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Senior Procurement and Contract Management Advisor

Employer
Basildon Borough Council
Location
Basildon, Essex
Salary
Pay Band 8 (£38,205 - £41,591 per annum inclusive of Fringe) with a £15,000 market supplement review
Closing date
7 Oct 2022

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Specialist Area
Contracts, Procurement
Job Level
Specialist
Sector
Public Sector
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Hybrid working role

Full Time - 36.25 hours a week

The borough of Basildon is alive with opportunity and has the ingredients to be one of the most successful and desirable places in the South East. As the largest economy in the Thames Estuary outside London, we are incredibly proud of what we have achieved but we are never complacent. We are driving inclusive, sustainable growth to provide opportunity and prosperity for local people and businesses, access to quality homes, vibrant town centres and an enhanced local environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a procurement team which provides strategic and technical procurement and tender management services. Our team is focused on offering value for money outcomes, transforming the way services are delivered and driving social value through our tender processes.

You will be working in a fast-paced environment ensuring the smooth delivery of a multitude of procurement projects at any given time. This is a hand on role that requires proactive individual who is willing to learn, share their experience and champion a best practise culture with stakeholders that ensures savings are made through innovative procurement and contract management.

You will need to manage a mixture of strategic and operation procurement projects including above threshold tenders and framework agreements as well as providing timely specialist procurement advice to both senior managers and stakeholders within the organisation including the requirements of the contract procedure rules and all other procurement related legislative requirements including the public procurement directives.

You’ll need to demonstrate experience of running a procurement process from inception through to contract award ns implementation. Previous experience of developing comprehensive fully compliant tender documentation and evaluation criteria is a necessity.

Successful applicants will be enthusiastic, collaborative, and have a can-do attitude when it comes to problem solving and project planning. 

This is a varied and interesting role with opportunities to work with senior leaders and to build experience across a broad range of category areas, including Professional & support Services, Construction & Regeneration, Facilities Management, Waste, Community & Culture, Corporate Resources and IT.

The head office location is at Basildon Borough Council.  We have now assumed a hybrid approach with both office and home based working.

If you would like to be part of Basildon’s success, we look forward to receiving your application

Any question regarding this role please contact ella.summerfield@basildon.gov.uk

 

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