Procurement Officer

3 weeks ago

Swindon, United Kingdom UKRI Full time

**UK Research and Innovation**

**Salary**: £34,905
**Hours**:Full Time
**Contract Type**: Open Ended
**Location**:Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire _(Hybrid Working)_

**Closing Date**:Monday** **8 April 2024

**Job Overview**:
UK Research & Innovation has a mission to build a thriving, inclusive research and innovation system that connects discovery to prosperity and public good. An important part of this mission is procuring the goods, services, and partners critical to achieving these aims. If you are interested in contributing and helping to shape the UK’s world class research and innovation system to benefit lives, then UKRI has an exciting opportunity for a procurement professional to join the team supporting UKRI in all its procurement activities

As a Procurement Officer, you will be joining an established, supportive team and will be involved in a wide variety of projects ranging from Research & Development, Professional Services, and Data and Technology. You will have the opportunity to shape commercial strategy, develop your own skills & experience, and contribute to projects that may have wide-ranging positive impacts for all.

UKRI buys a wide variety of complex and sometimes unique products and services including equipment, professional services and infrastructure to support a range of end-users. The UKRI Commercial Function provides a range of commercial support to the whole organisation. The majority of its effort is focussed on the management of the whole procurement cycle including planning, sourcing and contract management in a compliant manner while providing value for money.

**Key Responsibilities**:
UKRI Procurement Officers, working with and reporting to Procurement Managers, support research staff on all of their complex procurement projects. Procurement Officers play a key part in ensuring that procurements are run in the correct manner and that our organisation obtains maximum benefit.

This Procurement Officer role will add to the wider, decentralised UKRI team. The role will be responsible to:

- Provide local expertise and support to end-users to undertake a range of procurement tasks (varying in both value and complexity) including sourcing and contracting;
- Provision of expert advice on all aspects of regulations and controls and representing UKRI’s risk appetite in procurement decisions;
- To keep local end-users up to date with UKRI procurement policy and best practice in public procurement;
- Act as initial contact and escalation route to the local Procurement Manager or Commercial Business Partner;
- Support the development of local procurement and contract management skill

**Person Specification**:
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic individual who enjoys bringing their skills and experience to all procurement projects they undertake. This role will manage a highly varied mix of stakeholders, and confidence & professional credibility are vital to ensure your presence and involvement is positively felt throughout the procurement lifecycle.

Essential
- Have a good general education and qualifications
- Be customer focused, able to deal with key stakeholder questions and queries
- Have good interpersonal and communication skills
- Have good commercial awareness and be able to identify procurement risks and issues
- Have good experience in a commercial or procurement environment, and it is desirable to have significant procurement experience in a technical organisation;
- Have an understanding of the context and meaning of terms and conditions;
- Be able to perform a wide range of administration duties

Desirable
- Willing to be working towards MCIPS qualified/part qualified or to have a business qualification

**About UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)**

UKRI launched in April 2018, UKRI is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI.

The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.

**How we support EDI in the workforce**

At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit ‘How we support EDI in the workforce’.

**Disability Confident Employer**

**How to apply**

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