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Associate Commercial Practitioner

Government Commercial Agency -
Birmingham

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£37,845 - £42,007 a year
11 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Work from home

Qualifications

Contract management
Procurement
Presentation skills

Full job description

Details

Reference number

468573

Salary

£37,845 - £42,007

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Band 3

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Commercial

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location

Birmingham, Liverpool, Newport (Gwent), Norwich

About the job

Job summary

Job Title: Associate Commercial Practitioner

Band: 3

Salary: £37,845 - £42,007

Location: Birmingham/Newport/Norwich/Liverpool

Contract Type: Permanent / Temporary (depending on role specifics)

Hours: Full Time/Compressed

Closing Date: 09/07/26

Interview Date(s): WC 27th July (subject to change)

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Advance your career at the UKs largest public procurement organisation, where youll create market-leading commercial agreements that shape how the public sector buys goods and services.

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Category teams in a pivotal support role. You will be instrumental in the end-to-end delivery of Commercial Agreements and the management of vital customer and supplier relationships.

Current Vacancies:

Consultancy and Audit (1 permanent post)

The Consultancy and Audit team helps public sector clients access expert professional advice and support services. In this role, you will assist with the setup and launch of new commercial agreements, coordinate with internal and external partners, and help manage ongoing supplier relationships. You will also handle routine customer inquiries, maintain accurate team records, and review data to help track performance and identify new opportunities for growth.

Networks, Mobile and Space Technologies (1 permanent post)

The Networks, Mobile and Space team helps all Government sectors access next generation "connectivity" technologies that enable the UK public sector to stay connected whilst enabling growth, and delivering key services to the public. In this role, you will support the setup and launch of new commercial agreements, help customers with their agreement-related queries, and also be involved in Strategic supplier relationship management and KPI reporting. The role will also require Supplier compliance auditing, and involvement in setting up Catalogues and auditing service offers. You will also maintain accurate team records, and review data to help track performance and identify new opportunities for growth.

Note: These are the roles currently available; however, a reserve list will be maintained to fill any upcoming vacancies across our different categories as they arise.

Job description

Join our elite team of procurement professionals managing over £34bn in public sector spend. Across fifteen specialist teams and three core categories, we provide expert guidance and a supportive environment dedicated to delivering value for the nation.

Our Categories:

Corporate Solutions: Empowering the public sector through expert consultancy, legal advice, and comprehensive workforce solutionsfrom recruitment to professional development.
Estates: Driving a greener, more sustainable future. Our experts ensure estates requirements are met cost-effectively and compliantly, aligning with critical net-zero and social value targets.
Technology: Accelerating digital transformation. We bridge the gap between market innovation and customer needs, ensuring the public sector accesses cutting-edge technology efficiently.

We support government projects and programmes of national UK significance - helping the public sector to build back better.

Our Commercial Team is transforming to become even more flexible. Candidates should be aware that there will be opportunities to flex into other category areas as required, either to meet business needs and/or for staff development.

Key Accountabilities:

Agreement Support including support for contract variations, novations, extensions and agreement maintenance (including expiry activity), overdue management information and aged debt chasers, plus support for various digital platforms and system tool demonstrations
Stakeholder Management including triage/resolution of customer/supplier queries; monitoring and management of team mail inboxes and triage of complaints
Supplier Relationship Management including supplier onboarding at framework launch (and as part of ongoing delivery of Dynamic Purchasing Systems); support for key subcontractor changes
Compliance Activities - take ownership of supplier assurance liaising with teams across GCA including Finance, Commercial Finance, Supplier Management Unit, and Customer Service Centre to support Commercial Practitioners with agreement management to ensure supplier financial and framework specific due diligence is maintained
Supporting the development of new/renewed commercial agreements including supporting development of the necessary documentation to required quality and on time.
Supporting delivery of growth, attracting new customers, driving customer retention and providing enhanced value for money by working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders
Marketing and Communications including support for marketing activity (e.g. webinars, planning customer knowledge share forums, developing case studies) and support for maintaining Website documents and improving content to support the customer and supplier journey
Routine travel to GCA offices

Person specification

Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):

Be able to demonstrate a good understanding of procurement and/or contract management with the ability to analyse and communicate data to assist commercial decisions
An ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships within a commercial environment.
Experience in the collation, management, analysis and presentation of information/data.
Proven ability to prioritise workload and work at a pace to meet deadlines. Well organised, able to work independently as well as part of a team.
Proactive approach to developing solutions in order to deliver operational and commercial efficiencies and more effective ways of working.

Behaviours

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

Working Together
Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace
Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

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

Contract and supplier management

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,845, Government Commercial Agency contributes £10,963 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Valuing our people:

Competitive salary
Generous pension scheme
A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

Want to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in our candidate pack.

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 D&I Strategy.

We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact [email protected]

Working flexibly, delivering outcomes

GCA operates a smarter working model that balances flexibility with collaboration. Successful candidates are expected to spend at least 26 days per quarter (approximately 2 days per week, pro-rata) at their contracted office, another GCA site, or off-site for meetings. For the remainder of the time, you may work from home or another suitable location that meets business needs.

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 Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Selection Process

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact [email protected].

Please note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.

#GCAIND

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

Security

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

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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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Recruitment team
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles details of which can be found at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact [email protected] in the first instance.
If you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at [email protected]

https://www.gca.gov.uk/careers-with-gca

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