EOI – Commercial Business Partner

We are seeking an Expressions of Interest for a six-month temporary promotion opportunity to cover one of our DCMS Commercial Business Partner roles. The successful candidate will bring strong commercial expertise, including pre- and post-contract specialisms, knowledge of public procurement regulations, contract management experience, and experience drafting agreements and business cases.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Procuring goods and services in compliance with public procurement regulations.
• Providing clear, pragmatic commercial advice to senior leaders and external stakeholders.
• Advising on and undertaking contract management activities.
• Acting as a key commercial adviser to relevant committees and programme boards.
• Drafting Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), licences, and other commercial agreements.
• Supporting the development of business cases, including leading on the drafting of the Commercial Case.

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience:

• Demonstrable track record of leading end-to-end, high-value public procurement projects in compliance with UK public procurement legislation, consistently delivering measurable value for money, social value, and high-quality outcomes for end-users.
• Ability to partner with diverse, multidisciplinary stakeholders to translate complex policy priorities, commercial objectives, and user needs into robust, compliant procurement strategies.
• Ability to provide constructive commercial challenge, hold internal and external partners to account against delivery targets, and drive a culture of continuous improvement, commercial assurance, and lessons learned.
• Experience in strategic supplier and market engagement throughout the commercial lifecycle,from early market engagement (pre-procurement) to contract delivery,leveraging market intelligence, managing risk, and driving innovation.
• Be able to demonstrate experience of developing relationships with senior stakeholders.

Alongside your salary of £54,582, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £15,812 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here, including flexible working arrangements and hybrid working, 26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service, a Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%, access to the Edenred employee benefits system, 3 days of paid volunteering leave, up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave, staff reward and recognition bonuses, occupational sick pay, access to the Employee Assistance Programme, active and engaged staff networks, exceptional learning and development opportunities, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more!