Trainee Procurement Officer

5 months ago


Leicester, United Kingdom ESPO Full time

**Organisation**:Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)

**Work Location**: Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1ES

**Salary**: £24,708 - £32,004 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) (pay award pending)

**Working Hours**:Full-time (flexible/hybrid working)

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Closing Date**:Monday 3rd June (5pm)

If you’re looking for an exciting opportunity to work within the public sector for an organisation with a commercial edge, then ESPO is the place for you. We are looking for highly motivated Trainee Procurement Officers (TPOs) to work within our Corporate Solutions, Place & Environment and Catalogue procurement teams.

ESPO are a publicly owned business offering a professional procurement service to our public sector customers. We make a surplus and return this to our local authority owners, to invest in the public services we all rely on. We have ambitious plans for the future and are looking for highly talented people to work on our category teams.

**About the Role**

**About You**
- A degree (at least 2:2 in Business Studies/Economics/ Commerce/ Purchasing/Law or other relevant discipline)

And must be able to demonstrate:

- An ability to communicate with customers, suppliers and colleagues verbally and in writing
- Strong analytical and numerical skills and careful attention to detail
- You are able to manage your time effectively to ensure tasks are completed and deadlines are met
- You are competent in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel and willingness to learn to use any in-house software or systems
- You are ambitious and able to deal with pressure and multiple priorities and able to work as part of a team working towards common goals
- You have an analytical approach to problem solving and a willingness and ability to work flexibly, including outside of office hours as required

We’d also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

**What we offer**:

- Flexible/Hybrid working opportunities and access to employee benefits portal with salary sacrifice car scheme.
- _27 _days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to _32_ after 5 years’ service), and a scheme to buy additional leave.
- Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Opportunities for learning development through CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
- Great office location next to Fosse Park, with free on-site parking and easy access to M1 and M69.

**Interested in Flexible/Hybrid Working?**

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of ESPO. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

**For more information or an informal discussion, please contact**:
Richard Skelton (Procurement Service Manager Corporate Solutions team) or

Gareth Smith (Procurement Service Manager Place & Environment team)

Telephone: 0116 294 4010/0116 265 7890

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £24,708.00-£32,004.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 2868



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