AMS PSR

On behalf of The Home Office, we are looking for a Commercial Audit, Assurance and Risk Lead (Inside IR35) for a 6 month hybrid contract based in Croydon, Liverpool, Manchester or Sheffield.

The first duty of Government is to protect the public. Since 1782, the Home Office has led work to keep the country safe from those who seek to do it harm; in doing so, we make a vital contribution to HM Government’s plan for a stronger, fairer, outward-looking and united Britain.

The Home Office covers three systems Homeland Security, Public Safety and Borders, and Immigration and Citizenship. These systems work collaboratively to deliver our cross-cutting priorities, whilst providing increasingly efficient and secure services for the public. These are difficult areas that can rapidly change in the global environment we work in – this makes us one of the most exciting and stimulating government departments in which to work.

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

• Risk training and sharing best practice across Commercial (and stakeholders as appropriate).
• Partnering commercial customers to support proactive risk identification, effective articulation of risks, and support to create mitigation plans and robust monitoring.
• Responsible for reporting on themes, trends and escalation of risks.
• Collaborate with other parts of the team to identify, and manage shared opportunities – for example, how open audit actions manifest as risks, or thematic risks present opportunities to revise process or policy.

Essential:

• Sound knowledge and application of Commercial Policy, ensuring procurement activities are conducted in line with governance requirements, regulatory frameworks, and best practice procurement standards.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and engaging suppliers and senior stakeholders.
• Strong Risk Management capability, with experience identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring commercial, contractual, and operational risks throughout the procurement and contract lifecycle.
• SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Desirable:

• Formal risk management qualification (e.g., APM Risk Management Certificate, Management of Risk (MoR), PMI-RMP, PRINCE2 Risk, or equivalent), with the ability to apply structured risk management methodologies within procurement, commercial, and project environments.

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, the Home Office 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

The Home Office 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".