Procurement Officer

About the role
If you are interested in procurement in the public sector, please read on. This role is based in the high performing Procurement and Commercial Team at Cambridgeshire County Council.

You'll be working alongside other Procurement Officers as well as the wider Procurement and Commercial function who are a close-knit, friendly team that will support and encourage your development.

If the position is offered as part of the apprenticeship route, then the starting salary will be 70% of the bottom point of grade SO1 (£21,105.70per annum) after one year completion you will move to 85% of the bottom point of grade SO1 (£25,628.35 per annum). Upon completion of the second year of the apprenticeship you will move to 95% (£28,643.45 per annum) and once you have finished the apprenticeship course you will be on 100% of grade S01, (£30,151 per annum).

Please note that all of the figures quoted above do not include the NJC cost of living increase which is being nationally negotiated. Once settled, this increase will be applied and backdated to the start date of your employment.

What will you be doing?
Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager for Corporate and IT you will be involved in the whole procurement cycle from procurement planning through to contract award on contracts valued over £100,000. Preparing procurement documentation with clients and providing support through the evaluation process.

Calling off from government frameworks as well as publishing open tenders using the Councils e-tendering platform (ProContract) working with stakeholders across the organisation to embed sound and effective procurement practice.

About you
You will need to be confident bringing strong communication skills and an attention to detail, operating with integrity and often working on your own initiative you will have strong organisation and IT skills.

You will have experience of managing the procurement process, ideally within the public sector and should be familiar with calling off from Local Government frameworks.

Able to develop and analyse a range of data sets to inform the work of the team and enable effective performance management and reporting.

About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme