Executive Officer

Executive officer- Commercial support

Location: 5 Wellington Place, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4AP
Pay Rate: day one rate £14.01 increasing to £15.17 after 12 week
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday (Core hours 9:00am to 5:00pm)
Working Pattern: Full Time, Hybrid Working (typically 2 days per week in the office)
Contract: Temporary ongoing Assignment, potential for extension
Start Date: ASAP
Security Clearance: Basic DBS Required
Training: on job training

Brook Street in partnership with the Ministry of justice has a fantastic opportunity to join their team as an Executive officer- Commercial. This is an excellent opportunity for an organised and proactive individual to gain experience within a commercial and procurement environment, supporting a range of sourcing, contract management, and procurement activities.

Key Responsibilities

As an Executive officer - Commercial, you will provide administrative and operational support across the commercial life cycle, including:

Commercial and Procurement Support

• Providing administrative support to commercial colleagues across business-as-usual and project activities.
• Assisting with the development and implementation of category strategies.
• Supporting procurement activities, including market engagement, sourcing exercises, supplier communications, and procurement route assessments.
• Conducting research, data analysis, and requirements gathering to support category planning and demand forecasting.
• Maintaining commercial catalogues and systems to ensure accurate and up-to-date information.

Contract and Supplier Management

• Assisting with supplier relationship management and stakeholder engagement.
• Supporting governance processes, risk management, change control, compliance monitoring, and performance reporting.
• Producing management information, spend analysis, and commercial reports.
• Identifying and escalating commercial risks where appropriate.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Supporting commercial colleagues in providing advice and guidance to business areas.
• Assisting in gathering information to support business cases and commercial decision-making.

Team and Department Support

• Contributing to the maintenance and development of commercial systems and processes.
• Supporting catalogue and content management activities.

Essential Skills and Experience

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:

• Strong administrative experience in a professional environment.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Good analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent stakeholder and customer service skills.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and other IT systems.
• The ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• An understanding of commercial, procurement, or contract management principles.
• Awareness of risk management and compliance processes.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Previous experience within procurement, commercial, or contract management environments.
• Knowledge of public sector procurement principles.
• Awareness of public sector commercial legislation and procurement regulations.
• Experience analysing data and producing reports.

Additional clearance if applicable:
Please note that period of 6 months or longer spent outside of the UK in the last 5 years will unfortunately require an additional overseas police check, this will be the responsibility of the candidate to provide

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.