Procurement Officer

**Location **Trafford Council, Sale Waterside Centre, 1 Waterside, M33 7ZF

**Salary range **£26,421 to £37,336 (Band 4 Band 7)

**Trafford council is a Living Wage Employer.**

**Working Pattern Full Time**

**Working hours 36.25**

**We will offer flexibility where we can if you are interested in a role, please speak to the recruiting manager about what flexibility they might consider.**

Many of our colleagues can work from home for one or more days a week and/or they flex the hours they work. We call this SMART working, and it gives you the option to flex your days and hours so you can fit your work around your life and life around your work.

**Contract type Permanent**

**Application deadline 29**th** September 2024 23:59**

**Interview date w/c 30**th** September 2024**

**Interview type Teams
Are you passionate about making a difference? About getting the best value, delivering efficiencies and Social Value?

Do you want to work in an exciting, growing environment with other procurement professionals?

STAR Procurement is the award winning shared procurement service for Stockport, Trafford, Tameside, Rochdale, Knowsley and St Helens Councils. STAR Procurement provides a strategic procurement service, ensuring that its Councils obtain best value when contracting with third party suppliers. We are passionate about using our expertise to improve processes and procedures as well as delivering on savings and compliance through our strategic procurement approach. STAR are a very ambitious organisation and we are continually expanding and so this is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing dynamic team.

**About the Role**

**About you**

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at STAR Procurement.

STAR Procurement have a growth strategy which provides an exciting environment for growth and opportunities for our team, our ‘Grow Your Own’ Policy encourages opportunities within the team and we have had many successful internal promotions.

STAR procurement really is a great place to work with fantastic benefits. We embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at STAR Procurement.

**About us***

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors have a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential.

**Our vision: Trafford where all our residents, businesses and communities thrive.**

Trafford is a lively, prosperous place to put down roots and build a career. The council and Trafford schools employ around 8,000 people, who are central to making the area great. In return for their commitment, the council offers its employees development opportunities, as well as a fair and flexible workplace. The council is a Living Wage Employer.

**Additional Information**

The team is employed by Trafford Council. STAR Procurement/Trafford Council recognise the benefits of working from home, however there are also benefits of spending some time alongside colleagues in an office environment and so we offer a ‘Smart Working’ approach which includes Hybrid working. The office is based at Waterside House in Sale.

**Contact Details**

**About the benefits**

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centered and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.

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