Procurement Advisor

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom Public Sector Resourcing Full time

**Procurement Advisor -** **(Inside IR35)**

**Contract Term: 6 Months**

**Contracting Authority: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office**

**Location: Hybrid - London 3 days a week in the office**

**MUST HAVE ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE**

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DfID) merged on 1 September 2020 to form the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

The FCDO pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

**As a Procurement Advisor your main responsibilities will be**:

- Supporting IACT projects in their respective portfolios where they are business partners and have developed relationships with programme teams to deliver commercial contracts in support of IACT programming requirements.
- Lead procurement projects: support the drafting of specifications, contracts and managing the Invitation to Tender (ITT) and evaluation processes using the FCDO eProcurement platform Jaggaer.
- Maintain and support existing, or create new, networks with the respective programme teams, other government departments and the supply base to develop a relevant and up-to-date understanding of the category or programme of spend for the team.
- Be creative and innovative when developing and implementing service requirements for complex procurements to ensure value for money is achieved.
- Provide support on appropriate project governance including documentation, business cases and presenting cases to relevant boards.
- Support the pipeline of projects and contracts using the FCDO eProcurement platform to enable accurate and timely reporting.
- Support efforts to ensure continuity and consistency of approach across the programmes from project to project, using required tools, systems and processes such as e-sourcing tools to guide commercial activity and produce high quality commercial management information.

**You’ll have relevant experience in**:

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ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED**:

- Understanding of Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015
- Experience of delivering procurements in the public sector. This will include good commercial awareness and judgement with the ability to understand, control and mitigate risks
- Practical Hands-on experience of the End-to-End Procurement Process within the Public Sector
- Experience of running multiple procurements and projects concurrently
- Experience of Framework call offs (GCloud, DOS etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communication and influencing skills with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work at a fast pace and manage multiple conflicting priorities
- Strong problem solving skills with the ability to take decisions based on well thought-out conclusions and recommendations.

**Disability confident**

**We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.**

**Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.**- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._

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