Expired: Procurement and Contracts Manager

Reference number

144752

Salary

£32,894

Grade

Other

Pay Band 2 Level 1

Contract type

Fixed Term

Length of employment

2 years

Business area

Procurement

Type of role

Procurement and Contracts Management

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of posts

2

Location

Sealand

About the job

Summary

This is a fixed term appointment for 2 years with a potential of extension and/or permanency.

The Defence electronics & Components Agency (DECA) is seeking to recruit experienced procurement professionals to join a team based at Sealand, Deeside , North Wales, but predominately working from home or remotely to the office, for which a laptop and mobile phone will be provided.

DECA is an Executive Agency of the MOD, which provided UK armed forces support across defence on military platforms such as F35, Typhoon, Lynx, Chinook and the new QE 11 Aircraft Carriers.

As a DECA employee and MOD Civil Servant, you will enjoy a comprehensive package of benefits detailed in the Candidate Information Pack, including an excellent pension scheme with high levels of employer contributions, flexible working time arrangements and family friendly levels of annual leave.

Our aim is to recruit worthy candidates and develop them from the outset. Our development programme, will provide funding and study time for you to develop in the role and as a manager and to become a stronger future candidate for key leadership positions.

Job description

As a Procurement Manager in DECA and an MOD Civil Servant, you will be supporting the UK Armed Forces by procuring equipment and services as part of a multi-function team. DECA strives for the highest levels of employee engagement, and you will be joining a successful delivery team where team wellbeing is seen as critical to high levels of performance and job satisfaction.

Responsibilities

Procurement Managers are accountable for delivering 0pre-sourcing/sourcing and contract management within the acquisition programme in accordance with Acquisition Support Guidance (ASG) Commercial Toolkit, UK/EU Procurement regulations, project timescales and applicable KPI’s.

Pre-sourcing/Sourcing, Conduct competitive and sole source processes from pre-sourcing mark analysis to placement of contracts with varying levels of complexity to Cat D(<£10M).

Contract Management – Management of a portfolio of contracts with a varying degree of complexity at Cat D (<£10M).

Appointee is required to attain qualifications, functional competence, licence, certification as required within 12 months against DECA agreed targets.

Excellent opportunity for individual to be part of Executive Agency of the MoD.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension

Things you need to know

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security 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 basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess you Technical Skills.

Development opportunities: Successful applicants are required to undertake very significant training and development in the first 12 months, followed by evidenced continue learning and development to obtain and maintain customer mandated qualification and experience.

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

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

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

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.