Job description

Job Title: Procurement Practitioner

Band: 3

Salary: £37,845 - £42,007

Location: Liverpool/Newport/Norwich/Birmingham

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of roles: 2

Hours: Full Time/Compressed Hours/Part Time/Job Share

Closing Date: 03/06/26

Interview Date(s): 18th, 19th & 22nd June (subject to change)

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Do you want to build your career in a dynamic environment while making public sector commercial activity simpler, faster, and better for buyers and suppliers? Join the new Government Commercial Agency (GCA) to help us shape markets, deliver outstanding commercial services, and create value for the nation.

Job Summary

This opportunity is within the Commercial and Procurement Operations directorate, which delivers compliant, high-quality procurement activities for internal and external customers, adhering to public procurement regulations.

The successful candidate will deliver compliant procurements for GCA and departments across Government using various procurement routes and commercial agreements whilst also supporting the continuous development of procurement expertise across the department.

Your work will directly ensure good policy outcomes, save taxpayer money, and establish the GCA as a robust central commercial organisation for the public sector.

Key Accountabilities:

• Contribute to the delivery of the Procurement Operations business targets through the delivery of compliant and commercially sound procurements in line with the public procurement regulations.
• Collaborating, briefing and supporting internal and external customers and stakeholders, ensuring they are informed about procedures, progress, issues and risks timely and effectively, establishing appropriate governance and relationship arrangements.
• Identifying and communicating relevant areas of risk and gaining agreement on how it is to be managed and mitigated.
• Producing high quality procurement documents, including tender documents, reports, and bidder debrief correspondence
• Managing and manipulating complex data using numeracy skills and tools to produce reporting outputs
• Ensure that a full audit trail is preserved on actions relating to individual procurements and that the central record is continuously maintained
• Actively seek out and implement opportunities for continuous improvements within the procurement processes and GCA standard operating procedures
• Develop and implement a GCA knowledge management culture and establish robust knowledge development, collation and delivery processes
• Develop and coach procurement skills, identifying knowledge gaps and understanding training needs
• Lead and guide team members, manage performance to ensure a high-performing team, and support staff development through regular feedback

Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):

• Evidence of capability to line manage
• Experience of and the ability to lead and manage projects, to prioritise your own and others' workloads and to undertake independent decisions
• Ability to build relationships, communicate with stakeholders to provide and obtain information, seeking clarified detail
• Ability to identify and manage procurement, commercial and legal risks to deliver successful commercial outcomes within fixed timelines
• Ability to work as part of a team to support performance, manage setbacks and resolve issues internally, supporting continuous improvement and sharing knowledge

Success Profiles (to be assessed at interview):

You will be assessed against the following Behaviours:

• Working together
• Making effective decisions
• Leadership
• Delivering at pace

You will be assessed against the following Technical skills:

• stakeholder management

(A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided below)

Success Profiles Framework

Valuing our people:

• Competitive salary
• Generous pension scheme
• A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
• Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
• Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
• Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

Want to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in our candidate pack.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact recruitment@gca.gov.uk

Working flexibly, delivering outcomes

GCA operates a smarter working model that balances flexibility with collaboration. Successful candidates are expected to spend at least 26 days per quarter (approximately 2 days per week, pro-rata) at their contracted office, another GCA site, or off-site for meetings. For the remainder of the time, you may work from home or another suitable location that meets business needs.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection Process

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact recruitment@gca.gov.uk.

Please note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.

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Complaints Procedure

Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles details of which can be found at https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk in the first instance.

If you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk

Internal candidates should apply using their Workday account. Please use the careers hub for your application.