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Trust Procurement Officer
| Posting date: | 21 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, Not recorded, LE2 6FU |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 93ab60d6-c242-44be-8e33-3f0e9e9b5fde-1 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
To be successful in this post you will bring with you a proven track record in procurement, ideally in an education context, and have a high level of emotional intelligence and professional curiosity to provide an exemplary procurement service.
This role is suited to a procurement professional looking to further develop their specialism and to grow in post as the role develops over time.
You will be based at our central office located at Lancaster Academy with a requirement to travel to the Academies within the Trust, working onsite, as required. An integral part of our central team, you will be working alongside a variety of people in a fast paced but supportive environment and will demonstrate a willingness to go over and above in support of your colleagues.
You will be given the opportunity to grow professionally and personally in this role.
You will:
• Have at least 2 years experience working in a similar role, ideally in education
• Hold, or be working towards, a Level 4 CIPS qualification
• Have experience of managing multiple and concurrent procurement projects, ranging from lower value contracts to those over PCR2015 threshold
• Have up to date working knowledge of current Procurement Law and Regulations
• Have an understanding of working in accordance with the Academy Financial Handbook
• Have working experience of successful contract award through frameworks and inhouse processes
• Have the ability to support staff with procurement matters in accordance with Trust policy and procedures and wider procurement regulations
• Be solution focused and proactive; willing to seek out new ways of working
• Have strong IT skills and confidence to use cloud-based software systems efficiently and effectively
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• Access to the highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
• Favourable annual leave entitlement, above the statutory minimum, plus bank holidays.
• Access to extensive, free and confidential wellbeing services, including counselling sessions, physiotherapy, GP phone and video consultations, menopause support, manspace and mindfulness programmes.
• Staff Benefits Package - Access to a huge range of savings from retailers such as Currys, Halfords, Wilko, Asda, Tesco, M&S, Morrisons and many more!
• Cycle to Work – In partnership with Pluxee, this initiative allows you to make Tax and National Insurance savings on the cost of a new bike and safety accessories. Savings are achieved via salary sacrifice which is managed by the Trust and lets you spread the cost to make payments more convenient.
• Free Financial Support Service from Barclays - support with all aspects of your financial health and wellbeing, and you don't need to be a Barclays customer to use the service.
• Eye Test Vouchers – Free SpecSavers voucher for eligible staff
• Annual Flu Vaccine – Free flu vaccine voucher for eligible staff
• Free onsite parking
• Free tea and coffee
Commitment to safeguarding
LwLAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employment offers are subject to an Enhanced DBS with barred list check, and a prohibition from teaching check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance is available on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
To be successful in this post you will bring with you a proven track record in procurement, ideally in an education context, and have a high level of emotional intelligence and professional curiosity to provide an exemplary procurement service.
This role is suited to a procurement professional looking to further develop their specialism and to grow in post as the role develops over time.
You will be based at our central office located at Lancaster Academy with a requirement to travel to the Academies within the Trust, working onsite, as required. An integral part of our central team, you will be working alongside a variety of people in a fast paced but supportive environment and will demonstrate a willingness to go over and above in support of your colleagues.
You will be given the opportunity to grow professionally and personally in this role.
You will:
• Have at least 2 years experience working in a similar role, ideally in education
• Hold, or be working towards, a Level 4 CIPS qualification
• Have experience of managing multiple and concurrent procurement projects, ranging from lower value contracts to those over PCR2015 threshold
• Have up to date working knowledge of current Procurement Law and Regulations
• Have an understanding of working in accordance with the Academy Financial Handbook
• Have working experience of successful contract award through frameworks and inhouse processes
• Have the ability to support staff with procurement matters in accordance with Trust policy and procedures and wider procurement regulations
• Be solution focused and proactive; willing to seek out new ways of working
• Have strong IT skills and confidence to use cloud-based software systems efficiently and effectively
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• Access to the highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
• Favourable annual leave entitlement, above the statutory minimum, plus bank holidays.
• Access to extensive, free and confidential wellbeing services, including counselling sessions, physiotherapy, GP phone and video consultations, menopause support, manspace and mindfulness programmes.
• Staff Benefits Package - Access to a huge range of savings from retailers such as Currys, Halfords, Wilko, Asda, Tesco, M&S, Morrisons and many more!
• Cycle to Work – In partnership with Pluxee, this initiative allows you to make Tax and National Insurance savings on the cost of a new bike and safety accessories. Savings are achieved via salary sacrifice which is managed by the Trust and lets you spread the cost to make payments more convenient.
• Free Financial Support Service from Barclays - support with all aspects of your financial health and wellbeing, and you don't need to be a Barclays customer to use the service.
• Eye Test Vouchers – Free SpecSavers voucher for eligible staff
• Annual Flu Vaccine – Free flu vaccine voucher for eligible staff
• Free onsite parking
• Free tea and coffee
Commitment to safeguarding
LwLAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employment offers are subject to an Enhanced DBS with barred list check, and a prohibition from teaching check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance is available on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974