Deputy Director - Government, Construction, Infrastructure, Overseas, NEC 3/4

Role: Deputy Director (Overseas and Sensitive/USVF)

Contracting Authority: Government

Contract Length: 6 months

Location: Hybrid - Glasglow, Whittington or Andover – Some travel between hubs required

IR35: Inside

Pay Rate: Up to £1050 per day depending on experience

Clearance: DV Clearance

An exciting opportunity has become available with our prestigious client who is a prominent government department. The client is seeking an experienced Deputy Director (Overseas and Sensitive/USVF) to join their welcoming team.

The Deputy Director (Overseas and Sensitive/USVF) Role:

• Hold a Commercial Delegation to make contractual commitments on behalf of the organisation, with all the accountability and authority to ensure that there are robust procurement strategies for all procurements, that all contractual commitments represent value for money and are affordable within agreed approvals.
• Deliver the agreed programme of procurements on time and to a high quality, engaging as necessary with customers, the delivery team and other enabling functions, the scrutiny community and decision makers.
• Play an active and effective role in the Programme Steering Committees, Programme Boards, and other meetings, as the senior representative of the Commercial Function.
• Provide both decisive and educated leadership, facilitating the engagement and effectiveness of the commercial team. Successfully engage, lead, coach and inspire the team to reinforce the organisation and GCO leadership values. Deliver all required line management activities to ensure the team deliver their objectives.
• Ensure that DIO projects and programmes adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, contractual obligations and ethical considerations. Advance Government policy, including sustainability and social value, through all commercial relationships.
• Support the Commercial Director by being a role model within the SCS team, actively engaging in decision-making, leading by example, driving adoption of new ways of working and clearly communicating to enable the DIO Programmes Commercial team to fulfil its obligations and objectives.
• Deliver cash and efficiency savings to support department financial position and maintain a category level savings pipeline, and demonstrate delivery against forecast
• Deliver end to end category management strategies ensuring appropriate routes to market are used to procure in the most time efficient way
• Ensure that Supplier Relationship Management methodologies and best practice is utilised throughout the lifecycle of the projects, programmes and procurements.
• Deputise for the Commercial Director when required.
• Represent DIO with senior government officials and industry executives; and support the delivery of DIO strategy and policy, as a key senior leader.

What Deputy Director (Overseas and Sensitive/USVF) Need:

• Extensive construction and infrastructure experience
• Complex requirements
• High value requirements
• Experience working within sensitive projects
• Delivery overseas (ability to do this from overseas and not be hands on in the scene as such)
• Strong leadership – proven experience with networking and stakeholder engagement at all levels
• Cabinet office interaction
• Defence experience desirable
• Public sector experience desirable
• NEC 3/4 contracts
• Large team size and be able to lead a large team up to around 50 – 100
• MCIPS – high preferable


Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Interviews will take place this week, so please apply immediately to be considered for this exciting contract opportunity.