Government Commercial Function
Commercial Assurance Lead
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Department for Transport (DfT)
Role Title: Commercial Assurance Lead x2
Location: Birmingham, Leeds, Swansea, Hastings
Salary: £74,340 - £81,774
The Department for Transport (DfT) works with our Agencies, Arm’s Length Bodies, and partners to support the transport network that helps the UK’s businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move.
This Commercial Assurance Lead role presents a fantastic opportunity for a commercial professional to engage and influence, through commercial assurance, commercial arrangements for the nation’s major transport infrastructure projects.
The role sits within the Group Commercial Directorate, specifically in the Commercial Lifecycle Assurance, Supply Chain and Category Management (ASCCM) team, and is a fantastic opportunity to become involved with our major projects and supply chains and to help ensure delivery of effective commercial strategies in support of UK growth.
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We have two posts available. One is a permanent post and the second is a fixed term appointment until April 2027 for maternity cover.
The successful candidate will:
- Lead and support the delivery of commercial assurance of a portfolio of Projects across the DfT Group, including its Arm’s Length Bodies and Agencies
- Identify commercial risks and present solutions to key stakeholders
- Engage with and influence senior commercial leaders on approaches to development, implementation, and management of complex commercial arrangements and risks across the Department and with wider Government
- Manage the interface between Projects and the Department for Transport’s Commercial Assurance Board, including providing assurance briefings to the Board, and managing the outcomes of the Board’s decisions
- Constructively challenge commercial approaches at Governance Boards
- Maintain a forward look of the commercial assurance pipeline
- Capture and share lessons learned across the commercial community
- Review complex, high value business cases as part of the Commercial Centre of Excellence function, and to provide briefings to the Commercial Director and Investment Committees prior to endorsement decisions
- Ensure alignment between progressive assurance and Commercial Assurance Board (CAB) reviews
- Provide reports on assurance activity and commercial considerations for each project
- Maintain a tracker for each assurance project to produce a formal review and approval stages history
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Please submit an application via Civil Service Jobs. A detailed candidate pack is also available. Closing date is before 11:55 pm on Monday 31st August 2026
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