Procurement & Performance Support Officer

3 weeks ago


Oldbury West Midlands, United Kingdom We Manage Jobs(WMJobs) Full time

At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.

What we can offer you:-

  • Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
  • You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
  • We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
  • Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
  • We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.

Hours - 37 per week

Fixed term contract until 31st January 2025

Sandwell Children’s Trust are recruiting for a Procurement & Performance Support Officer for the Commissioning & Placements Team. We are looking for an exceptional candidate who is passionate, committed and dedicated to improving the lives of children & young people.

The post holder will support the Commissioning & Placements Team in the function of commissioning external placements, liaising with internal fostering team and supporting the Placement and Procurement Officers on the duty rota.

The post holders’ responsibilities will be: -

  • To support the preparation and issue of procurement and contractual documentation and information.
  • To prepare and issue monitoring documentation to service providers.
  • To prepare information on services from monitoring information to assist with service review meetings.
  • To contribute to the evaluation of services by supporting collection of evidence of outcomes from service providers.
  • To monitor reported service activity against agreed milestones and Service Level Agreements and use judgements to assess and resolve conflicts in information, reporting to Procurement staff any variances or issues identified.

Candidates will need to have: -

  • NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Business Studies
  • Minimum of 18 months experience of working in a busy office environment.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing with a range of stakeholders including staff from public and voluntary sector organisations and the general public. Ability to collate information from a variety of sources. Excellent administrative and IT skills. Knowledge of project management.

If you would like an informal discussion about this role, please email Wendy Williams wendy1_williams@sandwellchildrenstrust.org

When people join the team at Sandwell they say it feels like they become part of the family…they have #ComeHomeToSandwell. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our Family.

So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children’s Trust, then we’d love to hear from you.

Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.

To apply please click on the link below to complete an application form and view the Sandwell Deal:-

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