Commercial Specialist

Job Description

The salary for this role is £37,509 . Onsite working is expected for 3 days a week , however, we actively support requests for flexible working.

Please note, there are  three  vacancies available as part of this advert. Two of the roles will be based at our  Culham, Oxfordshire  site, and one will be based at our Whitehaven, Cumbria site.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) , including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As  Commercial Specialist , you will play a pivotal role in providing a commercial procurement service to a variety of UKAEA customers and provide commercial support to the Fusion Futures Industry Capability Programme. You will support the contract management process and Contract Project Managers (CPM) with procurements from market engagement to contract completion, providing commercial support to contract project managers and other commercial roles within the team. In addition, you will also provide leadership and management on the tender process and assessment panels, debriefing supply chain and other procurement professionals on the tender process and how we can comply to continuous improvement.

Key Accountabilities :

• Monitor and maintain procurement databases, organise training within the procurement team on the E-Tendering portal and provide support with any ongoing issues.
• Provide advice to Project Managers on contractual strategies
• Contribute to problem solving and decision making.
• Lead the contract management process and contract project manager CPM rom tender through to closure on projects up to £1m of all complexities. This will include evaluation of bids, ensuring that value for money is always obtained, negotiation of appropriate commercial agreements, resolving claims and disputes.
• Manage / lead in giving advice, coaching / delivery of training on commercial matters across the team
• Contribute to the evolution of the Authority’s commercial terms and conditions, policies and working practices.
• Manage own development towards building knowledge and skills and be open to advice on how methods could be improved
• Manage the development and design of simple systems / processes to support procurement delivery, using own initiative. Carry out routine analysis. Validate data input by others.
• Work independently in accordance with UKAEA Procurement processes and procedures.
• Lead and provide guidance in meetings with internal and external stakeholders, such as clarification of scope or market engagement events with suppliers or meeting with internal stakeholders to understand their needs or update them on progress.
• Provide mentoring and support to Procurement Apprentices and Graduates

Qualifications

Essential :

Desirable :

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found here  https : / / careers.ukaea.uk / life-at-ukaea / employee-benefits / .

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission.  We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black  British  Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks :   https : / / www.gov.uk / government / publications / criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants  If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.