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The Commercial Directorate delivers commercial solutions that support DESNZ’s objectives by providing expertise across the Department and its ALBs. This includes shaping and managing a wide range of commercial arrangements ensuring they deliver value for money, support high-quality public services, and align with strategic and policy goals.

The role involves managing the end-to-end procurement process for goods and services, and for supporting cross-functional teams on more complex and strategic procurements by running specific workstreams or undertaking activities such as research, stakeholder engagement, evaluation, eSourcing, etc.

In this role you will work closely and collaboratively with stakeholders, to form and lead cross functional teams to deliver value through the effective management of stakeholders and supplier relationships. You will also have responsibility for all commercial aspects of the spend under management.

Leading the delivery of commercial advice and commercial activity across the full commercial cycle from commercial strategy to contract exit, informed by commercial risks and delivering policy area objectives.

While the job holder is assigned to a procurement role in a specific Business Unit, they will be expected to support other Business Units or to undertake Contract Management responsibilities as required to support fluctuations in workload.

Specialisms/Options

International Net Zero & SICE

These teams lead the Department’s response to the international issue of global climate change and support developing countries in their response to climate change. The focus is on driving climate change mitigation in countries where climate mitigation potential is greatest (e.g. Colombia, Mexico, Viet Nam, South Africa) across key sectors such as energy, urban infrastructure and forests and land use, together with mobilizing private finance and influencing international climate negotiations. There is a focus here on non-standard grant-like agreements with multilateral organisations as well as standard grant applications.

Nuclear:

DESNZ’s Nuclear cluster is at the heart of the Department’s mission to make the UK a Clean Energy superpower by turbo-charging the growth, diversification and resilience of the UK’s Nuclear Sector. Without Nuclear power the UK will not be able to achieve its Clean Energy and Net Zero objectives, making our work critical to the Government’s objectives.

Whether it's the construction of new power stations like Sizewell C to their decommissioning; helping industry innovate new, more efficient fuels to the recycling of nuclear waste or driving forward researching into world-changing technology for Nuclear Fusion there isn’t a part of the nuclear lifecycle DESNZ’s doesn’t support.

Our task in the Nuclear Commercial team is to help enable the public and private sector to collaborate as effectively as possible to make this happen. Stakeholders include those within the Department and the wider network of Partner Organisations, such as the NDA, UKAEA, and STEP. The range of work reflects the diversity of the policy area making Nuclear an exciting, challenging and rewarding place to work.




Net Zero Buildings and Industry

The Net Zero Buildings and Industry team contribute to the UK’s clean heat transition and net zero ambitions. They focus on Heat decarbonisation initiatives, working with Clean Heat directorate, supporting the delivery of complex commercial arrangements and ensuring robust contract and supplier management. The team specialise on the commercial delivery of heat network programmes that are central to the UK’s net zero strategy.




Energy Security

Energy Security encompasses a wider range and diverse set of business areas. These include the UK’s first of a kind Carbon Capture and Storage programme, Energy Affordability, Clean Power supporting the 2030 decarbonisation targets and beyond, Electricity Networks and how these operate and support the electrification of our lives, Renewables for On-shore, Off-shore and floating windfarms, solar, wave, even maintaining support for fossil fuels as well as Analysis Directorate that underpins all the decisions we make

Hydrogen:

We support the Hydrogen and Industrial Carbon Capture Directorate develop of low carbon hydrogen solutions necessary to achieving net zero by 2050, helping to decarbonise vital UK industrial sectors and the long-term competitiveness of the UK.

The role is to support the Commercial team and the policy team in design and implementation investable business models needed to support the deployment of low carbon hydrogen production, hydrogen storage projects, Hydrogen Transport and Hydrogen Power These are all essential to meeting net zero ambitions and supporting UK industrial competitiveness. This includes detailed design of the overall scheme, contract design and legislation to bring the models into force

Applications will be sifted on CV and Personal Statement.

In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the personal statement only.

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

The interview will consist of behaviour and technical questions.

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

A reserve list of candidates may be kept for up to 12 months.

Further Information

Reasonable Adjustment

We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.

Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DESNZ Candidate Guidance. A DESNZ Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.

We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.

Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Any move to the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).

DESNZ cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DESNZ holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

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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