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Job summary

Thank you for considering this important role with the Home Office commercial team. The Home Office plays a critical role in keeping our citizens safe and our country secure, contributing to a safer, fairer and more prosperous United Kingdom. Our work spans tackling crime and serious harm, strengthening border security and managing migration, countering terrorism, and supporting policing to protect communities. We are also committed to protecting vulnerable people and delivering high-quality public services that maintain public confidence.

Commercial is central to delivering these priorities. We manage a multi-billion-pound portfolio of third-party spend, working with suppliers across a diverse and complex range of goods and services. These include some of the most high-profile and operationally critical programmes in government, spanning Asylum, Borders and Migration, Public Safety, Homeland Security, Digital, and the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme.

Our Commercial Directorate brings together over 300 procurement and contract management professionals, working as a strategic partner to the business to deliver value for money, strengthen supplier performance, and ensure effective delivery of outcomes.

This is an exciting time to join us. We are partway through a programme of transformation, strengthening our capability across all grades and positioning Commercial as a trusted and influential partner at the heart of the Department.

Job description

Digital, data and technology are crucial to the Home Office’s responsibility for securing the border, safer streets and national security. The Home Office is at the forefront of digital innovation. Our digital services have already transformed the public’s experiences through smoother UK border crossings, faster, more convenient passport applications, and technology-assisted policing. The Deputy Director Commercial is a senior leadership role within the Home Office Commercial function, responsible for shaping and delivering high-value commercial outcomes that support critical public services and national priorities. This role is key to support the next phase of the Home Office digital transformation.

You will lead a large, multidisciplinary commercial team (typically 40 colleagues across different locations and specialisms), providing clear direction, developing capability and ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality, efficient and compliant commercial services.

The role works across a diverse portfolio of contracts and programmes. This may include major outsourced services, complex service delivery contracts, professional services, and large-scale operational procurements that directly support frontline delivery. You will be accountable for overseeing significant commercial spend and ensuring suppliers deliver against agreed outcomes.

You will work closely with senior leaders across the Home Office, including policy, operational and finance teams, to ensure commercial strategies are aligned to business priorities. The role also involves direct engagement with key suppliers and partners, as well as collaboration with other government departments to share best practice and drive consistent standards.

A key focus of the role is strengthening how contracts and supplier relationships are managed. You will lead improvements in contract management capability, embed clear and consistent standards across teams, and drive a more structured, strategic approach to working with key suppliers.

This is a fast-paced and high-impact environment. You will be expected to lead through ambiguity, make sound and timely decisions, and identify practical opportunities to improve performance, reduce risk and deliver better value for money.

This role offers the opportunity to influence how major public services are delivered, improving outcomes for citizens while ensuring strong stewardship of public funds.

Locations:
The successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. When selecting your location listed in this job advert please be aware that this will be your contractual base location with a requirement to spend a minimum of 60% of your working time in this organisational workplace.

Your time spent on official duties at workplace locations other than your contractual office such as supplier, customer or partner locations required to perform your role is included in the 60% attendance.

This requirement will however take into consideration any reasonable adjustments agreed upon appointment for people with a disability, flexibilities agreed for those with specific caring responsibilities, or other similar temporary flexibilities.

Person specification

• Provide clear strategic leadership across commercial activity, setting direction and ensuring delivery of high-quality outcomes aligned to organisational priorities.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team (typically 40 staff), building capability, supporting career development and creating an inclusive, high-expectation culture.
• Take overall accountability for a portfolio of complex, high-value contracts and commercial activity, ensuring delivery against agreed performance, cost and quality outcomes.
• Oversee and strengthen supplier relationships, driving improved performance, innovation and long-term value from key delivery partners.
• Act as the senior lead for contract management across the department, providing direction, setting expectations and ensuring a consistent, high-quality approach across both commercial and operational teams.
• Develop and embed a more structured approach to managing strategic suppliers, improving outcomes across delivery, cost control and risk management.
• Build strong, credible relationships with senior stakeholders across policy, operational and finance teams, influencing decisions and ensuring commercial considerations are fully integrated into business planning.
• Engage directly with senior representatives from key suppliers to resolve issues, improve performance and maintain effective, constructive partnerships.
• Ensure robust governance and assurance across all commercial activity, including effective risk management, compliance with relevant regulations and clear, evidence-based decision making.
• Identify and deliver practical improvements to commercial performance, including simplifying processes, improving ways of working and strengthening capability across teams.
• Champion consistent standards, best practice and continuous improvement in contract and supplier management across the organisation.
• Contribute to wider organisational transformation by improving how commercial services are delivered and supporting long-term capability development.

Key Objectives / Experience Required

• Significant experience of leading commercial delivery within complex digital, data and technology environments, with the ability to balance innovation, delivery and value for money.
• Strong understanding of government procurement practices, gained from either a supplier or client perspective
• Proven track record of delivering procurement and contract management activity within a complex and high-profile environment
• Ability to operate with strong judgement, influencing at senior levels and navigating complexity with confidence

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Builds the skills, knowledge and confidence of others through coaching, support and knowledge sharing to improve individual and team performance.
• Proactively identifies and manages risk, balancing potential threats and opportunities to support sound decision making and delivery of objectives.
• Applies strong commercial judgement to deliver value for money, using financial and contractual insight to make informed decisions aligned to organisational priorities.
• Develops and maintains strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders, working across boundaries to achieve shared outcomes and resolve issues constructively.
• Leads end-to-end procurement using the PA23 process, covering planning, market engagement, competition, evaluation and contract award, ensuring value for money and compliance with legal and policy requirements.
• Leads the management of complex contracts and supplier relationships, ensuring delivery against agreed outcomes, performance standards and value for money, while managing risk and driving continuous improvement.

Benefits

As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous benefits, Career Coaches, Mentors, L&D, a Commercial College, active talent management and, most importantly, access to commercial projects that will far exceed the scale and complexity on offer elsewhere in the UK.

For existing Civil Servants: For full details of the impact on any move across the civil service on your existing terms and conditions, please read the candidate pack. Please note that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to continue to claim childcare vouchers.

Kindly refer to the following link for the GCF Rewards and benefits page.

https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gcf-benefits/

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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Your application will be reviewed by a panel and should you be successful at sift we will invite you to attend a Virtual commercial Assessment and Development Centre (VADC). The panel will review results of the VADC and determine which candidates will go through to a subsequent final panel interview. Please note: Only candidates that achieve an A grade at ADC will be invited to interview for this role.

Please be advised that the Virtual ADC is taking place on the 2nd of September 2026 and will require a full day's attendance.

If you are invited to attend a virtual ADC, but for any reason are unable to meet the date outlined then please get in touch with the team on commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible. The ADC is booked and paid for in advance by departments, therefore it is only in certain circumstances we are able to accommodate alternative dates.

For full details of our process, and a likely timeline, please read the attached candidate pack.

Throughout our selection process, we will make decisions about your capability to do the job, based on evidence you provide against the Technical Skills (essential criteria) and your Job History (CV) that you will be asked to provide during the application process. Further help and advice on our application and selection process can be found at this web address https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gcf-how-to-apply/

IMPORTANT: If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your application within 2 working days please contact: commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.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.

Security

Successful 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.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Lynsey Munro
• Email : commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should direct this to the Head of Commercial Resourcing Hub at the following email commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk quoting the vacancy reference number (if applicable) and the details of your complaint. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission via the following web page: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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