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On behalf of The Home Office, we are looking for a Commercial Contracts Manager (SEO) - Inside IR35 for an 8 month contract working on a Hybrid basis (2/3 days per week in London Stratford or Bristol office and remaining WFH)

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.

Role purpise:

To provide Commercial support across the ESMCP contract management portfolio within Commercial workstream. This workstream requires commercial support to be able to effectively deliver and manage contracts.

PLEASE NOTE:

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.

The main duties and responsibilities of the Commercial Contracts Manager would be: 

• Contributing and documenting commercial strategy.
• Supporting governance
• Working independently with business stakeholders from across the programme.
• Day-to-day contract management – managing milestones, changes, supplier deliverables
• Support Billing processes
• Support the production and delivery of Contract Management Plans
• Build and maintain relationships with key internal and external partners to ensure that plans are on track, commercial risks are identified, and mitigations agreed.
• Support your team to deliver contract management activities
• Work with business colleagues and external suppliers to ensure that contracts are closely supervised

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in end to end contract management, including oversight of contract milestones, supplier deliverables, contract changes and issue resolution (including gold, silver and bronze contracts)
• Proven capability in developing and documenting commercial strategies within complex programme environments.
• Strong understanding of public sector commercial frameworks and regulations, including procurement rules, governance requirements and assurance processes.
• Experience in Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), with the ability to manage and monitor gold, silver and bronze supplier tiers, ensuring performance, value delivery and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work independently with cross programme stakeholders, providing commercial insight, guidance and challenge where required.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including supporting billing processes, validating commercial inputs and ensuring accurate financial tracking across contracts.
• Ability to build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external partners, identifying commercial risks early and agreeing effective mitigations and contract management plans.

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".