JOB SUMMARY

This role will define a new commercial model for procuring external training and collaborating with delivery partners.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Government Skills (GS), was created in 2020 to improve the coherence and quality of learning and development in government through better training, knowledge and networks.
The aim was to accelerate the development of the skills, knowledge and networks of all civil servants, reaching across the wider public sector and delivering better public services for citizens across the country.
The Civil Service must have the skills needed to support the delivery of the government’s priorities. Training must enable the ways of working associated with mission-led government, working in partnership across sectors to achieve long-term goals.
We are reviewing the balance between training procured externally and design and/or delivered internally in the Civil Service. The balance will shift more towards in-house design and/or delivery and will look to current suppliers to support this evolution.
This role will define a new commercial model for procuring external training and collaborating with delivery partners.

Key responsibilities:

• Work with curriculum leads to understand the likely requirements for training bought externally in the future operating model, including the likely subjects/topics and potential volumes.
• Design, with support from commercial colleagues, options for future commercial/procurement models that develop effective partnerships with external organisations to deliver high-quality and relevant training. This will include formal Delivery Model Assessment and Should Cost Modelling exercises.
• Collaborate with technical and project delivery teams to identify technical requirements and procurement options to meet service requirements.
• Collaborate with property services and project leads for the Future Operating Model development
• Collaborate with Operational design lead to ensure service requirements are met from a commercial perspective.
• Identify payment systems, considering a range of options for payment of services, including token systems ensuring they align with strategic finance and new procurement legislation.
• Work with colleagues to develop business cases for the future operating model for learning. This will include contributing to all five elements of the Green Book business case process, with a specific lead on the commercial case. They will need to demonstrate the benefits, resource requirements, contract governance and management processes, and identify SLAs to ensure the new service meets Civil Service requirements for a quality service.
• Lead the approvals process for Commercial Spend Controls. Work with legal colleagues to identify and cost the impact of moving to the new commercial model, for example on TUPE transfer from the services currently provided from external partners.
• With support from Cabinet Office Commercial Information Assurance and Cyber and Security teams, to identify a full wrapper of assurance for data and supply chain security, data protection, business continuity, cyber resilience and data management.

Once the new commercial model is identified, the role will shift towards leading its implementation and running the new in-house commercial offer.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Key responsibilities:

• Work with curriculum leads to understand the likely requirements for training bought externally in the future operating model, including the likely subjects/topics and potential volumes.
• Design, with support from commercial colleagues, options for future commercial/procurement models that develop effective partnerships with external organisations to deliver high-quality and relevant training. This will include formal Delivery Model Assessment and Should Cost Modelling exercises.
• Collaborate with technical and project delivery teams to identify technical requirements and procurement options to meet service requirements.
• Collaborate with property services and project leads for the Future Operating Model development
• Collaborate with Operational design lead to ensure service requirements are met from a commercial perspective.
• Identify payment systems, considering a range of options for payment of services, including token systems ensuring they align with strategic finance and new procurement legislation.
• Work with colleagues to develop business cases for the future operating model for learning. This will include contributing to all five elements of the Green Book business case process, with a specific lead on the commercial case. They will need to demonstrate the benefits, resource requirements, contract governance and management processes, and identify SLAs to ensure the new service meets Civil Service requirements for a quality service.
• Lead the approvals process for Commercial Spend Controls. Work with legal colleagues to identify and cost the impact of moving to the new commercial model, for example on TUPE transfer from the services currently provided from external partners.
• With support from Cabinet Office Commercial Information Assurance and Cyber and Security teams, to identify a full wrapper of assurance for data and supply chain security, data protection, business continuity, cyber resilience and data management