28923 - Fleet Officer (Contract Performance)
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £31,429 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Environment Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 28923 |
Summary
We’re fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share.
The Environment Agency strategy is to protect and enhance nature and leave the nation’s natural environment in a better state than we inherited it. We have committed to being a net zero organisation and Defra Group Fleet Services (DGFS) is responsible for leading the fleet transition to achieving this.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of fleet specialists to support delivery of these ambitious fleet targets and drive tangible change. You will work within a team of contract professionals, delivering a varied work programme of purchase and service contracts on behalf of the Environment Agency and our Defra Partners. You will work with colleagues across the organisation identifying business needs, setting contract strategy, and leading tender processes including award of contracts.
As a member of the contract performance team, you will work with contract managers overseeing the contracts through the whole lifecycle, working with suppliers to reduce their environmental footprint, maintain a cost-effective fleet, to deliver our legal and health & safety responsibilities. So excellent relationship management and influencing skills are critical to the role.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate. Please see the candidate pack for more on how you will support with this.
The team
Defra Group Fleet Services (DGFS) is a national team that now provides a collaborative fleet service across the Defra group, we are part of the Strategy, Transformation and Assurance Directorate. The Contracts team collaborate with other parts of the fleet team to develop the contract requirement, determine and award the required contracts and contract management of supplier performance to ensure operational delivery of services. The role will report to the Strategic Fleet Manager.
Experience/skills required
We are looking for someone who enjoys working with contracts and has good commercial acumen. This would be a great opportunity for anyone wishing to utilise and develop their interpersonal and analytical skills.
You should:
• have excellent communication and organisational skills
• have the ability to collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and our suppliers
• be able to Influence and Persuade both internally and externally stakeholders
• be a forward thinker and able to identify both opportunities and risks
Experience of the procurement processes within Defra would be desirable.
The Environment Agency strategy is to protect and enhance nature and leave the nation’s natural environment in a better state than we inherited it. We have committed to being a net zero organisation and Defra Group Fleet Services (DGFS) is responsible for leading the fleet transition to achieving this.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of fleet specialists to support delivery of these ambitious fleet targets and drive tangible change. You will work within a team of contract professionals, delivering a varied work programme of purchase and service contracts on behalf of the Environment Agency and our Defra Partners. You will work with colleagues across the organisation identifying business needs, setting contract strategy, and leading tender processes including award of contracts.
As a member of the contract performance team, you will work with contract managers overseeing the contracts through the whole lifecycle, working with suppliers to reduce their environmental footprint, maintain a cost-effective fleet, to deliver our legal and health & safety responsibilities. So excellent relationship management and influencing skills are critical to the role.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate. Please see the candidate pack for more on how you will support with this.
The team
Defra Group Fleet Services (DGFS) is a national team that now provides a collaborative fleet service across the Defra group, we are part of the Strategy, Transformation and Assurance Directorate. The Contracts team collaborate with other parts of the fleet team to develop the contract requirement, determine and award the required contracts and contract management of supplier performance to ensure operational delivery of services. The role will report to the Strategic Fleet Manager.
Experience/skills required
We are looking for someone who enjoys working with contracts and has good commercial acumen. This would be a great opportunity for anyone wishing to utilise and develop their interpersonal and analytical skills.
You should:
• have excellent communication and organisational skills
• have the ability to collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and our suppliers
• be able to Influence and Persuade both internally and externally stakeholders
• be a forward thinker and able to identify both opportunities and risks
Experience of the procurement processes within Defra would be desirable.