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Candidate Pack Supply Chain Coordination Ltd (SCCL) Chief Executive Officer Senior Commercial Specialist Government Commercial Function Reference: 110108 Closing date: 2nd May 2021
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Welcome Message from Jim Spittle Chair, Supply Chain Coordination Ltd (SCCL) Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) was established to act 2021 will be an exciting year for SCCL, which will be transferring as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain. The into NHS England & NHS Improvement (NHSE&I). SCCL will Company is wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Health and continue to operate as a distinct buying organisation within NHS Social Care, who provides direction to the organisation. SCCL acts E&I where the CEO will be responsible for leading on the as the management function within the NHS Supply Chain embedding of SCCL, transforming and shaping the organisation operating model for the NHS that will deliver savings of £2.4 billion in order to meet future demands for the NHS Supply Chain and back into the frontline by 2023/2024. customers, and incorporating the PPE Buying Cell that was set up as part of the COVID emergency response into SCCL. This is The Company is well on its way to deliver the strategy and benefits a fantastic time to join us and make a difference, leading the outlined in the original business case, along with the multi-faceted change and shaping the future for our organisation. transformation programme that will support the future growth and our customers’ complex and exacting needs and requirements. We welcome your interest in the position of Chief Executive However, it goes without saying we still have much to do, Officer of SCCL, which without doubt is challenging, fast particularly with developing a greater focus on our customer changing and a complex position. The successful candidate for centricity objectives with the development of proving value for this role will be employed by the Government Commercial money and improvements to our broader collaboration with our Organisation but will work within SCCL as the CEO. partners across the NHS and beyond. 2
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information SCCL: Purpose, Vision & Values Purpose Values We proudly deliver supply chain excellence and best value to NHS • Ambitious; be driven customers and patients through innovation, service and clinical expertise. • Integrity; be authentic • Be enterprising; future focussed Vision • Respectful; be inclusive • Innovative; be the difference Through our passion and excellence, we improve lives as the supply chain partner of choice for the NHS Chief Executive SCCL Organisational Chart Officer (as at March 2021) EA & Business Manager Director of Customer Strategy. Comms Director of Supply Chief Operating Chief Finance Transformation Governance, Engagement & Marketing HR Director Chain Officer Officer Director Assurance & Director* Director Legal Director of CAPA *The Customer Engagement Director role is currently fulfilled by a contractor, the permanent vacancy is being advertised 3
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Welcome Message from Dr Emily Lawson Chief Commercial Officer, NHS England & NHS Improvement I am delighted that you are interested in applying for the key role of signalling greater collaboration between health and care partners at Chief Executive Officer of SCCL. This is a fantastic opportunity to a local and system level. shape the transformation of SCCL, working in a fast paced, constantly evolving environment. We are looking for an exceptional candidate with a proven track record of building, developing and leading complex organisations It has been an incredibly challenging time for the wider system but through large-scale transformation. They will need to have it also brings with it a significant opportunity to strengthen our outstanding relationship management skills alongside the ability to supply chain infrastructure. As part of the COVID emergency build credibility and trust across Government, industry and the wider response, and through a collective endeavour with our Health NHS. The role will suit a candidate with the enthusiasm and Service, we were able to draw on the expertise and resources of resilience to navigate uncertain environments, who is ready and SCCL, suppliers, Trusts, regions and Government departments to willing to work collaboratively with the Procurement Transformation rapidly establish a new PPE supply chain that few other healthcare Team within NHS E&I to solve the practical challenges facing the systems could rival. This role creates a significant opportunity to NHS Supply Chain. build on these achievements and to shape SCCL’s strategy to build a resilient and customer-focussed organisation that can meet If you are a commercial leader who is seeking an opportunity to the future demands of the NHS Supply Chain. This will need to be undertake a stimulating and influential role across Government, achieved within the context of an evolving health system industry and the wider health and care system, then I look forward to landscape with the move to Integrated Care Systems receiving your application. . 4
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Welcome Message from Gareth Rhys Williams Government Chief Commercial Officer Thank you for your interest in joining HM Government’s Our vision is to make the Government’s Commercial Function the Commercial Function. best in the UK: staffed with top commercial specialists, creating and managing innovative, efficient and effective commercial Building a strong Commercial Function in Government, and with it arrangements. the right commercial capability, is at the heart of a far-reaching programme of Civil Service reform. The Government Commercial This is an exciting and diverse environment – we spend around Function (GCF) is more than just the response to the challenges £51bn per year on procurements that range from £100k to multi- that Government has faced in recent times; it is an essential billion pound contracts, with annual spend on individual contracts element of the Government’s efforts to address the value for often exceeding £500m. Our supply base includes SMEs and the money agenda, while delivering higher quality public services. We largest multinationals and our business models have the have played a pivotal role in the response to the COVID Government acting as shareholder or sponsor, as well as being an emergency with a huge contribution to PPE, Test & Trace and ‘intelligent client’. Vaccines demonstrating the vital importance of our role in Government Delivery. 5
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process information Welcome message from Gareth Rhys Williams Government Chief Commercial Officer Cont. We need to continue to improve our knowledge of the marketplace. We are building a cadre of commercial talent in all Government We need to maximise value from our commercial dealings and departments - people who can manage our commercial portfolios, increasingly have to put in place the tools to achieve that - better IT who can lead our most complex and novel programmes and and databases, consistent methodology and benchmarking. But projects, people who have the gravitas and depth of experience to tools alone are not enough. We need senior commercial specialists work alongside our Ministers and policy and operational leaders to across all Government departments working collectively to address develop innovative commercial arrangements, whether through common ‘Crown’ objectives and acting as a single customer. joint ventures, outsourcing or best-in-class contracts. Recognising the importance of these senior roles, the Government I hope you will be inspired to join us and help lead the on-going Commercial Organisation (GCO) has been established to manage commercial reform agenda of the Civil Service. You won’t find a the employment, development and on-going talent management for more exciting or diverse challenge elsewhere. the four most senior grades of commercial professionals within the wider Commercial Function. 6
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy information Timeline Recruitment Process Information The Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) Offer A Challenge Like No Other The GCO offers the type of challenges and career-defining projects that other employers simply can’t match. Where else could you take on projects affecting national security, global warming or childhood wellbeing? In what other organisation could you network with over 1,000 of the UK’s most impressive commercial specialists? At the GCO we offer this and more. A Progressive Development Offer We offer the chance to develop new skills within one Government department, by moving between departments or by gaining the opportunity to move into the centre of Government, the Cabinet Office, where our Central Teams are based, gaining exposure to the most challenging projects. We host a multitude of networking events and we have an online hub to share knowledge. Through the “Government Commercial College” – our online home for visionary commercial training – we support every professional ambition. With on-going access to Career Coaches who support the creation of bespoke development plans, every training need is met. This is a place where anything and everything is possible. 7
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information The Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) Offer Package An Inclusive Environment You will have access to a unique benefits package that is The Government Commercial Organisation is an employer that is reflective of the sector-leading work we are doing. We are a truly committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace forward-thinking organisation, we know that our people achieve where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work their best results when they are fulfilled in their workplace. To and are able to perform to their full potential. We understand the attract the very best commercial talent, we have stepped away importance of diversity and inclusion and strive for a workplace from traditional Civil Service benefits. Our GCO terms offer higher that reflects the communities that we serve. base salaries with a competitive performance-related pay bonus. We especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, candidates with a disability and candidates with gender diverse identities. We develop all our staff to enable them to make a full contribution to meeting our objectives and to fulfil their own potential on merit. We promote a range of flexible working patterns to enable staff to balance home and work responsibilities and we treat people fairly, irrespective of their working arrangements. 8
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Vacancy Information Job title Working Arrangements Chief Executive Officer, Supply Chain Coordination Ltd (SCCL), This is a full-time role and the panel will consider flexible working Government Commercial Function arrangements and job share arrangements Salary Security Clearance This role is at Senior Commercial Specialist level with a pay scale SC level (more information provided later in pack). of £134,640 to £175,000 plus GCO Pension and GCO Terms. In addition, on gaining an ‘A’ accreditation at the SCS Reports to Commercial Assessment Centre, performance-related-pay of up This role reports directly to: Jim Spittle, Chair, SCCL, and to 20% becomes available. functionally to Gareth Rhys Williams, Government Chief Commercial Officer. In addition, the successful candidate will be Location and Travel expected to work closely with the shareholder and, alongside the Assignment Location: Skipton House, London or Equinox House, Chair, will be accountable to the shareholder representative, Nottingham. anticipated to be Emily Lawson, NHSE&I Chief Commercial Officer The role will also include extensive travel throughout the UK to customer and operational sites as well as some limited travel internationally (COVID control measures permitting). Relocation costs will not be reimbursed. 9
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Key Responsibilities The Chief Executive Officer will be responsible for providing The CEO will oversee the strategies and transformation plans, strategic, customer-centric and commercially-focussed and ensure that customer service delivery and resilient supply operational leadership for SCCL. By working with the Board and chains remain the key priority throughout. Executive Team, and in accordance with service agreements In order to continue value delivery into the future, the CEO will between SCCL and its shareholder, the successful candidate will develop and oversee strategies that identify where NHS Supply define and deliver the next phase of the Company’s development Chain can drive that value and oversee implementation plans to to transform the NHS supply chain. operationalise those strategies. The role holder, through their direct reports, will ensure the The Chief Executive Officer will be responsible for providing transformational strategy is executed with all operating targets strategic, customer-centric and commercially-focussed met or exceeded. An innate understanding of supply chain, a real operational leadership for SCCL. By working with the Board and ability to deliver sustainable sales and market share growth and Executive Team, and in accordance with service agreements large-scale transformation experience will be essential. between SCCL and its shareholder. The CEO will guide the growth of the business from circa 50% of the £5.7bn medical devices and clinical consumables market The successful candidate will be working in collaboration with spend to at least 80% over the next four years, focusing on NHSE&I and NHS Trust customers and be responsible for leading releasing a total of £2.4bn of cumulative value for the NHS Trusts, the embedding, transformation and shaping of SCCL in order to Integrated Care Systems and Strategic Transformation meet future demands for the NHS Supply Chain . A critical part of Partnerships by the end of financial year 2022/23. the role will be to incorporate the separate PPE Buying Cell that Over the next four years, significant transformation of the supply was set up as part of the COVID emergency response into SCCL chain infrastructure and technology will take place. and ensuring beneficial changes are captured into the business. 10
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Essential Criteria Successful candidates will be outstanding commercial leaders • Evidence of exceptional customer supplier interface, colleague who can build highly effective teams and influential relationships. and other key stakeholder engagement To be successful, you will need to demonstrate capability against • Knowledge and awareness of social, political, financial, the following criteria (described in our application system as economic and wider business issues affecting organisations Technical Skills) both within your personal statement and at the within the public sector final panel interview: • Proven track record of successfully leading a multi-billion Desirable Previous Experience pound, fast-paced supply chain and procurement organisation, • Demonstrable experience of working in collaboration with a or a business in which a high functioning supply chain is core range of external and public organisations, including and fundamental to the customer experience (multi-site and Government regulatory experience. multi-vendor) of appropriate scale and complexity • Experience of the healthcare sector would be an advantage but • Significant experience at Board level within a large, complex is not a pre-requisite organisation In addition, to be successful, candidates will need to demonstrate • Demonstrable experience and a track record of building, capability against the commercial people standards. These are developing and leading a successful organisation through a assessed at the Commercial Assessment and Development period of significant transformation Centre (ADC). • Demonstrable track record of strategic business planning 11
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Indicative Timeline Please note that these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change. If you are unable to meet these timeframes, please let us know in your application letter. The expected date for the ADC is set out below - please keep this date available. If you believe you will be unable to attend, please inform Odgers as soon as possible. 31st March – 2nd May 2021 18th May 2021 27th May 2021 10th June 2021 w/c 14th June 2021 Advertising Sift Assessment Final panel Outcomes centre (ADC) 12
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information The Panel The panel will consist of: Dr Emily Lawson Photo panel Chief Commercial Officer, NHS E&I member 2 Isabel Doverty Photo panel Civil Service Commissioner member 1 Gareth Rhys Williams Photo panel Government Chief Commercial Officer member 4 Jim Spittle Photo panel Chair, SCCL member 3 Wol Kolade Photo panel Non Executive Director, NHS E&I member 4 13
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information The Recruitment Process How to Apply Application Sift To apply for this post please click the “Apply Now” button on the The panel will review your CV and Statement of Suitability against job advert and you will be asked to confirm some basic the essential criteria for the role. We are unable to provide information, complete some diversity monitoring questions, and feedback for candidates rejected at this stage due to volumes, but confirm your right to work in the UK. all candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application. Once you have submitted this information, you will receive a Virtual Assessment and Development Centre (ADC) communication directing you to make contact with Odgers, our If you are successful at sift, you will be invited to attend the recruitment partners for this campaign. You will then have the Commercial Assessment and Development Centre (ADC). opportunity to discuss the role further and also complete your application by submitting a CV and supporting statement. The ADC is a day-long assessment that is now taking place virtually and is implemented using live video conferencing via Please note that if you do not register your details via the “Apply Google Meet and an online assessment platform. Now” button on the Civil Service Jobs website, as well as submit your CV and supporting statement to Odgers, your application will Please note that a full ADC briefing will be conducted prior to the be deemed to be incomplete and will be sifted out. ADC date that will take you through the assessment process and a participant guide will be provided to help you with the IT and other The closing date for this role is 2nd May 2021. You must submit practical elements of preparing for an ADC. your CV and statement of suitability to Odgers within 24 hours of Further information about the ADC can be found on page 16 of the closing date to complete your application. this pack. 14
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Recruitment Process Cont. Short Listing Candidate Engagement Discussions The panel will consider your ADC performance and make a Shortlisted candidates will be offered the opportunity to meet with decision on which candidates to invite to a Final Panel Interview. the recruiting line manager prior to the final selection panel interview to learn more about the role and the organisation; Occupational Psychology Assessments further details of this will be confirmed with candidates and an assessment of whether this can take place in person, or virtually, Shortlisted candidates will be asked to take part in occupational will be made at a later date. psychology assessments. Further details regarding the assessments will be made available. Final Panel Interview References If you pass the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a final panel interview. You will be advised of the format and it is Shortlisted candidates will also be asked to supply two work likely to include a short presentation, which you will have time to based references ahead of the panel interview prepare in advance. Feedback will be provided for all candidates who have been through the assessment centre and/or final panel. 15
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Commercial Assessment & Development Centre (ADC) The GCO have developed a bespoke commercial assessment centre (ADC) as part of our recruitment process so that applicants can be evaluated against specific standards improving the rigour and consistency with which we select our senior commercial staff. More information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commercial- assessment-and-development-centre Please note that if you commit to attend an ADC and subsequently Points to note cancel or fail to attend on three occasions in a 12 month period, you will be unable to attend any further ADC dates within a 12 A full ADC briefing will be conducted prior to the ADC date, which month rolling period. will take you through the assessment process and a participant guide will be provided to help you with the IT and other practical If you are invited to attend a virtual ADC, but for any reason are elements of preparing for an ADC. unable to meet the stated requirements then please get in touch with the Recruitment Account Manager Applicants must already have achieved an ‘A’ at an ADC at the (anna.dickinson@cabinetoffice.gov.uk) level of the role, or be willing and eligible to attend the ADC. as soon as possible as assistance may be available to support. 16
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Additional Information Information for existing civil servants Successful candidates will be offered a salary in line with the standard Any move to the GCO/Cabinet Office from another employer will Civil Service rules on level transfer or promotion (10% increase on mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes base salary or band minimum, whichever is higher). moves between Government departments. You may however be eligible for other Government schemes, including Tax-Free Where existing civil servants are currently earning more than the Childcare. Determine your eligibility at relevent payscales advertised, if succcesssful, their remuneration will https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ be adjusted to the maximum that has been advertised for this post. We recommend that you advise your Line Manager of your Successful candidates who gain an ‘A’ accreditation will be offered the application, particularly if you get to the Assessment Centre choice between GCO terms or Cabinet Office (modernised) Civil stage. Previous candidates have found it helpful to discuss the Service terms. The advertised salary will be adjusted to sit on the GCO ADC outcome report with their Line Manager and seek their Civil Service equivalent pay scale for SCS level which is £93,000 - support on areas for development. £145,833 Successful candidates who gain a ‘B’ grade at the ADC, will be offered For further information please get in touch with the Recruitment a loan agreement on Cabinet Office (modernised) Civil Service terms. Account Manager, Anna Dickinson If on promotion, this will attract a Temporary Duties allowance (10% of (anna.dickinson@cabinetoffice.gov.uk) base salary or band minimum, whichever is higher). 17
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Additional Information The Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) • ‘normal day-to-day activities’ include everyday things like eating, washing, walking and going shopping The Government Commercial Function offers the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who Reasonable Adjustments meet the minimum selection criteria. We are committed to interviewing all applicants with a disability who provide evidence Under the terms of the Equality Act 2010, we are legally required of meeting the minimum requirements necessary for the post, as to consider making reasonable adjustments to ensure that set out under ‘Essential Criteria’ in this applicant pack. disabled people are not disadvantaged in the recruitment and selection process. We are therefore committed to meeting, To be eligible, your disability must be within the definition laid wherever possible, any needs you specify in your application. We down in the Equality Act 2010. A disabled person is defined by will also consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act 2010 as someone who has a physical or mental the Act to enable any applicant with a disability (as defined under impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the Act) to meet the requirements of the post. their ability to perform normal day-to-day activities. For the purposes of this policy, these words have the following meanings: Reserved for UK Nationals • ‘substantial’ means more than minor or trivial Under certain posts, notably those concerned with security and • ‘long-term’ means that the effect of the impairment has lasted, intelligence, might be reserved for British citizens, but this will not or is likely to last, 12 months (there are special rules covering normally prevent access to a wide range of developmental recurring or fluctuating conditions) opportunities within the Civil Service. This is not a reserved post. 18
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Additional Information Security Clearance Interview Expenses All roles require Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Unfortunately expenses incurred by candidates during the Some roles also require a security clearance (as detailed above) recruitment process will not be reimbursed by the organisation of either Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) or Security Check (SC). except in exceptional circumstances and only when agreed in Information for candidates about security clearance can be found advance. on GOV.UK. We will need to confirm your identity, employment history over the Conflicts of Interest past three years (or course details if you were in education), Candidates must note the requirement to declare any interests nationality and immigration status and criminal record (unspent they may have that might cause questions to be raised about their convictions only). approach to the business of the department. They are required to Please note that CTC clearance would normally require 3 years’ declare any relevant business interests, share holdings, positions UK residency in the past 3 years and SC clearance would of authority, retainers, consultancy arrangements or other normally require 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. This is connections with commercial, public or voluntary bodies, both for not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be themselves and for their spouse/partner. required where individuals have not lived in the UK for the The successful candidate will be required to give up any required period. This may mean that your security clearance (and conflicting interests and his/her other business and financial therefore your appointment) will take longer to confirm or, in some interests may be published. cases, not be possible. 19
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Additional Information The Civil Service Code All civil servants are subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Hearing and determining appeals made by civil servants under Code, which details the Civil Service values, standards of the Civil Service Code (Appendix Y) which sets out the Civil behaviour and rights and responsibilities. For further information Service values – Impartiality, Objectivity, Integrity and Honesty - visit GOV.UK. and forms part of the relationship between civil servants and their employer. Commissioner-led Selection Process More detailed information can be found on the Civil Service This recruitment will be chaired by Isabel Doverty, on behalf of Commission website: the Civil Service commission. The Civil Service Commission has http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk two primary functions: Eligibility Providing assurance that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. For The post is advertised to suitability qualified people in the external the most senior posts in the Civil Service, the Commission market and one level transfer or promotion to existing civil discharges its responsibilities directly by overseeing the servants and those in accredited Non Departmental Public recruitment process and by a Commissioner chairing the Bodies. selection panel. This recruitment follows the Civil Service Recruitment Principles that can be found at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/rec ruitment-principles/ 20
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Additional Information Complaints If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a Alternative formats complaint, you should contact Helen Mallison (helen.mallison@cabinetoffice.gov.uk) in the first instance. If you wish to receive a hard copy of the information or an alternative format e.g. audio, braille or large font then please If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. contact the Civil Service Commission. Reserve lists If the panel deem more than one candidate to be appointable after the final panel interviews, we may hold candidate details on a reserve list for 12 months. If we are then recruiting future vacancies in the Civil Service requiring the same skills and experience, opportunities may be offered to candidates on the reserve list without a new competition. 21
Additional Welcome Messages The GCO Offer Vacancy Information Timeline Recruitment Process Information Additional Resources Additional resources GCO Careers website GCF People Standards for the Profession* Commercial Assessment & Development Centre (ADC) Brochure *The standards were launched in 2015 to provide assurance that there is consistency and a common understanding of expected attributes, technical skills and business judgement of commercial professionals within Government. They set out the standards expected at the four different professional levels (Commercial Lead, Associate Commercial Specialist, Commercial Specialist, and Senior Commercial Specialist). 22
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