercial policy and effective application of procurement regulations across CCS activities.
Role Summary
This is a key leadership role in the Crown Commercial Service responsible for leading the Commercial Policy and Legal Services Team and for working with senior colleagues across CCS to apply commercial best practice and effectively implement government policy and procurement regulation in relation to over £30bn of public spending.
Key responsibilities
* leading the Commercial Policy and Legal Services Team
* engaging with the Cabinet Office on government commercial policy and reform to the commercial policy and regulatory environment sharing insight from CCS’s practical implementation of policy and regulation
* engaging actively in cross government networks and communities of practice on policy and regulatory issues
* working across CCS’s commercial, procurement and customer teams to improve and simplify CCS commercial documents and processes for buyers and suppliers
* establishing CCS’s contracting policy positions and developing and implementing CCS’s contracting strategy
* facilitating access to expert advice to help shape the design of commercial agreements
* managing the relationship with the Government Legal Department, working closely with them to establish consistent legal positions and assess risk.
Essential criteria (Assessment will be based on applications)
* excellent understanding of public procurement policy and/or commercial or procurement operations in a Public Sector environment
* evidence of the ability to resolve complex issues and take strategic decisions
* senior stakeholder management experience, ideally in a government department
* can demonstrate senior personal impact, negotiation and influencing skills and be an outstanding communicator; who can build and maintain strong relationships
* strong leadership, highly proactive, with a positive, ‘can do’ attitude and the proven ability to lead and motivate a team to deliver
* detailed working knowledge of public procurement regulations
In the event of a high number of strong candidates, desirable will be used as a second sift.
Success profiles (To be assessed at interview stage)
Behaviours
* leadership
* seeing the big picture
Technical
* public procurement policy, practice and regulation.
(A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided below) Success Profiles Framework
Assessment
If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to take part in a staff engagement exercise. These assessments will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather, they are designed to support the panel's decision making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.
What we will offer you, here are some of the benefits you can expect:
* A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
* Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
* Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank
Explore fully how we will reward your work.
Want to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in our candidate pack
At CCS, we actively support, promote and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people.
We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk
CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model where our colleagues benefit from a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our current office attendance approach requires a minimum of 26 days per quarter (approx 2 days per week, which may be subject to change) in CCS office locations or off site meetings with suppliers, customers, partners, networking / industry events. This is pro rata for those who work part time. Our smarter working principles mean that our people have the advantage of both office and offsite based collaboration and learning, as well as working from home. This way of working allows us to honour our commitment to being a responsible business, offer flexibility and better work life balance as well as ensuring we deliver our business with confidence and in accordance with our CCS values.
The assignment duration
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise. As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model where our colleagues benefit from a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our current office attendance approach requires a minimum of 26 days per quarter (approx 2 days per week, which may be subject to change) in CCS office locations or off site meetings with suppliers, customers, partners, networking / industry events. This is pro rata for those who work part time. Our smarter working principles mean that our people have the advantage of both office and offsite based collaboration and learning, as well as working from home. This way of working allows us to honour our commitment to being a responsible business, offer flexibility and better work life balance as well as ensuring we deliver our business with confidence and in accordance with our CCS values.
In return for your skills we offer:
* A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
* Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
* Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays
At CCS, we actively support, promote and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people.
We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk
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Employment type
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