Future Supplier Partnerships Engagement Lead

Details
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Reference number

461848

Salary

£43,760 \- £47,413
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

CO \- Government People Group (GPG) \- Government Skills### Type of role

Project Delivery### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Job share, Part\-time### Number of jobs available

1
Contents
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Location
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Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8HS : Manchester, North West England, M2 3AA : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE98 1ZZ : York, Yorkshire and the Humber, YO1 7PXAbout the job
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Job summary

The Civil Service must have the skills needed to support the delivery of the government's priorities. Training in the Civil Service needs to support the development of skills for 550,000 civil servants. It must support these civil servants in improving their performance in role as well as advancing their career development, whether they are in central policy roles, front line delivery, or any number of arms length bodies.

Government Skills was created in 2020 to improve the coherence and quality of learning and development in government through better training, knowledge and networks. Ministers have now asked us to make an ambitious Spending Review bid to transform the operating model for skills in government, delivered under The National School of Government and Public Services. As part of this transformational change of delivering training, we are reviewing the balance between training procured externally and design and/or delivered internally in the civil service. We expect this balance to shift more towards in\-house design and/or delivery as we move away from the current approach of outsourcing to external training providers.

The Learning Infrastructure Team is responsible for three enabling workstreams under the National School of Government and Public Services Portfolio. Between them, these workstreams cover the current, transitional and future infrastructure to support centralised training for Civil Servants.

The post\-holder will be within the team that is working with the Cabinet Office Commercial Function on implementing the new operating model for learning services. They will support the Future Partnerships Design Lead in defining a new model for procuring external training and collaborating with delivery partners, getting the right balance between flexibility to adapt to changing needs and gaining the best value for money.

Job description

• Strategy Development: Working with commercial colleagues to develop, own, and deliver the overarching market engagement strategy for the Future Learning Partnerships programme. Working with other government skills colleagues to achieve our internal engagement strategy objectives. This includes stakeholder mapping and engagement to help inform the requirements and model development.


• Engagement Delivery: Support the operational delivery of all market engagement activities across HMG departments and professions, technology, Learning \& Development (L\&D), academia, and business schools.


• Liaison and Alignment: Work to align the Civil Service’s future training requirements with market offerings, to ensure the new learning model is high\-quality, efficient, and attractive to key suppliers.


• Operational Oversight: Provide day\-to\-day oversight of operational delivery, working closely with and directing the EO Future Supplier Partnerships Support lead for administrative and logistical support.


• Collaboration: Work with the G7 Future Partnerships Design Lead and commercial colleagues to ensure market feedback and intelligence are captured and used to inform the development of future commercial/procurement models and the Commercial Strategy.


• Reporting: Track, analyse, and report on the effectiveness of engagement activities to the G7 Future Partnerships Design Lead and other senior stakeholders.


• Analysing: Supporting the development of business cases through the provision of data and information that analyses and presents options in support of the commercial strategy.

Person specification

Experience \& Knowledge

• Experience of working within a market\-facing role with a proven track record of regular stakeholder and business engagement


• Knowledge of commercial practice in the public sector


• Demonstrable experience in working within a learning environment with training providers, designing new delivery models, developing and delivering market engagement strategies and stakeholder management

Skills

• Strategic Thinking: Strategic thinking skills, including the ability to spot trends, interpret market intelligence, and identify engagement opportunities that deliver against wider organisational goals.


• Communication: Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to confidently explain and present complex issues/information to a range of internal and external audiences.


• Organisational Skills: Excellent organisational skills, with proven ability to plan, prioritise, and deliver a complex schedule of activities to agreed time and quality standards.

Desirable

• Understanding of Civil Service/public sector procurement law


• Experience in managing / coordinating corporate events

Additional information:

Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%. Requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing


• Delivering at Pace


• Seeing the Big Picture


• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £43,760, Cabinet Office contributes £12,677 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.* Learning and development tailored to your role.

• An environment with flexible working options.


• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.


• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28\.97%.


• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30\.

Things you need to know
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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 details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.Application process

As part of the application form you will be asked to submit:

• A CV


• A 500 word Personal Statement/Statement of suitability setting out how you meet the criteria in the person specification


• 250 words lead behaviour Communicating and Influencing.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be undertaken using the lead Behaviour, Communicating and Influencing. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

Selection process

Applicants who pass the sift will be invited to interview. The interview will consist of questions to assess the candidates against the Civil Service Behaviours of:

• Communicating and Influencing


• Delivering at Pace


• Seeing the Big Picture


• Working Together

Expected timeline (subject to change)

Expected sift date – week commencing 1st June 2026

Expected interview date/s – week commencing 15th June 2026

Interview location \- Virtual or F2F

Reasonable Adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non\-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Further information

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will

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