Government Commercial Function
Commercial Lead - Estates
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Department for Work and Pensions
Role Title: Commercial Lead - Estates
Location: Glasgow, Sheffield, Leeds, Blackpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Cardiff
Salary: £74,340 - £81,774
The Estates Commercial Directorate procures services to help maintain the DWP Estates infrastructure. It delivers and manages contracts in a range of areas including Facilities Management (FM), Security, Furniture, Integrator services, Landlord and Lease Management (LLM), Property Legal Services, Projects and Professional Services. It is a lively team due to the large DWP Estate of circa 800 properties which include Job Centres and Health Assessment Centres and as a result, the contracts we let are specialised to accommodate the needs of every customer that visits one of our sites and all our staff while achieving value for money for the department.
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You will:
- Motivate and manage a professional commercial team to deliver corporate outcomes and to ensure continuous improvement.
- Contribute to developing Estate’s strategies to identify optimal delivery solutions, identification and delivery of savings initiatives and innovation opportunities.
- Act as a source of expert market knowledge, insight and advice to policy and operational teams in the Estates category area.
- Contribute to project scrutiny, commercial governance and approval boards as required.
- Lead on procurements that conform to Departmental procurement procedures, and which comply fully with PCR 2015 and PA23, Departmental commercial policy, and assurance processes.
- Lead on to implement robust contract and supplier management processes and strategies, including the strategy for smooth transition from the existing to future contractual arrangements.
- Provide expert advice on commercial risk management and deliver mitigation plans / strategies to manage identified risks at corporate level.
- Represent the Commercial team at senior meetings across DWP, across wider Government department meetings including Crown Commercial Service, and externally at industry events to remain current with industry Best Practice and Public Procurement Policy.
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Closing date: Sunday 27th September 2026
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