Strategic Procurement Officer

Strategic Procurement Officer

Duration: Initially 3 months with an option to extend further
Hours: 37 hours a week
Rate: £280 umbrella a day (£220 PAYE a day)

Gloucestershire County Council are looking for a Strategic Procurement Officer to join their Adult Social Care Service.

There is a requirement to be on site a least twice a week.

Responsibilities:

• You will support or lead tender activity or act in a support role to provide specialist support or analytical services to the team or its customers.


• Provide commissioners or other clients with pragmatic and informed advice so that customer outcomes and value for money requirements met or exceeded


• Utilise specialist knowledge or expertise to achieve superior outcomes


• Undertake market and supplier research to inform the development of commissioning and commercial thinking


• Undertake or lead discreet procurement projects and attend project/review board meetings as required


• Assess Social Value and work to maximise it through your work


• Assess and manage to risk associated with each activity


• Prepare a procurement strategy that describes your procurement findings and recommended approach

Requirements

• Demonstrate a good level of procurement knowledge and expertise, ideally within Adult Social Care


• Experience working in a procurement or commissioning environment


• Experience of managing significant or complex tenders


• High level of knowledge about procurement in the public sector


• High level of literacy and numeracy evidenced by GCSEs Grade A-C (particularly in Maths and English)


• Hold or be working towards CIPS Level 3 or equivalent