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MARIA GOVIA

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Accomplished professional with expertise in resource allocation, partnerships management, and budgetary control. Demonstrates resilience under pressure, ensuring efficient operations and strategic growth. Adept at managing complex projects and fostering collaborative relationships to drive organisational success.

Offering strong analytical and negotiation skills, along with solid understanding of market trends and consumer behaviour. Knowledgeable about driving sales performance and fostering supplier relationships. Ready to use and develop strategic thinking, communication, and project management skills in [Desired Position] role.

Dedicated [Job Title] highly effective in undertaking administrative and programme management tasks. Manages complex data with excellent organisation. Motivated to achieve outstanding success through prompt communication and helpful approach.

Organised and dependable [Job Title] with [Number] years of experience. Successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude. Willing to take on greater responsibilities to meet team goals.

Organised and dependable [Job Title] with [Number] years of experience. Successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude. Willing to take on greater responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work history

Category Manager Professional Services & Contingent Labour Lead (interim role)

Home Office Border Force
08.2023 - 11.2024
  • Company Overview: Immigration and Migration Remote working
  • I advise on the governance approvals process to onboarding / mobilisation of suppliers in the organisations for bespoke approved contract pieces of work
  • Stakeholders’ management with sourcing requirements which fall under the Professional Services category, for Managed Services, Consultancy and Contingent Labour submissions
  • Preparing and updating business areas Pipeline for current and future work trends
  • Working with stakeholders to define their OBC cases and commercial strategies, providing the initial start up meeting meetings to the business areas to understand the current landscape and prepare for future works, this is recorded on a Director General Pipeline with a three-monthly forecast, liaising with ministers recommended Private Office staff to ensure updates and follow ups are monitored
  • Supporting business and PDM with creating the category strategies for proposed procurements
  • Last commercial strategy IMA design and Build £3m Circa, providing options for the preferred route to market exploring the CCS MCF3 / Neutral Vendor frameworks/ open procurements to show Vfm in table art to highlight the costs from each supplier
  • Social Value input adhered to from each supplier to highlight the benefits of long term productivity in the business areas with the current PCR2015 and the new Procurement Act 2023; overarching theory: Delivering value for money, maximising public benefit, sharing information for the purpose of allowing suppliers and others to understand the authority’s procurement policies and decisions, acting and being seen to act with integrity
  • Providing guidance and drafting of Commercial considerations into commercial strategies, ministerial and Director General submission/procurement timetable, updating 3 bi-monthly Pipeline templates of current workload in various business areas
  • Monitoring the spends and understanding the business landscape for future works
  • I provide expertise on whether an individual / organisation falls within the IR35 regulations
  • Liaison with the HMRC Tax Centre of Excellence when conflicting issues arise for completed SDOPQ templates
  • Supplier Relationship Management with Consultants, Deloitte, PWC EY, Baringa, KMPG, etc
  • I advise colleagues on what forms to complete, highlight the routes to market for complex sourcing requirements in relation to Border Force, Immigration and Asylum
  • I advise colleagues on the various Frameworks providers / Neutral Vendors; Constellia, BLOOM, CCS – Crown Commercial Services, PSR - Public Sector Resourcing AMS
  • Completing SoW - Statements of Works and completing due diligence for complex cases
  • I advise stakeholders with the preparation of retrospective SoW for managed services
  • Supporting the Commercial Lead with updating of the Home Office Migration & Borders Director General monthly Pipeline
  • Benchmarking suppliers from various Frameworks to allow VfM (Value for Money), for insertion into Ministerial Submissions, providing Commercial Considerations
  • Completing Cabinet Office Spend Control Thresholds templates for daily rates Home Office benchmarking threshold
  • Providing guidance and advice to the business areas souring ‘routes to market’ for Contingent Labour resources, Managed Services and Consultancy requirements
  • Drafting SoW for Manged Services, assisting with the completion of SDOPQ Tax Determination sourcing tools, and CEST determination for individuals
  • I keep abreast touch with the Crown Commercial Service updates, to keep a knowledgeable understanding of market trends
  • Immigration and Migration Remote working

Deputy Head of the Contingent Labour Unit (interim role)

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
08.2022 - 07.2023
  • Company Overview: Remote working
  • Supporting the Head of the Contingent Labour Unit to establish the Unit and in setting Terms of Reference (TORS) for the Contingent Labour Panel
  • Sourcing contingent labour requests and suitable routes for market
  • CCS Frameworks, FCDO preferred supplier list
  • Overseeing and reviewing the daily rate for contractors submitted via the online exceptions panel form
  • Supporting cross-Government and Legacy contingent labour submissions
  • Assessing CEST assessments to determine IR35 status
  • Charing exception panel meetings, sending out approval emails to HRPB, BM, FBP for request submitted
  • Updating the reviewing the exceptional panel pipeline
  • Proactively working to embed new ways of working, drawing on a multi-disciplinary team of colleagues from across HR, Commercial and Finance
  • Supporting with contract management of Public Sector Resourcing contract and any ad hoc contracts as determined by the CL exceptions panel
  • Working on the FCDO governance processes relating to contingent labour, supporting with the secretariat of the CL panel, the outcomes for directorates
  • Building strong working relationships with PSR, Crown Commercial and the Cabinet Office
  • Remote working

Commercial Manager (SEO) Interim to be replaced with permanent Civil Servant

UK Space Agency part of (BEIS) Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy
05.2022 - 07.2022
  • To support the development of two commercial contracts for Space Launch and In Orbit demonstrator (IOD)
  • To engage proactively and provide commercial advice and support to ensure major projects and programme teams can adopt a truly end to end commercial lifecycle approach
  • This activity will include reviewing supplier and grant recipient proposals, change requests and deliverables, providing recommendations, identifying risks and issues, and negotiating excellent and innovative commercial outcomes
  • Drafting of bespoke specifications, engaging with In-house Legal department
  • Providing support on Commercial awareness sessions
  • Using Jagger e-sourcing systems

Commercial Officer (HEO)

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
11.2021 - 02.2022
  • Company Overview: Remote working
  • Providing Commercial expertise to APHA Contract Management Team
  • Running Mini Tender Competitions using LUPC Frameworks
  • Drafting a fully comprehensive procurement strategy for Direct Awards
  • Completing Tiering Tools to define Contract Level Gold/ Silver /Bronze
  • Drafting contract variations, with commercial input
  • Using BRAVO E-Sourcing Tender Portal
  • Uploading CCN/Contracts on BRAVO
  • Responding to Supplier queries via the BRAVO E-Sourcing System
  • Share point administration
  • Redacting contracts using Adobe Professional to upload on Contracts Finder
  • Drafting Single Tender Awards, providing full justification using Procurement Regulations to support each case for submission to the chosen supplier
  • Remote working

Contract Manager (SEO)

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
02.2021 - 11.2021
  • Company Overview: Remote working
  • Supporting Business Owners with the Gold star Contracts on the Test & Trace Phase 5 contract
  • Contract managing £25,604,370 with various Work Package (PID)
  • Fortnightly meeting with Business Owners, HRBP, FBP
  • Updating contract, tender documents/ notices on Work Plan
  • Assisting with the Ramp Down Plan from the Work Packages with the Work Force Strategy Team
  • Completing P2P Requestions forms
  • Validating Timesheets from supplier reports
  • Taking Change Request submissions to the Change Board Approval meetings on a weekly basis
  • Remote working

Commercial Officer

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
08.2020 - 09.2020
  • Company Overview: Remote working
  • Supporting the Study Leads to administer first stage business cases, formulating contracts for services provided from suppliers
  • Weekly updates on the commercial dashboard via MS Teams
  • Requisitioning of purchase orders and receipting invoices, then updating the project budget
  • Updating the Pillar 4 Dashboard on a weekly basis
  • Weekly Commercial meeting via MS Teams
  • Remote working

Procurement Officer

Kingston Council
03.2020 - 04.2020
  • Company Overview: Remote working
  • Research and conduct an option appraisal of various grant giving approaches (e.g., other Local Authorities, Big Lottery, Arts Council, City Bridge Trust, Esme Fairbairn Foundation, NHS Trust)
  • Develop a proposed grant giving process from commissioning to performance, including process maps, guidance materials for bidders, commissioners, and templates
  • Daily team meetings via Skype
  • Develop and outline commissioning support offer to the agencies, providing technical procurement support, good commissioning and bid writing skills
  • Remote working

Procurement Officer

Croydon Council
10.2019 - 03.2020
  • Company Overview: Adult Social Care Commissioning and Improvement
  • Supporting the Commissioning Managers with the drafting of Report to Buy (RP2) strategy documents
  • Shaping the strategic plan for procurement across Adult Social Care
  • Drafting tender documents using the Light Touch Regime
  • Collaborating with Internal Stakeholders in Adults Social Care, building new relationships around the scope of work
  • Assisting the Commissioners with New Business request and drafting business cases, following through the approval process, reviewing governance processes to approval stage
  • Chairing moderation meetings, drafting notes, uploading final scores onto the Consensus database
  • Drafting of successful and unsuccessful letters to suppliers
  • Managing clarification correspondence / uploading tendering documents via the e-tending www.londontenders.org portal (Proactis Due North)
  • Adult Social Care Commissioning and Improvement

Assistant Commercial Manager

Transport for London
06.2019 - 09.2019
  • Company Overview: Marketing and Printing Department
  • Procurement schedule for the Greater London Authority
  • Market Research tenders £45,000 - £850,00 and OJEU threshold
  • CCS Research Market Place DPS Frameworks
  • Managing the Evaluation process and Consensus meetings
  • Drafting of Contracts and Evaluation award reports
  • Managing clarification, suppliers’ meetings
  • Drafting variation reports
  • Using Pro Contract -Due North / BRAVO / DELTA
  • Marketing and Printing Department

Commercial Officer

HM Courts & Tribunals Service
03.2019 - 05.2019
  • Short term interim role checking statements of works (SoW) providing assurance, passing onto senior Business Partners and Financial Business Partners for approvals

Contracts Processing Officer

London Borough of Hackney Council
10.2018 - 03.2019
  • Company Overview: Children’s and Young Peoples Service
  • Collaborating with Internal Stakeholders building new relationships with a various Service Heads of Departments, assisting the Commissioners with New Business request and drafting business cases, following through the approval process to the procurement stage
  • To include the Privacy Impact Assessment to ensure all procurement is compliant with the GDPR Regulations
  • (Effective from 25th May 2018)
  • Assisting stakeholders with drafting of updated and new specifications with numerous services areas, assisting with the drafting of Single Tender Actions, administering Procurement Requisitions and Service orders to Business Units
  • Updating the contracts spreadsheet and procurement pipeline
  • Children’s and Young Peoples Service

Contracts and Procurement Officer / Administrator

Premier Oil
09.2018 - 09.2018
  • Collaborating with suppliers, administering Procurement Requisitions and Service orders to Business Units
  • Procuring Mini-Tenders for Consultancy, Engineering works, Health and Safety Courses for Onshore and Offshore Staff
  • Managing Contracts and variations
  • Updating Premier Oil Contract Database on Premier Oil’s Website Base Portal

Procurement Business Partner

Department of Cultural Media Sport
02.2018 - 04.2018
  • Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Compliant
  • Working for the Commonwealth Games Delivery Unit - Procuring Goods / Services for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022
  • Procuring end to end Legal Services to set up the Organising Committee working alongside the Government Legal Department

Commercial Officer (Procurement for Professional Services)

06.2015 - 02.2018
  • SC-Enhanced with the NCA valid from June 2015- 27/05/2018
  • (Valid for 1 year after expiry date)
  • Public Contracts Regulations 2015 compliant
  • Administering Contract Service Contracts, submitting service orders via BRAVO and G-Cloud 9
  • Consulting with suppliers in reference to IR35 service contracts
  • Updating clarifications on BRAVO
  • Supporting the Senior Commercial Manager with procuring of Contingent Labour for Professional Services at the National Crime Agency
  • End to end Procurement Process for Professional Services specialist staff for CEOP and NOVO Projects – focusing on Child Protection and Cybercrime
  • Administering Tenders using the Non-Clinical and Non-Medical and Crown Commercial services Frameworks
  • Evaluating tender submissions from Suppliers (Agencies), analogising CV’s, liaison with stakeholders regarding best value for money
  • Administering paperwork for monthly Contingent Labour Board Meetings
  • Administering FC012 Applications, in preparation for evaluation by the business (the requestor) departments
  • Raising Purchase Orders and Contract Service Orders for contractor
  • Sending out tender submission, using Crown Commercial Services Frameworks for procuring Professional Services, working, and delivering strategic planning for the NOVO Project Manager, terminating contracts with Contingent Labour staff, advising suppliers ‘Agencies’ of successful interviews and those who have been declined
  • Sending and requesting feedback reports, sending out contract termination emails to suppliers and to the contractor
  • Working closely with the Vetting department and building good working relationships
  • Preparation of vetting document to candidates in preparation for Security Clearances (SC Enhanced, DV)
  • Entering information on the contracts database, updating MI (Management Information) Spreadsheet highlighting cost saving with Contractors
  • Advising supplier on Pre-AWR and Post-AWR payments to contractors and highlighting the cost on the contract service order
  • Liaison with HR with new starter and leavers of organisation
  • Sending out Contractors Briefing Packs to suppliers, advising on induction sessions for new starters

Procurement and Performance Manager

Brent Housing Partnership
07.2014 - 12.2014
  • Contracts currently working on Disabled Adaptations £650K per year (3 years), Wardens Services £1.2m per year (4 years)
  • Issuing OJEU Notices onto Delta e-sourcing system and contracts finder, updating BMI Indices onto contracts showing annual uplifts, managing the Contract Officer, assisting with planning of the Consultants Framework, sending out Call-Off contracts from Frameworks, developing and agreeing specifications, interviewing successful suppliers
  • Development of contract specifications, tendering and letting contracts for Brent Housing Partnership / London Borough of Brent
  • Demonstrating to stakeholder’s the understanding of the Section 20 of the Landlord and & Tenancy Act 1985
  • (As amended by the Common hold & Leasehold Reform Act 2002) sets out the three-stage consultation procedure with which to follow when conducting qualifying works to your building where the contribution from anyone exceeds £250, or a qualifying long-term agreement
  • The Section 20
  • Advising stakeholders when procuring Goods / Services to allow an additional 30 days to the Standstill process
  • To provide full contract monitoring, performance, and auditing service to operation management teams (across BHP and others) in the administrative operational management teams
  • Consultation with service users and operational units on future service requirements and areas for improvement from ‘lessons learned’ from previously let contracts
  • Research areas of good practice, new legislation, and implement Best Value Principles and Practice across contract procurement and performance
  • Management of the Contract Officer

Senior Procurement Officer

Transport for London (TfL)
02.2014 - 06.2014
  • To provide a complaint procurement service for allocated user stakeholder within the TfL Group
  • To achieve value for money and high stakeholder satisfaction
  • Identify negotiate and implement contract and framework agreements which deliver high value for money
  • Maintain accurate auditable records of procurement process and compliance
  • Plan and engage with users to understand contract specifications and with suppliers to develop profile of delivery capability
  • Build into contracts and framework development, TfL’s sustainable procurement obligations and preferences including assurance of procurement level

Assistant Framework Manager

City of London Corporation
05.2013 - 02.2014
  • Managing construction contracts from Cradle to Grave using Due-North e-tendering systems
  • Ensuring compliance checks for contracts with EU and OJEU Thresholds
  • Administering PQQ and publishing notification
  • Publishing PQQ notifications
  • Completing City of London Form of Tender ensuring correct data has been applied
  • Tendering Contracts for Open Spaces in the region of £150k – £8 Million
  • Sending special notifications to contractors advising them amendments to the contract schedule
  • Supporting Senior Engineer with tending Major Works for the Servicing of Lifts scoping the scope of works and assisting the completeness of the JCT contracts, inputting the schedule of rates to meet the servicing demands and the City of London Corporation policies
  • Supporting the Engineers to insure stating the requirements are accurate, to avoid delays
  • Supporting the Engineers with drafting bespoke contracts as these issues come built into the contract template
  • Tendering contracts for Listed Buildings of the English Heritage – Tendering or Consultancy work from Professional Servies Suppliers via Frameworks
  • Tendering contracts from the Minor Works Framework and National Schedule of rates in the region of £300 – £500k
  • Closing contracts and assisting the Chamberlain's Department with final procedures

Procurement Officer Social Services / Adults with difficulties

Hammersmith and Fulham Council
02.2004 - 02.2012
  • Ensuring the smooth running of the transport service within the Social Services department by monitoring transport schedules, managing contracts for private hire/ taxi service, and monitoring designated transport budgets
  • Discussing business requirements and specifications, agreeing procurement strategies with business partners (including criteria for selection process)
  • Administering the publishing where appropriate (such as the official journal of the European Union OJEU)
  • Select tenders
  • Assisting with producing tender documents (including supplier performance measures)
  • Supporting business partners post-award and resolving disputes of they occur, to support improvements in projects and commercial management
  • Offering advice and guidance to social workers and communicating with the public (vulnerable adults, people with disabilities, parents)
  • Tendering contracts; administering PQQs; paying invoices; raising purchase orders; reconciling month end statistics
  • Managing transport contract for vulnerable adults
  • Embed a strong customer centred ethos through efficient practice visible
  • Effective liaison with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely and effective flow reporting of information
  • Establish and maintain initiative-taking business support to deliver informed reporting and accurate transactions to agreed deadlines
  • Managing the weekly contact supervision rota and advising social workers
  • Managing the MHU transport budget

ITD Helpdesk Operator

Public Health Laboratory Service Ltd
01.2002 - 02.2004

Education

Contract Management Training - Business Contract Law, Report Writing

The Knowledge Academy
06.2023 - 06.2024

CIPS Level 4 - undefined

Prince2 - undefined

Certificate in Communication Skills - undefined

Birkbeck University

Certificate in Counselling - Transpersonal/ Interpersonal Dimension

Birkbeck University
01.1993 - 01.1994

Sociology O-Level - RSA II typing

College of Northwest London
01.1984 - 01.1985

7 O-Level passes - including English and Mathematics

Capital City Academy
01.1979 - 01.1984

Certificate in NEC3 & NEC4 Contracts - Project Mangement

Udemy Inc, Online Training
01.2025 -

Skills

  • Resource allocation
  • Partnerships management
  • Resilience under pressure
  • Budgetary control

Custom

Available upon request.

Timeline

Certificate in NEC3 & NEC4 Contracts - Project Mangement

Udemy Inc, Online Training
01.2025 -

Category Manager Professional Services & Contingent Labour Lead (interim role)

Home Office Border Force
08.2023 - 11.2024

Contract Management Training - Business Contract Law, Report Writing

The Knowledge Academy
06.2023 - 06.2024

Deputy Head of the Contingent Labour Unit (interim role)

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
08.2022 - 07.2023

Commercial Manager (SEO) Interim to be replaced with permanent Civil Servant

UK Space Agency part of (BEIS) Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy
05.2022 - 07.2022

Commercial Officer (HEO)

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
11.2021 - 02.2022

Contract Manager (SEO)

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
02.2021 - 11.2021

Commercial Officer

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
08.2020 - 09.2020

Procurement Officer

Kingston Council
03.2020 - 04.2020

Procurement Officer

Croydon Council
10.2019 - 03.2020

Assistant Commercial Manager

Transport for London
06.2019 - 09.2019

Commercial Officer

HM Courts & Tribunals Service
03.2019 - 05.2019

Contracts Processing Officer

London Borough of Hackney Council
10.2018 - 03.2019

Contracts and Procurement Officer / Administrator

Premier Oil
09.2018 - 09.2018

Procurement Business Partner

Department of Cultural Media Sport
02.2018 - 04.2018

Commercial Officer (Procurement for Professional Services)

06.2015 - 02.2018

Procurement and Performance Manager

Brent Housing Partnership
07.2014 - 12.2014

Senior Procurement Officer

Transport for London (TfL)
02.2014 - 06.2014

Assistant Framework Manager

City of London Corporation
05.2013 - 02.2014

Procurement Officer Social Services / Adults with difficulties

Hammersmith and Fulham Council
02.2004 - 02.2012

ITD Helpdesk Operator

Public Health Laboratory Service Ltd
01.2002 - 02.2004

Certificate in Counselling - Transpersonal/ Interpersonal Dimension

Birkbeck University
01.1993 - 01.1994

Sociology O-Level - RSA II typing

College of Northwest London
01.1984 - 01.1985

7 O-Level passes - including English and Mathematics

Capital City Academy
01.1979 - 01.1984

CIPS Level 4 - undefined

Prince2 - undefined

Certificate in Communication Skills - undefined

Birkbeck University

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