Senior Commercial Consultancy Advisor - Ministry of Justice

Mace; Ely; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consultancy seeks a Senior Commercial Manager to integrate with delivery teams for the Ministry of Justice's new prisons programme. Responsibilities include advising on procurement strategies, managing the procurement process, and ensuring client objectives are met. Candidates should have a degree in construction, be chartered professionals, and possess strong negotiation and communication skills. This role may offer flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Inclusive employer

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in high performing teams within a commercial environment.
• Good working knowledge of contracts, change control, valuations, and cost reporting.
• Demonstrable experience in delivering service excellence to clients.

Responsibilities

• Advise on procurement strategies and contract selection.
• Manage the procurement process effectively.
• Build relationships with suppliers and monitor their performance.
• Prepare recommendations for interim payments to suppliers.
• Negotiate financial impacts of compensation events.

Skills

Negotiating skills

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Financial modelling

Cost reporting

Education

Degree in a relevant construction related qualification

Chartered professional member (RICS or CIOB)

Tools

NEC contract forms

Job description

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery to unlock the potential in every project.

The project:

Working as part of Mace’s multi-disciplinary team for the Ministry of Justice’s new prisons programme to deliver their expansive programme across their estate portfolio. The programme is responding at pace to work across multiple workstreams to support the MoJs aims to gain pricing, programme, quality and social value benefits from the collaborative delivery approach.

Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

The senior commercial manager shall work with and integrate with the wider programme delivery teams and contribute to commercial, procurement, contract administration, preconstruction and delivery stage activity.

To perform the role, you will take responsibility for end‑to‑end service delivery, often with respect to large and complex commissions. To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value‑added commercial management service.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Advising on procurement strategies and contract selection, writing and undertaking procurement reports.
• Managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including prequalification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.
• Having competence administering NEC contract forms.
• Managing the change control procedure.
• Managing and building relationships with suppliers, monitoring and reporting their performance and compliance.
• Preparing recommendations for interim payments to suppliers in accordance with contract requirements and produce payment certificates for sign off by the appropriate project manager.
• Providing post contract award commercial services for both 'goods' and 'services' up to and including final account.
• Maintaining financial impact assessments for instructed change.
• Negotiating on financial impacts of compensation events with suppliers.
• Maintaining the project data sets to achieve consistency, accuracy and alignment.
• Assisting cost and expenditure planning/benchmarking (including the completion of data capture analysis (DCA) sheets) in accordance with the client process.
• Supporting cost management, supply chain trending estimating and forecasting to the project.
• Evaluating cost performance data and provide relevant input for monthly performance reports.
• Supporting the management of budget and spend profiles continually identifying ways to improve cost performance.
• Managing the impact of inflation currencies and exchanges into forecasting and aligned with tracking indices.
• Carrying out a cost impact analysis of proposed changes to scope/schedule.
• Assisting project managers in the preparation of cost reports and analysis on a work breakdown structure/activity basis, identifying areas of learning and any recommendations for efficiency improvement.

You’ll need to have:

• You have a degree in a relevant construction related qualification and are a chartered professional member (RICS or CIOB).
• You have proven experience working in high performing teams within a commercial environment.
• You have a good working knowledge of contracts (particularly NEC), change control, valuations, cost reporting and financial modelling.
• You have good negotiating, influencing and communication skills to command professional respect at all levels is essential.
• You have demonstrable experience in delivering service excellence to clients.
• You will have a construction background, ideally in cost or commercial management and be keen to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.