Procurement & Commercial Policy and Compliance Officer

I am currently partnered with a Local Government authority in Central London who require a Commercial Policy & Compliance Officer to join their team on a 6-month contract to support the Commercial Director in the provision of strategic support, development and planning for Commercial Services and the wider business, and in ensuring consistency of procurement policy and guidance across the business and alignment of their initiatives to the Procurement Code.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsibility for the creation, development and maintenance of procurement policy, guidelines and compliance activities, including bench-marking and implementation of best practice. To author user documentation, manuals, guidance notes, etc. in consultation with the Commercial Services leadership team and user department representatives.
• Responsibility for ensuring Commercial Services and wider organisational compliance with the Corporation’s Procurement Code and UK Public Contract Regulations, guidelines and agreed procurement policies; including measuring, analysing, validating and reporting on departmental compliance to procurement policy and processes.
• Responsibility for the development and maintenance of businesses Procurement Code and associated guidelines; leading on legal and policy requirements; reviewing committee reports where applicable; advising on procurement ethics and conflicts of interest.
• Responsibility for the development of a robust assurance framework maximising use of data and intelligence in order to empower, and hold to account, service departments and institutions to independently manage tactical procurement and contract management.
• Responsibility for the development and monitoring of Procurement controls and compliance, utilising tools, templates and methodologies to improve departmental and supplier satisfaction by implementing, monitoring and evaluating processes and controls and reporting on results.