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Procurement Officer

Procurement Officer

University of Derby

Derby

Salary:
£25,340 - £27,857 per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
3 July 2015

Job overview

Job Reference 4967

Inspire, Innovate, Impact.

At the University of Derby, people are at the heart of everything we do. As a major, local employer we not only offer one of the region’s most competitive reward packages, but we are also constantly recognising and rewarding individual contribution, as well as helping to develop colleagues both personally and professionally. We take pride in being a really friendly, supportive and innovative workplace and we are genuinely committed to offering colleagues the opportunity to develop a fantastic, long-lasting career here with us.

We encourage applications from a diverse workforce who can help us achieve our desire to be the ambitious student’s natural choice for quality, support and achievement.

About the role

The University is seeking a professionally qualified (MCIPS) Procurement Officer to assist with implementing procurement best practice and delivering maximum value for money from its annual spend of approximately £50m.

Currently the University operates a devolved structure for procurement and the post will advise Universities Colleges and Departments on procurement rules and regulations and assist them in processing tenders and awarding contracts which meet the University’s obligations under these rules and regulations. The post holder will be expected to have an active role in ensuring Procurement processes are streamlined as far as possible by ensuring the University assesses latest E Procurement methodologies for introduction into the University.

Candidates should be educated to degree standard (or equivalent) and have previous experience of working within a procurement function in a large or complex organisation, with a number of different stakeholders.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for this permanent full time post working in the Procurement Department within the Finance Directorate.

For informal enquiries about this role, please email Andy Brown, Head of Procurement - A.Brown4@derby.ac.uk.

Benefits

  • Accessible location; Derby is a thriving, multi-cultural city with easy access from any location within the UK
  • Competitive rates of pay
  • Competitive, family friendly reward packages
  • Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Discount savings scheme and extensive staff discounts on accredited courses for yourself or family to study here at the University
  • Cycle2Work scheme and subsidised travel
  • Vast programme of training courses and secondment opportunities
  • Local recognition scheme

Advert Closes 3 July 2015

Application procedure

For more information about the role and to apply online, please click on the link below: https://erecruitment.derby.ac.uk/apply/details.aspx?VacancyGUID=ff394c83-4652-4d34-b894-2cfd6668a75c  

About University of Derby

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Due to open in September 2015, The Derby Manufacturing UTC will provide innovative, dynamic, and empowering education and training for young people who have an interest and aptitude for engineering and technological based careers.  With a focus on engineering and emerging technologies, our aim is to develop young people who are skilled, professional and enterprising - who can make a significant contribution to reinvigorating Engineering and Science in Derby, Derbyshire and the East Midlands.

The sponsors and partners of the Derby Manufacturing UTC believe that the development of this new UTC will have a positive impact on the lives of learners, our communities, and the engineering and emerging technology based industries across Derby, Derbyshire and the East Midlands. The UTC will make a significant contribution to the raising of awareness of the sustainability issues affecting this country and throughout the world through its partnerships with engineering and emerging technologies industries in the conurbation. In addition the UTC will be a catalyst for supporting the raising of standards in surrounding schools, at all levels, through the sharing of outstanding practice.

The UTC will bring together the established skills of the partner organisations to collectively drive forward an increase in the available opportunities for young people in the city.  The UTC will use innovative and technologically advanced methods of teaching and learning, will increase participation on learning programmes with essential elements of vocational and work based learning, will inspire young people to achieve above their expectations and will drive forward an increase in the skill set of the workforce within the Derby area.  It will provide opportunities for learners to access high quality contextualised learning programmes, enhanced by close links, with employers and stakeholders across the wider Derbyshire area. The UTC will transform the educational opportunities and outcomes for young people from across the region by providing a challenging and innovative work-related curriculum.

With a distinctive focus on developing multidisciplinary skills through both academic and practical experiences, the UTC will improve youth employability in engineering and emerging technologies in Derby, Derbyshire and the East Midlands.
 

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