Commercial Practitioner

Posting date:	28 February 2025
Salary:	£42,614 to £45,081 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	18 March 2025
Location:	Blackpool
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	393911/2

Summary

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) touches the lives of everyone in the UK in some shape or form, delivering services and support to help people find work, assist with a disability or provide support through their retirement. As a key part of DWP, the Commercial Directorate (CD) shapes how services are delivered across their 3rd party contractual arrangements.

CD Estates Category procure works / services to help maintain the DWP’s Estate infrastructure. It delivers and manages contracts in a range of areas including Facilities Management (FM), Security, Furniture, Integrator services, Landlord and Lease Management (LLM), Property Legal Services, Construction Projects and Professional Services. The Estate is comprised of nearly 1000 properties which include Job Centres and Health Assessment Centres and as a result, the contracts we let are specialised to accommodate the needs of every customer that visits one of our sites and all our staff while achieving value for money for the department.

CD Estates Category

This opportunity is within the CD Estates Projects & Professional Services team and we’re looking for a commercial practitioner specifically to work within the Construction sub-category.

The role will require you to work closely with colleagues and stakeholders from respective business areas to shape how we approach the market for the requirements our stakeholders have, to run effective commercial processes that deliver excellent outcomes, and to ensure the contracts placed are managed effectively to achieve those outcomes.

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