Procurement Officer 6 views

Role: Procurement Officer

Department: FIN – Finance

Scale: SC6/SO1

Salary: £32,247 – £37,692

Location: Priory Road HQ, Hull

Hours:  37 Hours per week (Full-Time)

Contract: Permanent

As a Procurement Officer, the post holder will be required to work as a part of a dynamic commercial team delivering an effective service supporting and advising staff across Humberside Police and for the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) on the commercial lifecycle.

The successful candidate will drive benefit and efficiencies whilst developing and managing commercial strategies for a portfolio of spend to achieve the strategic aims and objectives of the force and the OPCC.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of commercial issues.
• Ensure adherence to legal, regulatory and security requirements in service delivery and build diversity, equality and social value considerations into plans.
• Support senior management with, or personally lead on, specific work streams, making data led decisions to support a culture of efficiency, high performance, and continuous improvement.
• Preparation of procurement plans and facilitating/delivering it or making recommendations for action to stakeholders, ensuring adherence to UK Procurement Regulations and Government policy.
• Work with financial processes and tools to evaluate options and ensure financial information and data are accurately reflected in commercial plans.
• Supports any Procurement and Commercial activities within four specified areas including, Crime and Operations, People and Finance, Estates and Facilities and Information Services.

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.

What the role requires:

• Must be willing undertake and complete the Commercial Procurement & Supply Level 4 apprenticeship standard.
• Knowledge of supporting commercial principles, processes and practices.
• Experience of producing reports, making recommendations and providing reports to inform decision making at senior level.
• Desire to learn and develop into the role, promoting a business partnering approach with internal departments.
• Resilient and adaptable with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadline.
• Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values.
• Able to work with minimum supervision.

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.

Perks of working for Humberside Police:

From great perks, agile working and professional development, we want you to have the best possible journey throughout your Humberside Police Career.

Our Police Staff work extremely hard, which is why we are proud to offer a host of reward and recognition schemes. Whether it’s Cycle to Work scheme, Gym and health schemes, we have the perks ready for you to benefit from.

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Further Perks:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Training and development opportunities
• Coaching & Mentoring Scheme
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities (Discounted Healthcare, 1st year free and 2nd year subsidised)
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Flexible/Hybrid/Agile working where applicable.
• Generous pension scheme
• Blue Light Discount
• Access to the forces onsite gyms
• Free on-site car parking
• Humber bridge tag (If travelling from the Southbank)

Pre – Employment Checks and Eligibility:

• Internal applicants MUST have completed a successful probationary period and tenure (if applicable) before applying for another role within the force.
• Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria of at least 3 years continuous residency in the UK to apply for roles with Humberside Police.
• Successful candidates will undergo a vetting procedure pre-requisite of employment. (Please note, with holding any information asked by the vetting department, may delay the vetting procedure, or result in your vetting been refused and the offer of employment been withdrawn)
• Tattoo’s will be reviewed as a part of the recruitment process to ensure we maintain a level of professional standards and to make sure the images do not cause offence or are unacceptable.

Contact point for applicants:

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact us at recruiting@humberside.pnn.police.uk

How to apply for the role:

To apply for the role, please click the ‘Apply’ button below.

Please note, you must wait 3 months before submitting another application if you have applied for THIS role within the last 3 months.

For Information & Advice on completing an online application, please follow the link below.

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/triagetool?triage-select=Understanding+the+recruitment+process

Closing Date: Wednesday 13th November 2024 at 23:55

Interview date: TBC

It is not likely that closing dates will be extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and would need to be with the permission of the Recruitment Manager and Line Manager of the role.

The Recruitment Manager can authorise to close any vacancy before the closing date stated on the advert.

Attachments:

• Role Requirement
• Guidance for completing your application.
• Recruitment Brochure
• Preferred candidate roadmap

Humberside Police welcome applications from underrepresented communities.  For further information on positive action within Humberside Police, please visit the positive action page:

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We’re an equal opportunities employer and a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Humberside Police encourage and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.

Humberside police also have Disability Confident status, which means we are committed to making the most of the talents that Individuals with disabilities bring to the workplace.