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On behalf of The Department for Transport, we are looking for a Commercial Assurance Lead (Inside IR35) for a contract until May 2026 based 3 days a week in London, Birmingham, Leeds ,Swansea or Hastings.

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As a Commercial Assurance Lead, your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead and support commercial assurance across a diverse portfolio of projects within the DfT Group, including Arm’s Length Bodies and Agencies, ensuring alignment with departmental objectives.
• Identify and mitigate commercial risks, presenting actionable solutions to senior stakeholders to support informed decision-making.
• Influence senior commercial leaders on the development and management of complex commercial strategies and risk frameworks across the Department and wider Government.
• Manage the interface with the Commercial Assurance Board, including preparing assurance briefings, coordinating reviews, and tracking outcomes of Board decisions.
• Review and challenge high-value business cases as part of the Commercial Centre of Excellence, providing strategic briefings to the Commercial Director and Investment Committees.
• Maintain oversight of assurance activities, including tracking project pipelines, aligning progressive assurance with CAB reviews, and capturing lessons learned to enhance commercial capability.

Essential:

• Demonstrated leadership in complex commercial activities, with end-to-end experience across the commercial lifecycle, including strategy development and delivery of high-value, high-risk procurements.
• Strong analytical capability to assess commercial risks, understand margins of error, and develop well-informed recommendations for customers and senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders, manage multiple priorities under pressure, and apply deep commercial insight to shape and manage complex commercial arrangements

Desirable:

• CIPS
• Public sector experience
• 5 case model/Green Book

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DfT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DfT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".