Procurement Officer Social Care, Education and Public Health

Job title:

Procurement Officer Social Care, Education and Public Health

Company

Leicester City Council

Job description

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / PermanentOur Social Care, Education and Public Health procurement team procure essential services to meet the requirements of people who draw on social care and public health support and ensure that resources are managed effectively.You could be involved in a wide range of interesting projects. At the same time, you’ll enjoy the satisfaction of knowing you’re helping to ensure our procurement projects are of good quality, value for money and achieve those positive outcomes for our young people, adults, their carers and our community.By joining us, you’ll find an established supportive team and a culture that focuses on producing the best outcomes. You’ll enjoy working in an environment that offers a wide array of opportunities to develop your procurement expertise and encourages you to build and develop a rewarding career.You’ll have the flexibility to work from our bases at Halford House or City Hall and for home working.What you’ll be doingYou’ll provide essential procurement and project management support, making sure every procurement project is delivered effectively and with accuracy. You’ll be using our tendering system to keep all relevant data, research and records accurate and up to date. You’ll be involved in liaising with and advising commissioners, to ensure commissioning reviews are undertaken, and service providers to respond to queries and request key procurement-related information. You’ll also be involved in planning the procurement process, preparing tender documentation, advertising the tender opportunity, compiling, and recording tender evaluation outcomes with accuracy, drafting correspondence and debriefing unsuccessful bidders, working with a Procurement Manager who you will support on this project work.What you will needYou’ll be confident in working on your own initiative or as part of a team. You’ll have good time management skills and techniques to prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines. You’ll have the ability to work with a range of clients and colleagues at all levels, therefore, be a confident communicator, with a professional approach to both verbal and written communication. You’ll also need an analytical way of working and a keen eye for detail to ensure accuracy. You’ll have experience of IT applications with extensive skills in the use of Excel spreadsheets, to be able to prepare complex tender evaluation schemes.What we can offer youAs well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.Join usWe’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.For an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Michelle Larke, Head of Strategic Commissioning on 0116 454 1781.

Expected salary

£31067 – 33366 per year

Location

Leicester

Job date

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 03:13:18 GMT

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