North Lanarkshire Council, as one of Scotland’s largest local authorities, is leading an exciting and ambitious regeneration programme for its town centres and surrounding areas as part of its plans for inclusive economic growth.
Creating modern, vibrant communities where people live, learn, work, invest and visit – is North Lanarkshire’s shared ambition for the future, as we aim to enhance the lives of people living and working here. To enable our ambition, the Council spends circa £500m per annum on required supplies, services and works from external partners. The Councils Corporate Procurement Team play an instrumental role in procuring requirements whilst enabling best practice and delivering best value.
This presents an exciting opportunity for a motivated and customer focused procurement professional to join and enhance the Councils procurement team where you will play a key role in achieving the Council’s ambitions. As a Procurement Officer, you shall work closely with Category Managers and Senior Procurement Officers to lead or support a combination of strategic, high-value, complex and usually regulated procurement activity on behalf of the council service areas.
You will therefore have extended relevant procurement experience, and be ready to lead tender activity by having relevant experience of including preparation of contract notices, preparation of tender packs; administering tender process; tender evaluation; and preparation contract award notifications with debrief information.
You will have a working knowledge of the relevant legislation, regulations, and governance applicable to public sector procurement. You must be able to give advice to service areas that determines the best procurement approach to maximise best value for the council. You should be able to mentor and develop colleagues in procurement. You must have sound judgement, a professional and collaborative approach, with good verbal and written communication. Good analytical skills are also deemed essential, as is experience using office applications and purchase to pay systems.
For this position you must have an SVQ3/HNC in a relevant discipline, and it is desirable that you are pursuing CIPS qualification.
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of offers available to you through our NLLife reward site. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
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North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.
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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.
The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.
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The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL
***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***
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