procurement agent London, England

London Borough of Camden

Full Time London, England 33789 - 12.04 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Starting salary: £33,789
Job Level: Level 3, Zone 1
Work Location: 5 Pancras Square
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Wednesday 21st June 2023 at 23:59
Interviews to be held: TBC
Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

About us

Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. Because, we’re not just home to the UK’s fast-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. As a Procurement Project Assistant, you will be working within a professional and energetic procurement team that is driven to delivering radical social change through the delivery of our contracts and supply chain.

The role

The Procurement Project Assistant will lead, shape and steer the delivery of individual procurement projects with assistance and direction from a Procurement Project Manager or Category Manager. The post-holder will either support or lead projects from initiation through to contract implementation and have responsibility for maximising savings and efficiencies from goods and services while ensuring appropriate levels of quality. The Procurement Project Assistant will be responsible for supporting or leading in delivering procurement projects for a range of different categories/services across the Council.

The post-holder will actively develop their commercial competencies to contribute to the increased commercial skills of colleagues throughout the Council, in particular implementing a new self-service model for low value or less complex procurements. The post holder will also contribute to considering the whole life of the contract including management of quality concerns, conducting mid-term negotiations and working alongside commissioners to ensure benefit maximisation.

Working closely and pro-actively with Procurement Project Managers and service leads from across the Council the post holder will provide a professional, ‘value adding’, procurement service. This will include the development of appropriate procurement approach options and provide challenge for commissioners to deliver required service objectives, innovation and value for money. The post holder will develop their competencies to enable them to act with autonomy within the role to produce high quality procurement documentation and robustly and transparently manage all stages of the procurement and governance processes.

About you

You will have some experience in working independently or within a team on complex and simple projects. The post-holder will be confident in maintaining a professional and working relationship with the service leads and stakeholders. Post-holder will need to have a good level of commercial acumen and be able to determine the procurement requirements and have an ability to challenge commissioners and service leads in order to drive innovation and value for money. You will have need to produce high quality procurement documentation and follow a robust and transparent management of all stages of the procurement and governance processes.

Good knowledge of procurement regulations and ability to navigate internal policies and standing orders are essential. Responsibility and drive for personal continuous professional development and shared learning are encouraged within the team.

The post-holder may have to be assigned a line manager in specific category service area, but must be flexible in that they may be responsible for delivering procurement projects for a range of different categories/services across the Council as may be required.

Working for Camden

We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine our corporate services, and we’ll redefine what a career can be.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer. Click HERE to see full details of our benefits.

Additional information

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser:

http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10080486/file/document?inline

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit our recruitment website

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at [email protected] or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG