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IT Commercial Specialist- (Inside IR35) Contract Term: 11 Months Contracting Authority: The Home Office Location: Hybrid – London, Croydon – (2 days attendance will be required) 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. Please Note: Due to the urgent need to fulfil this role, the successful candidate must have active SC Clearance at the point of application You will be required to provide details of your Security Clearance at the point of application for this role. You will need to provide details of the following:

• Who holds your SC Clearance?


• Clearance expiry date?

As an IT Commercial Specialist your main responsibilities would be:

• Adhere to the hybrid working policy which states that a worker should be office based at least 40% of the working week. In addition, this role requires close working relationships with stakeholders and suppliers so visit to other HO locations (London, Croydon, SoapWorks, and other locations as required) maybe required as well as attendance at directorate and Team level events.

The role's main benefit is to:

• Lead on DDaT Networks and Infrastructure and end-to-end delivery of critical procurements as well as working to support savings initiatives and development and embedding of the category management strategy


• Support CCS with the development of MOU’s providing HO requirements and support as required


• Develop robust and coherent strategy for potential migration from G-Cloud to Cloud Compute 2 for Public Cloud Hyperscale clearly articulating the benefits and risks with input from specialist functions (legal and finance) for senior commercial review and sign off


• Develop complex project plans taking into consideration various contractual end dates and spend approvals and overlay with procurement activity needed


• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders such as legal, N&I, finance, CCS and other Gov departments to develop a clear understanding of risks and benefits


• Support the approvals process including CAB, DDaT spend controls and Cabinet Office spend controls


• Undertake the procurement activity keeping a robust audit of all decisions made


• Gain a deep understanding of the invoicing and supplier payment process for Public Cloud contracts and consider if improvements can be made


• Development of Contract Management Plan which considers contract management throughout the entire lifecycle, to include, clear governance, the resources required, training needs and spend monitoring

Skills or knowledge required:

• An expert in managing major and complex IT contracts and ensuring the best value is obtained.


• Full understanding of public sector procurement, and Procurement Regulations.Full knowledge of CCS Frameworks and methods of accessing those Frameworks.

Qualifications and Experience required:

• Experience in managing high value, technical ICT procurements


• The ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, bring together people and views to inform decision making, and be willing to support work that isn't part of your core role


• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical people

Essential:

• SC Clearance


• Experience of Procurement regulations


• CCS Frameworks experience


• Experience of complex, high value procurement


• Cloud hosting procurement experience


• Public Sector experience


• Experience of JAGGAER

Desirable:

• MCIPS

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

If you consider yourself to have a disability or if you are a veteran, and you meet the essential criteria for the role, PSR provides a ‘Guaranteed Interview’ scheme whereby you will have the opportunity to discuss this role and your suitability with a member of our PSR Sourcing team.

If you qualify, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk and we will be in touch.

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