EOI – Commercial Business Partner
Job summary
This is a short-term role for a maximum of 6months, 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.
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.
Person specification
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.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £54,582, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £15,812 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We’re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:
Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home
26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice
3 days of paid volunteering leave
Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave
Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year
Occupational sick pay
Access to the Employee Assistance Programme which offers staff 24/7 confidential support and resources such as counselling, debt guidance and management advice
Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks
Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work
Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more!
Terms and conditions at SCS grades will vary. Those applying for SCS roles should refer to the candidate information pack for more information on terms and conditions.
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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Selection process details
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
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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.
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
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).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 theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) 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 : Samir Acharya
- Email : samir.acharya@dcms.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact the Head of Resourcing at recruitment.team@dcms.gov.uk, in the first instance.Attachments
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Salary range
- £54,582 - £69,740 per year