Summary: The role of Procurement Lead (Asylum Support Payment Card Service) at The Home Office involves leading procurement activities for a 12-month contract, ensuring compliance and efficiency in the procurement process. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders and the development of procurement strategies to avoid legal challenges. The role is hybrid, requiring an average of one day per week in the London office. Candidates must be eligible for security clearance due to the sensitive nature of the work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead on the pre-procurement and procurement activities related to this project and avoid a further legal challenge.
• Develop procurement plans setting out the timetables and owners for all key aspects of the procurement process.
• Lead on the delivery of market analysis and market engagement activity to inform the development of the above strategies.
• Provide options and opportunities from a commercial perspective looking at aspects such as requirements, solution options, risks, benefits, and sustainability.
• Develop business cases, presenting commercial options to business stakeholders and presenting commercial cases for approval at governance boards.
• Develop procurement documentation including procurement strategies, instructions to bidders, evaluation strategies, and contracts.
• Deliver procurement processes, including supplier negotiations in a timely and compliant manner.
• Complete commercial due diligence prior to contract award.
• Execute contracts in readiness for contract signature.
• Successfully hand contracts to the asylum support contract management team for ongoing commercial management.
• Keep procurement systems (Jagger) up to date.

Key Skills:

• Demonstrable procurement skills with 5+ years’ experience in the public sector.
• Experience of building and influencing strong, productive relationships at all levels and with a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience of building successful procurement strategies considering all relevant policy and procedural processes.
• Commercial contract management.
• CIPS or equivalent qualification.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other