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Commercial Analyst - (Inside IR35)

Contract Term: 6 Months     

Contracting Authority: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Location: Hybrid – East Kilbride 3 days per week

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DfID) merged on 1 September 2020 to form the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

The FCDO pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

Rosa is a central Government IT system that enables collaborative working at SECRET in a secure environment with the latest technologies. Rosa provides fixed and mobile SECRET collaboration tools and communications in 166 countries across the globe, allowing users to create and share data securely. This ground-breaking work is protecting our national security whilst enabling users to work in far better ways than any previous, similar solutions have allowed.

As part of the Rosa Management Office team, you will work with the Commercial Leads to support Commercial Operations. This will include the management of the commercial documentation and analysis of the performance metrics.

You will use your knowledge and experience to ensure that the commercial processes are correctly maintained, and accurate, timely information is available. You will work across our stakeholder teams to support requirements definition and translate these into commercial propositions (contracts and tenders).

You will have the ability to work on a variety of IT systems and produce collated commercial reports.

Due to the urgent need to fulfil this role, the successful candidate must have active SC Clearance at the point of application

You will need to provide details of the following:

·       SC Clearance held by

·       Date last used:

·       Expiry Date:

As a Commercial Analyst - (Inside IR35) your main responsibilities will be: 

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  Working within a commercial team to deliver programme objectives.
• Administering contract information and documentation
• Supporting colleagues to achieve targets in relevant timescales
• Developing successful working relationships with external suppliers
• Providing commercial advice and guidance to the wider Rosa organisation
• Ensuring all procurement activities are within budget
• Ensuring all activity undertaken is compliant with Government regulations and best practice.

Essential

• Able to work from East Kilbride 3 days per week
• Previous experience of working within a commercial or procurement team
• Familiarity with the basics of contracts and tenders
• Problem-solving capabilities, able to build relationships and influence people
• Demonstrate process management skills with the ability to communicate across a varied team
• Good analytical skills with the ability to design and develop performance reports within MS Excel
• Ability to use IT systems to enter and analyse information, including P2P systems
• You have excellent knowledge of Excel and are capable of using analysis functions.

Desirable

• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of operating a supplier performance / relationship management process
• Understanding of an IT Service Management organisation
• Experience in a central Government procurement team or of the public procurement regulations and process.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with Trevor Wilson at trevor.wilson@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, FCDO guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant??? 

FCDO is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

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.

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