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Hove Town Hall
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Are you passionate about making a positive difference in public service?
Are you hard working and commercially minded?
Looking for the next step in your Procurement career?
If so, you might be interested in our vacancy for a Procurement Manager to support the Corporate Procurement Team.
You will be organised, have excellent communication and persuasion skills, be a good problem-solver and will focus on delivery. You will also have extensive knowledge of Strategic Procurement and providing procurement support.
Our team provides direct localised support to our customers in Brighton and Hove, providing expertise on tendering activity and contributing to the delivery of service objectives, savings and other benefits, including social value.
Working in the Procurement at Brighton brings with it a range of benefits that people in our small team enjoy, including working with a friendly group of colleagues who encourage a flexible workplace and maintaining a work life balance. Our staff work full time, work part time, have kids and don’t have kids. We have passionate gardeners, readers, cyclists and musicians.
Interviews date: 28th July
If you have any questions regarding this position, please email gabbi.bancroft@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Orbis is a shared services partnership between Brighton and Hove City Council, Surrey County Council and East Sussex County Council. Overall, the councils spend around £1.6bn with external suppliers for everything from software to social care services and from cleaning products to sports equipment, so we have a large Procurement Service which supports customers to deliver better value from our contracts and ensure we source our contracts in an open, fair and transparent way. Whilst you will have access to the expertise and infrastructure offered by the Orbis Partnership, this is a Brighton and Hove sovereign role, meaning you will be employed by Brighton and Hove City Council on Brighton Terms and Conditions and pay structure. You may be asked to support the other partner councils to work on their projects based on demand.
At the time of this advert, everyone within our service is working in a hybrid manner between our office base at Hove Town Hall and at home. There may be occasional travel to other sites within the city such as Bartholomew House in Brighton, as well as possible travel outside of the city to attend Orbis events/meetings . You will need to possess the flexibility and skills to support a hybrid induction to the team and to develop effective working relationships with colleagues and clients remotely and in person.
Strategic Procurement Teams provide direct localised support to our customers, providing expertise on tendering activity and contributing to the delivery of service objectives, savings and other benefits, including social value.
The role requires you to use your procurement experience to lead on defined projects across a range of category areas, to secure the goods, works and services that most appropriately address the identified needs of our customers, residents and partners.
This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your professional procurement career in a team that provides a great working environment where you are supported and given a platform to develop.
We currently have vacancies in 'Social Care' and 'Corporate and IT'. Experience in these sectors is preferable however the successful candidates may be required to support across various categories.
We are looking for people who have:
Previous experience in public sector procurement is not essential and we welcome applications from experienced procurement professionals from other sectors. You are expected to be aware of the implications of working within a public sector environment and how this affects purchasing strategies and practices.
Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).
