Commercial Practioner

Public Sector Resourcing CWS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

The Government Commercial Agency (GCA) is seeking a Commercial Practitioner on a 12-month hybrid contract. The role involves coordinating category planning across Estates, delivering centralised reporting and data insights to drive strategic objectives.

Hybrid work is three days per week in the UK office network (Liverpool, Norwich, Newport or Birmingham). Key responsibilities include cross-functional coordination, data analysis for commercial insights, dashboard development, and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Robust capability in commercial data analysis and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated expertise in cross-functional stakeholder engagement and inter-departmental coordination.
• Proven project management and organisational skills across complex, multi-team settings.
• Strong commercial acumen, preferably gained within a public sector environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including briefing preparation.

Responsibilities

• Cross-Functional Coordination: act as central commercial touchpoint across project teams and government stakeholders.
• Commercial Insight & Strategy: analyse expenditure and market data into actionable insights.
• Data Management & Analytics: manage data flows, develop central dashboards, track MI metrics.
• Strategic Planning & Assurance: support design and implementation of new commercial models and assess spend efficiency.
• Stakeholder Engagement: facilitate working groups and maintain relationships with programme leads.

Skills

Data analysis

Executive reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Public sector experience

Communication skills

Tools

Dashboards

Job description

On behalf of Government Commercial Agency, we are looking for a Commercial Practioner (Inside IR35) for a 12 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (three days per week office based - Liverpool, Norwich, Newport or Birmingham).

Government Commercial Agency (GCA) is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK.

As a trading fund and executive agency of the Cabinet Office, we implement procurement policy on behalf of the government.

We use the collective buying power of our customers and our commercial expertise to help public sector organisations achieve value for money and provide great outcomes for taxpayers.

Job Purpose

As part of the Government Commercial Agency's remit to drive commercial excellence and strategic alignment across government through the newly established Strategic Category Forum process, the GCA Estates Category is seeking a Commercial Practitioner.

This role will coordinate the category planning process on behalf of the Estates Team across multiple departments, ensuring centralised reporting, consistent analytical frameworks, and deep market data insights to support key strategic objectives

As a Commercial Practioner, your main responsibilities will be:

• Cross-Functional Coordination: Serve as the central commercial touchpoint across multiple project teams and government stakeholders to align objectives and maintain programme momentum.
• Commercial Insight & Strategy: Analyse complex expenditure and market intelligence data into actionable commercial insights to resolve strategic problem statements across participating teams.
• Data Management & Analytics: Manage operational data flows, develop centralised performance dashboards, and track key programme Management Information (MI) metrics.
• Strategic Planning & Assurance: Support the design and implementation of new commercial models, evaluate cross-departmental spend efficiency, and monitor risk profiles.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate working groups across departments, draft high-level executive briefings, and maintain collaborative relationships with programme leads.

Essential:

• Robust capability in commercial data analysis and executive reporting
• Demonstrated expertise in cross-functional stakeholder engagement and inter-departmental coordination
• Proven project management and organisational skills across complex, multi-team settings
• Strong commercial acumen, preferably gained within a public sector environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including briefing preparation

Desirable:

• Track record of delivering on cross-government transformation initiatives
• Category management background within Construction, Energy, or Facilities Management sectors
• Professional CIPS qualification

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, GCA encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, GCA welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following 'this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different'.

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