Deputy Director (Estates and Construction)

Role: Deputy Director (Estates and Construction) REF 81805
Contract Length: Until 31st March 2026
Location: Hybrid/Glasgow, Whittington or Andover 60% onsite requirement
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested

Spinwell is recruiting for a Deputy Director for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Hold a Commercial Delegation to make contractual commitments on behalf of the client, 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 leadership values. Deliver all required line management activities to ensure the team deliver their objectives.

Ensure that 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 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 client with senior government officials and industry executives; and support the delivery of strategy and policy, as a key senior leader.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Experience of land sales and estate management/property management

Whole programme they are working on is to optimize the estate they have and how they can utilize it more effectively

Army and air construction projects

High value contracts

Proven experience working within construction world

NEC 3/4

Strong stakeholder management skills at all levels

Large team size and be able to lead a large team up to around 50 100

Estates and property management

Complex programs experience

Public sector is a must, but a bit of private experience would be good to bring that little bit of expertise into the role

MCIPS high preferable

Any type of CIPS

If you are a Deputy Director, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

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Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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