Homes England
Commercial Officer
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Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS1 4AP : Manchester, North West England, M1 6EU : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ
Job Summary
Job purpose
The job purpose is to support the Commercial Team in providing a proactive, professional procurement service to Homes England to support its objectives. These activities include procurement of works, goods and services.
Job Description
Key accountabilities and responsibilities
The Commercial Officer Will Be Responsible For:
- Delivering transactional and tactical procurements
- Ensuring timely publication of contract notices on FTS and Contracts Finder
- Supporting joint procurements with other authorities
- Providing admin and project management support
- Providing access to Procontract or its equivalent to users and manage user queries
- Ensuring compliance with procurement policies, delegations, approval processes within Homes England and across Government
- Contributing to the provision of advice on Spend Controls (when applicable), delegations and approval processes in respect of procurements and disposal decisions
- Supporting the training of Agency wide users of the e-tendering portal or its equivalent to make the best use of the system.
- Managing the sign-up process for other public sector bodies that wish to use Homes England frameworks and enable them to access relevant information and systems. Provide a high-quality customer service to the Agency’s staff, suppliers and OPSB on the use of Homes England’s e-tendering portal, providing prompt and expert answers to questions around procurement of services
- Responding to queries promptly and professionally to provide support to internal and external users of agency frameworks, and to any enquiries from suppliers on the frameworks. Undertake periodic analysis of recurring themes to support continuous improvement of frameworks and service delivery.
- Providing support to supplier relationship management activities to ensure suppliers are able to participate actively and build a positive working relationship with various teams in Homes England. Coordinate the delivery of bilateral meetings with designated suppliers on an annual basis and arrange ‘all framework’ meetings to be held once every 6 months for designated frameworks.
- Preparing quarterly reports on the use of the Agency’s frameworks to support more effective management of suppliers and to inform future ways of working. Prepare clear advice and recommendations to senior management.
- Supporting and undertaking compliance monitoring activities such as contract transparency, compliance, fraud analysis, disaggregation etc. and produce reports of such activities.
- Ensuring the contract register is up to date with newly signed contracts, with contract extensions and variations and with information on the supplier’s performance
- Updating the cost savings tracker with newly identified saving opportunities and with delivered cashable and non cashable savings
Homes England Employees are expected to be flexible in undertaking duties and responsibilities commensurate with the general character of the role and level of responsibility.
Person specification
Key Skills, Knowledge And Experience
- Procurement professional with experience in public procurement is desirable
- A relevant professional qualification is desirable (MCIPS or equivalent or willing/currently working towards)
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office IT products including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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Collaboration and Ambition - working effectively with colleagues across the Agency and external partners to deliver value for money and excellence in procurement.
Risk Management - Proactive in highlighting commercial risks, clarifying them to stakeholders and ensuring they are mitigated where possible.
Benefits
Homes England Is An Executive Non-departmental Public Body With Its Own Terms And Conditions, Benefits And Pension Scheme. We Are a Government Agency Working In Partnership With The Private Sector And Want To Employ And Retain Great People. In Return We Offer a Range Of Excellent Benefits, Some Of The Key Benefits Include:
- Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
- Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
- Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
- Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
- We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
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Selection process details
To apply please follow the links to our careers page.
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.
Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.
Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.
Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
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Homes England Is Committed To Protecting The Privacy And Security Of Your Personal Data. For Further Information Please Refer To Our Privacy Notice Which Can Be Viewed Here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter
Nationality Requirements
Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Further information
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
Name: Recruitment Team
Email: recruitmentinfo@homesengland.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.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
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)
- 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
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
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.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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 a 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 : RecruitmentInfo@homes
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