Senior Commercial Officer

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Senior Commercial Officer - Inside IR35 for a 12 month contract working on a Hybrid basis (1/2 days per week in Manchester or Blackpool office and remaining WFH) The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives. Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to: Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer. Role purpose: Provide commercial delivery support to the Working Age Service digital and AI Category across a number of key programmes, including Universal Credit, Jobs and Careers Service and AI. The main duties and responsibilities of the Senior Commercial Officer would be: Management of pipeline of commercial contracts Ongoing management of live contracts, including supplier performance, change control, and identifying opportunities for added value. Design and execution of sourcing strategies Supplier engagement / market research for specific projects Delivery of commercial governance document for individual procurements Engage with DWP stakeholder business delivery teams to gather requirements, support needs and build relationships to enable successful procurements to take place Engage with wider stakeholders across the business areas including finance, legal, and digital colleagues. Brief internal CD and wider business stakeholders on commercial activities providing key updates / seeking assurance or decisions to progress. Running of end-end procurements in line with legislation Supporting the business in drafting of Statement of Works and providing commercial assurance of these. Identification, realisation and management of commercial savings against organisational targets Essential: Experience in running end to end public sector procurements. Strong knowledge / experience of PA23 and PCR 2015 Experience of utilising CCS Technology framework e.g. DOS6, GCloud and Tech Services 4. Desirable: Experience of Atamis sourcing system Experience of procuring AI goods and services