Procurement Specialist

3 months ago


Westminster, United Kingdom The Zoological Society of London Full time

Position Details:
**Position**: Procurement Specialist (Business Services Department, Permanent, Part time 2.5 days per week)

**Salary**:£ 15,677 (Inclusive of London Weighting)

**Location**:Regents Park/Hybrid

Overview of the Role:
This role is part of the Procurement team in the Business Services department. The main focus of this role will be to run sourcing processes and to support the implementation of procurement solutions to provide best value for money and manage risk across a variety of spend categories.

Key Responsibilities:

- Running Procurement exercises
- Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships
- Managing contract administration
- Engaging supplier on sustainability matters

Please see a full job description here
- Have experience working in a procurement, purchasing or buying role
- Be familiar with managing competing priorities
- Have knowledge of and interest in concepts such as sustainability, corporate social responsibility, social value and responsible procurement generally

About Us:
We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.

**What do we offer?**

At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include:

- Our vision and purpose - you’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help us to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct
- Pension scheme - we offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension.
- Flexible working - talk to us about your flexible working requirements and we will do everything we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
- Holidays - 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays
- Wellbeing - access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Complimentary tickets - annual allocation of Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops
- Cycle2Work - our cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle
- Season ticket loan - we offer an interest free loan to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work
- Family friendly policies - we offer enhanced maternity and paternity packages

To Apply:
**To Apply**:

- The Zoological Society of London is a charity registered in England and Wales: no. 208728._



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