Project director Work, Jobs in Glasgow G21 (with Salaries)

Deputy Director for Commercial Operations (Strategy, Architecture, Standards and Data)
Government Commercial Function —Glasgow
- £101,000 - £131,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
1d
Executive Assistant to Director
Kirkie Stores —Kirkintilloch
- £32,000 - £36,000 a year
- Full-time
- Google Suite
- Research
- Microsoft Office
Quick apply
7d
Lead Project Manager
SSE —Glasgow
- £68,100 - £102,100 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Contracts
- Construction experience
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
8d
Tech Director, CTO Office
Chemify Ltd —Glasgow
- Machine learning
- Software development
- Agile
Quick apply
PMO Project Director - Energy & Natural Resource
Turner & Townsend —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Management
- Continuous improvement
- Mentoring
Quick apply
Project Coordinator (Post Production)
Voquent —Glasgow
- £26,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- CRM software
- Organisational skills
- Typing
- Annual leave
Senior Internal Communications Manager
Gallagher —Glasgow
- Full-time
Project Manager (Environment)
WSP —Glasgow
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Mentoring
- Contracts
- Budgeting
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Project Administrator
Highview —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Risk Technology Frameworks Lead - Executive Director
JPMorganChase —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Financial services
- Leadership
- Communication skills
Associate Project Manager
AtkinsRéalis —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Travel
- Mentoring
Engineering Director
Zenith Plasma Technologies Ltd. —Glasgow
- £85,000 - £115,000 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Project management
- Bachelor's degree
Quick apply
10d
Project Manager
Omexom UK —Scotland
- PMP
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
8d
Senior Engagement Consultant (Scotland)
WSP —Glasgow
- Writing skills
- Mentoring
Associate/Associate Director Town Planner
AtkinsRéalis —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Team management
- Mentoring
Manager of Virus Clearance Services UK
Sartorius —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Doctoral degree
- Master's degree
- Free parking
- Annual leave
High Potential Talent Development & Assessment Manager (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
Barclays —Glasgow
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Project management
- Mentoring
Project Manager
Buzzworks Holdings —Kilmarnock
- Full-time
- Hospitality
- Contracts
- Construction experience
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Regional Underwriting Manager
AXA UK —Glasgow
- From £100,000 a year
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
Associate Risk Manager / Project Director
AECOM —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Bachelor's degree
- Mentoring

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Deputy Director for Commercial Operations (Strategy, Architecture, Standards and Data)

Government Commercial Function -
Glasgow

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£101,000 - £131,000 a year
1 day ago

Benefits

Company pension

Qualifications

Coaching
Internal department liaison
Enterprise architecture
Change management
Presentation skills
Continuous improvement
Continuous improvement cycles oversight
Team management
Risk management
Mentoring
Change leadership
Analytics

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Details

Reference number

477810

Salary

£101,000 - £131,000

GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 20% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.

GBP

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 1

Commercial Specialist

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

Cabinet Office Government Commercial Function Strategy Assurance and Standards Team

Type of role

Commercial

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

Number of jobs available

Location
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Benefits
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Location

Assignment Location:
London
York
Norwich
Glasgow (G2 8HS)

If found successful, you will be offered one of the above locations as your base office. You will be required to work from this specific office on a hybrid basis (i.e. 60% of your time office based), therefore you must consider if any of the above locations are within a reasonable travelling distance before applying. You will be asked to confirm your preferred base location/s at application and interview stages.

Occasional travel is required for in-person meetings and Away Days

Working Pattern: As this role is deployed to GCF - SAS, we defer to their local location strategy and operational demands. Office attendance and hybrid working patterns will be aligned with the host departments specific requirements.

Relocation costs will not be reimbursed.

About the job

Job summary

As the Deputy Director for Commercial Operations (Strategy, Architecture, Standards and Data), you will be the strategic anchor for the central Commercial Strategy, Standards, and Data team. You will support the Director for the Strategy, Assurance and Standards directorate (SAS) to lead the vision for the Strategy, Assurance, and Standards directorate, acting as an ambassador for the centre during a period of significant organisational change.

You will be responsible for driving the agreed operating model, ensuring that our approach to continuous improvement is systemic rather than transactional.

By providing high-level direction (acting as the intelligent client function) and owning critical decisions, you empower your Grade 6 leads to focus on deep-level delivery within their respective portfolios. You will provide a key filteration role, in doing so you will protect the team, provide clarity, manage pressure, and foster trust.

Job description

The DD for Commercial Strategy, Standards and Data will report directly to the Director for the Strategy, Assurance and Standards team (SCS2/Senior Commercial Specialist) and will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

The Commercial Strategy, Standards and Data team comprises 11 FTE.

You will act as the vital conduit between the G6 portfolio leads and the SAS Director, ensuring that our work on Commercial Standards, Strategy and Governance, and Digital and Data innovation is cohesive, aligned with ministerial priorities, and effectively integrated with the evolving Government Commercial Agency (GCA) and Government Commercial and Grants (GC&G) Group landscape.

Furthermore, you will provide strategic leadership and support to the devolved nations, ensuring our commercial standards and frameworks remain robust within the context of HMT RESET, evolving commercial controls, increased delegations, and the implementation of revised controls testing and assurance processes.

You will be responsible for defining and driving the strategic direction of the Government Commercial Function Strategy (2026-29) ensuring its alignment with the vision to Create Value for the Nation

The role will provide senior leadership in the governance of the function, translating the functional business plan into tangible outcomes across People, Digital, and Growth and ensuring that the Function is working in tandem with the other professions and functions across HMG.

A core requirement of the role is to act as the senior owner of commercial standards (GovS 008) and the Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework (CCIAF), driving their adoption across Central Government and Arms Length Bodies.

This ownership integrates the principles of these standards into the Controls reform work, ensuring the commercial function can effectively: build capability, challenge best practice, and rigorously assess organisational performance and functional maturity.

Furthermore, you serve as the Intelligent Client Function for commercial data, overseeing the performance metrics and analytical systems that provide a source of truth. This enables you to provide authoritative advice to the Government Chief Commercial Officer (GCCO) and hold departments to account for value for money and continuous performance improvement working in conjunction with the GCA on delivery/prioritisation and business case development.

Locations:
The successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. When selecting your location listed in this job advert please be aware that this will be your contractual base location with a requirement to spend a minimum of 60% of your working time in this organisational workplace.

Your time spent on official duties at workplace locations other than your contractual office such as supplier, customer or partner locations required to perform your role is included in the 60% attendance.

This requirement will however take into consideration any reasonable adjustments agreed upon appointment for people with a disability, flexibilities agreed for those with specific caring responsibilities, or other similar temporary flexibilities.

Person specification

Be amongst the most senior members of the Government Commercial Function and play a role in the broader commercial reform programme led by the Government Chief Commercial Officer;
Play a key leadership and change management role in developing a strong commercial function for the GCF SAS and across government.

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Enterprise risk management experience using the 3-lines-of-defence model, with proven knowledge of third-party supply chain and commercial risk practices aligned with the HMT Orange Book.
Proven "Intelligent Client Function" for commercial data to advise the GCCO. Uses data insights to reduce risks, drive up standards and adoption, and deliver positive outcomes.
Demonstrates commercial acumen with a track record delivering HMG multi-year strategies, enterprise architecture frameworks, and risk governance. Skilled in PCR2015/Procurement Act 2023 and leading GMPP/MPLA delivery.
Drives GovS 008 and CCIAF adoption to build maturity while mentoring teams & fostering inclusive culture. Proven leader of high-tempo Private Office units and complex redesigns, maintaining delivery momentum under pressure.
Proven ability to act as the central voice, effectively communicating team value and positioning strategic vision to senior stakeholders, including Ministers and Permanent Secretaries.
Proven ability to shape and drive strategic direction for the Government Commercial Function Strategy (2026-29), converting business plans into measurable outcomes across core priority areas

Benefits

As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous benefits, Career Coaches, Mentors, L&D, a Commercial College, active talent management and, most importantly, access to commercial projects that will far exceed the scale and complexity on offer elsewhere in the UK.

For existing Civil Servants: For full details of the impact on any move across the civil service on your existing terms and conditions, please read the candidate pack. Please note that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to continue to claim childcare vouchers.

Kindly refer to the following link for the GCF Rewards and benefits page.

https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gcf-benefits/

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Your application will be reviewed by a panel and should you be successful at sift we will invite you to attend a Virtual commercial Assessment and Development Centre (VADC). The panel will review results of the VADC and determine which candidates will go through to a subsequent final panel interview. Please note: Only candidates that achieve an A grade at ADC will be invited to interview for this role.

Please be advised that the Virtual ADC is taking place on the 24th of September 2026 and will require a full day's attendance.

If you are invited to attend a virtual ADC, but for any reason are unable to meet the date outlined then please get in touch with the team on [email protected] as soon as possible. The ADC is booked and paid for in advance by departments, therefore it is only in certain circumstances we are able to accommodate alternative dates.

For full details of our process, and a likely timeline, please read the attached candidate pack.

Throughout our selection process, we will make decisions about your capability to do the job, based on evidence you provide against the Technical Skills (essential criteria) and your Job History (CV) that you will be asked to provide during the application process. Further help and advice on our application and selection process can be found at this web address https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gcf-how-to-apply/

IMPORTANT: If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your application within 2 working days please contact: [email protected]

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Lynsey Munro
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should direct this to the Head of Commercial Resourcing Hub at the following email [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number (if applicable) and the details of your complaint. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission via the following web page: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/

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