Assistant Procurement Officer
| Posting date: | 06 December 2024 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 January 2025 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG2 3NG |
| Company: | Nottingham City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4183 |
Summary
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £31,586 (Level one) rising to £34,314 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for an individual to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
To provide a professional procurement approach in the delivery of effective procurement in a category management structure, with a focus on maximising savings, increasing spend with local suppliers and increasing targeted employment and training opportunities.
To provide support to Category Managers and Lead Procurement Officers in the delivery of the Category Strategy and complex procurement. To conduct procurement exercises for contracts with a value up to £2M.
To promote the Council’s vision, values, aims, objectives, and priorities actively and effectively, putting our citizens first through the delivery of best value services.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Working towards MCIPS qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
- Knowledge of tendering procedures including UK Legislation, other relevant legislation and company Financial Regulations and how these relate to procurement.
- Knowledge of suppliers and commodities procured in the public sector
- Experience of carrying out tendering procedures in accordance with company Financial Regulations and UK Legislation
- Experience of carrying out negotiations with internal and external local authority staff and external suppliers
- Ability to work with elected Officers up to a senior level, both from within the Council and from other authorities, to give advice on a range of procurement issues.
- Ability to use Microsoft Excel, Access and other relevant software including e tendering suite, specific contract software to produce reports and evaluate data.
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact sue.oliver@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 20th December 2024
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
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