Commercial Officer

Job Description

LocationEast Midlands, Eastern, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the jobSummaryJoin the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work with a diverse range of talent. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated. DIO is a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to flourish, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We aim to develop and support staff to meet the Departments objectives, and to fulfil their own potential. We promote and support a range of flexible working patterns enabling staff to balance home and work responsibilities and we treat people fairly irrespective of their background. This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers. To help achieve our objectives, we believe in six important values (Safety first, Collaboration, Integrity, Agility, Accountability and Enthusiasm) that underpin our vision and mission. These values equip us for the future and shape how we work together. These values are designed by DIO for DIO. About DIO The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure. Our responsibilities include: • Plan and deliver major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment • Provide utilities services • Manage soft facilities management (i.e. cleaning and catering) • Provide a safe place to train • Allocate Service Families Accommodation • Procure and manage routine maintenance and reactive repair • Provide a central register of asset information to advise infrastructure planning • Act as steward of the Defence estate • Provide the unarmed guarding service We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions including head office functions and specialisms such as surveyors, town planners, airfield pavement experts, foresters and construction engineers. We work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman. You can view our YouTube video to see more about our work Job descriptionIf you are an amazing Commercial Professional who wants to see the unseen and work for an amazing organisation, then keep reading!Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and support our mission Caring for Defence Estate and those that depend on it, enabling Defence to live, work, train and deploy. Join the DIO and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.We are looking for experienced commercial professionals with a background in projects and construction/contract management/sourcing. Some posts will only be open to UK Nationals. Would you like to be a part of team focused on supporting and delivering commercial expertise across the defence estate Are you interested in being part of delivering unique and complex infrastructure for the Armed Forces From estate optimisation to building runways for fighter jets; we do it all! Still interested You should be! We are having a 45 minute open surgery so you can ask questions about this vacancy. Please call us on: 17 Aug 20 – 1200 hrs – Phone NumberConference ID 321 316# 20 Aug 20 – 1800 hrs - Phone NumberConference ID 321 316# As the team grows, now is a great opportunity to get involved with innovative projects from the outset. You will work with a diverse, committed and energetic team of colleagues who all bring different skills and experience to the team, creating an environment of continual learning. You are likely to work with military colleagues, civil servants and consultants, of all grades and ranks. There are positions in several different areas of our business, and we are looking for Commercial Professionals to work in the following areas: Projects and ConstructionYou will support the strategic relationship with suppliers and senior internal stakeholders while building collaboration within and across organisational boundaries. You will develop and manage key sourcing activities to meet project goals while minimising risk and ensuring Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is considered. You will be the trusted advisor in sourcing and commercial initiatives to both, stakeholders and your team members, ensuring compliance to the appropriate processes and operating procedures. Your primary function will be the creation and delivery of commercial strategies for projects within an existing programme pipeline. That will provide a resilient and efficient infrastructure support across the MOD’s estate. Contract ManagementThrough the effective management of our UK and International Contracts you will support disposal of land and delivery of Hard or Soft Facilities Management. You will be the trusted advisor for these contracts to strategic suppliers, our customers and your team members. Your primary function will be to actively manage and monitor these essential service contracts in line with the Contract Management Plan and ensuring compliance to the appropriate processes and operating procedures. SourcingYou will support the procurement and competitive tendering of service contracts to support a large and varied range of projects from capital works, facilities management to the acquisition and disposal of land. You will develop sourcing strategies in partnership with project and customer stakeholders in line with current legislation and Government/MOD policy and procedures. You will lead competitive tendering through to contract award and management through a variety of sources which includes EU Procurement Regulations, Defence Contract Regulations, Defence Security and Procurement Contract Regulations, Single Source Contract Regulations or competitive call off through Frameworks. All of the above roles will require travel within the UK locations and possibly overseas. A Full driving licence is preferr