Guidance
Commercial Policy - Associate Commercial Specialist
Published 8 July 2024
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Job Pillar 搁辞濒别听颁辞尘辫辞苍别苍迟 |
STRATEGY AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT Commercial Policy |
| Commercial Professional Level |
Associate Commercial Specialist (Grade 6 equivalent) |
| Role Summary | In this role you will promote the delivery of commercial excellence for your department by contributing to the shaping of organisational and ministerial policies from a commercial perspective. You will be expected to lead in designing, developing and implementing government and department commercial policy and oversee operational management reviews, risk management and independent audits in order to ensure that all appropriate controls are in place to ensure high quality delivery. You will lead a team, building their confidence and commercial capability to drive performance and manage setbacks. The role will also require you to use your commercial expertise to identify opportunities for improvement and implement these changes at a local level by working with affected parties to identify and overcome challenges. |
| Key Responsibilities | Typically, the key responsibilities in this role will include (but are not limited to): 鈼徛燤anaging, inputting, assessing and shaping department and ministerial policies from a commercial perspective and challenging risk averse behaviours where appropriate 鈼徛燗pplying a strong understanding of the difference between guidance, policy and legislation to ensure delivery teams understand their risks and opportunities and can successfully operate within the agreed 鈼徛營mplementing government commercial policy and articulating relevant requirements to stakeholders 鈼徛燱orking with senior internal stakeholders from across the business to support the shaping and implementation of organisational and ministerial policies 鈼徛營dentifying security requirements particularly in relation to general data protection regulation (GDPR) and data off-shoring 鈼徛燙ombining market specific data analysis with big picture considerations in order to advise on future market changes 鈼徛燛xpertly applying a detailed understanding of the relevant procurement and contract management regulations and guidance when shaping and implementing policy 鈼徛燛mbedding Intellectual Property Rights when implementing commercial policies 鈼徛燤anaging the implementation and embedding of new policies, guidance and legislation across multifunctional teams 鈼徛燬ecuring and acting on insight into customers, citizens, services, communities and markets relating to a policy |
| Essential Criteria |
Strategy and Policy Development: 鈼徛燞as practical experience in implementing government and department commercial policies across a range of different delivery models 鈼徛燞as expertise in the development and implementation of business unit strategies through supply chain management and has the ability to challenge risk averse behaviours where appropriate 鈼徛燞as experience in developing resource and implementation plans in line with policy objectives and has the ability to expertly apply procurement rules Commercial Focus: 鈼徛燞as a strong practical understanding of market and commercial drivers as well as contract law 鈼徛燚emonstrates the ability to draw conclusions from a wide range of complex data from different sources 鈼徛燞as a practical understanding of the concept of 鈥榲alue for money鈥� and can articulate what a successful return on investment looks like for a particular project/programme Risk and Assurance Management: 鈼徛燚emonstrates the ability to take calculated risks in an area of responsibility in order to implement efficient and innovative solutions 鈼徛燚emonstrates the ability to conduct analysis of options, risks and margins of error to provide assurance on decisions and manage subsequent trade-offs Commercial Ethics: 鈼徛燗bility to influence stakeholders to take active steps to eliminate corruption, fraud and unethical behaviour in supply chains, taking appropriate actions in the event of any alleged breach of standards Team Management: 鈼徛燚emonstrates the ability to manage a team, understands their commercial capability and where they have development gaps and can build their confidence to deal with setbacks 鈼徛燞as an understanding of the cumulative impact of implementing change in their business area to include: culture, structure, service and morale Build Relationships: 鈼徛燚emonstrates strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to show resilience in interactions with suppliers in order to defend the department鈥檚 position 鈼徛燚emonstrates the ability to present technical issues to senior stakeholders in order to help them arrive at decisions by acting in an advisory capacity |
| Civil Service Behaviours | Ability to show examples across all of the following behaviours for level 4 of the : Managing a Quality Service: 鈼徛燚emonstrate positive customer service by understanding the complexity and diversity of customer needs and expectations. Deliver a high quality, efficient and cost effective service by considering a broad range of methods for delivery. Ensure full consideration of new technologies, accessibility and costings. Make clear, practical and manageable plans for service delivery. Ensure adherence to legal, regulatory and security requirements in service delivery. Proactively manage risks and identify solutions. Establish how the business area compares to industry best practice. Create regular opportunities for colleagues, stakeholders, delivery partners and customers to help improve the quality of service Delivering at Pace: 鈼徛燛nsure everyone clearly understands and owns their roles, responsibilities and business priorities. Give honest, motivating and enthusiastic messages about priorities, objectives and expectations to get the best out of people. Comply with legal, regulatory and security requirements in service delivery. Set out clear processes and standards for managing performance at all levels. Ensure delivery of timely quality outcomes, through providing the right resources to do the job, reviewing and adjusting performance expectations and rewarding success. Maintain own levels of performance in challenging circumstances and encourage others to do the same Developing Self and Others: 鈼徛燩rioritise and role-model continuous self-learning and development. Identify areas individuals and teams need to develop in order to achieve future objectives. Support colleagues to take responsibility for their own learning and development. Ensure that development opportunities are available for all individuals regardless of their background or desire to achieve promotion. Ensure individuals take full advantage of learning and development opportunities available to them, including workplace based learning. Encourage discussions within and between teams to learn from each other鈥檚 experiences and change organisational plans and processes accordingly Leadership: 鈼徛燩romote diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity, respecting difference and external experience. Welcome and respond to views and challenges from others, despite any conflicting pressures to ignore or give in to them. Stand by, promote or defend own and team鈥檚 actions and decisions where needed. Seek out shared interests beyond own area of responsibility, understanding the extent of the impact actions have on the organisation. Inspire and motivate teams to be fully engaged in their work and dedicated to their role |
| Department Context | To enhance the generic commercial role profile, additional information can be added by a department to outline the specific nature of the role. This may include: 鈼徛燗n additional short paragraph in the role summary 鈼徛燗dditional key responsibilities based on the department context 鈼徛燘espoke essential skills/experience required for the role |