About the role
West Northamptonshire Council has completed its second year of operation as a new and large unitary authority.
The Procurement and Contract Governance team play a pivotal and strategic role supporting all service areas with the many existing and new contracts with suppliers developing in West Northants area to procure goods, services and works in accordance with legislation and the Council’s financial rules.
West Northants Employees benefit from a generous leave policy, flexi time and access to a local government pension scheme.
What will you be doing?
This role will report to the Procurement Business Partner for Place and Economy supporting a wide spectrum of procurement activity from calling off of frameworks to low to medium value procurement activity that supports construction, transport, economy, planning. FM and other customer areas with their procurement needs.
In return you will be supported by a close knit procurement team keen to grow and develop you with a clear path to enable you to develop your career within procurement and West Northants.
This is a flexible role working mostly remotely via MS Teams but with the team working together on Thursdays and/or occasional requirements.
About you
The successful candidate will be confident in providing advice and support on procurement projects and contract management to our key stakeholders, carry out market research, analyse data, prepare tender and framework call-off documentation typically used in the public sector. You would be familiar with using a web-based procurement portal (Intend or similar e-procurement portal) as well as advertising portals such as Contracts Finder.
In return you will be supported by a close knit procurement team keen to grow you with a clear path to enable you to develop your career within procurement and West Northants.
To be short listed for this position, applicants must be able to give examples of how they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
Our benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days annual leave per year, 29 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
- Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
- Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
- Car Lease scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities.
- A variety of flexible working options to support your work/life balance, including full or part time, term time, 9-day fortnight, etc. (subject to business needs).
- Our West Ways of Working – We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
- Making a difference - If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that are genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people's lives, and whose success has a direct impact on the wellbeing of your family, friends and people in your local area, then West Northamptonshire Council is the place for you.
About us
We're a new council, following one of the largest shake-ups in local government reform in recent history. As a new authority, we're embarking on an exciting journey to deliver exceptional services for our residents, customers and communities.
Our vision at West Northamptonshire Council is 'to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive'. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
At West Northants Council, it's about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
When potential is unlocked, talent thrives.
Choose a career that offers you a true sense of achievement, fills you with pride and challenges you in a positive way, every day.
West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
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