THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO WORK ACROSS ALL COMMERCIAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS!

Did you know that Commercial Awareness was recently voted the top skill demanded by employers across all sectors?

This year, the Civil Service are launching a new specialist Commercial Fast Stream Graduate Programme, designed to build commercial capability and deliver a high calibre of future Commercial Leaders across the Civil Service.

The Civil Service Fast Stream is a talent management programme for graduates who have the potential to go on and become the leaders of tomorrow.

If you have the ability to make and argue for decisions, recognise when risk taking is appropriate, show that you have business acumen and mental acuity, demonstrate an aptitude for customer and relationship building with the skill to communicate and influence effectively – this is the Graduate Programme for you!

Those who are successfully recruited onto the Commercial Fast Stream will take part in a rich and varied 4 year programme, which will provide a succession of challenging rotations across a number of departments including the Ministry of Defence; the Department of Working Pensions; the Home Office; the Department for Transport, and many more. This will give you the widest possible experience, across all commercial Government functions, giving you the opportunity to experience all aspects of commercial leadership, and instilling you with the confidence and know-how so that you can put in place and manage some of the largest, most sophisticated and impactful commercial arrangements in the world!

Not only will the scheme provide you with invaluable experience but you will also complete the Chartered Institute Procurement and Supply (CIPS) qualifications, qualifying you for CIPS membership at the end of your Commercial Fast Stream.

So if you want a career which offers challenge, stretch and progression and think you have what it takes to be a commercial leader, apply for the Civil Service Commercial Fast Stream by visiting their website: https://www.gov.uk/faststream

The new Civil Service Fast Stream Commercial Programme will be open for applications between 16 February-10 April 2015.