Procurement Assistant

**Procurement Assistant**

**Selwood Housing**

**Full time (37 hrs) Permanent**

**Flexible working opportunities**

**£26,500 per annum**

**Trowbridge and surrounding areas**

**Closing date: midnight, (31st May 2023)**

**Interview date: (21st June 2023) (interviews will be held in person)**

**The role**

The purpose of this role is to work with teams across the Selwood Housing Group to gain best value from its procurement considering price, quality, time and sustainability.

**It has the following main responsibilities;**
- Supporting budget holders and contract managers in their procurement and contract management activities.
- Assisting in the development Procurement Strategies and assisting in executing the procurement process from start to finish.
- Aiding in continuously improving procurement practices across the Group.
- Training and coaching staff members engaged in procurement activities at all levels to deliver continuous value for money improvements.
- To be the main point of contact for all aspects of Selwood's Wave 2 Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund project including all interactions with the Consortium (West of England Combined Authority). This will include claims management, reporting, audit requirements and assisting in future procurements related to the project.

**What we need**

For this role you’ll need to have the following skills and experience;
- Experience of working within a procurement or similar environment
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Computer skills to include word processing and spreadsheets, specifically Excel
- Project coordination experience
- Experience of working on procurement exercises
- Analytical skills, and the ability to identify opportunities from large amounts of data and present findings to others in a concise format
- Effective written and verbal communication skills