Procurement Co-ordinator

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Procurement Co-ordinator

**Salary**: From £31,000 per annum depending on experience

Contract: 18 month FTC

Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work from home or at any of our main hubs (Bristol or Harwell preferred)

Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research.

Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation.

At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.

We celebrate diversity, embrace our differences and know that this is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.

About the role:
The Finance and Procurement team enable Jisc to achieve its strategic objectives by providing prudent and effective financial compliance, management, and advice. We are responsible for maintaining Jisc’s solvency and liquidity. This includes all finance and tax matters; reporting, control, budgeting and forecasting at a group, directorate and service levels.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has previous experience of working in a procurement or purchasing role with experience negotiating contracts and who is ideally working towards a full MCIPS qualification. You will take responsibility for the administration of procurements undertaken by all directorates to ensure that a robust audit trail is available for each individual procurement activity. This will involve working with the Director of Procurement, Jisc Head of Operational Procurement and procurement panel members to carry out the tasks outlined in the Quality Management framework.

We are looking for someone who has excellent communication skills - including writing documents, customer/supplier meetings, educating stakeholders on procurement processes and policy and sharing information across the organisation.

We value meeting based interactions and cross team working so there will be a requirement to travel to the Bristol and / or Harwell office on occasion. This will also give you further opportunity for collaboration, knowledge sharing and personal development and to build relationships with your team and the area of the business unit you are working with.

Responsibilities will include:

- Assist the Procurement Team members in the continual development of the Procurement Strategy for Jisc by monitoring and acting upon developments in procurement legislation and good practice and to manage the process within the management framework
- To lead on some below EU threshold procurements and utilise the LUPC or other public sector frameworks where possible
- Ensure that this is achieved a record of all communication with external participants and suppliers will be recorded in the e-Procurement system, Complete tender management (CTM).
- Feed into and support the Procurement Team senior management reporting tasks on a regular basis
- Assist the Procurement Team members in any other tasks that may arise as required

Key Skills and Experience:

- Experience of working in a procurement / purchasing role with good knowledge of the procurement process, procedures and the ability to track and advise on changes to relevant legislation
- Good planning and time management skills will be required and the ability to prioritise workloads in accordance with corporate goals and objectives
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Ability to develop and maintain proper and professional working relationships with suppliers that are bidding for procurements and with existing suppliers

Please refer to the job description for full details

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Why work at Jisc:
At Jisc we believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life.

We offer hybrid working and although the majority of our staff work from home, getting face to face is something we value and find time for when we can. If you prefer an o