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Procurement and Contract Management Officer x 2

Procurement and Contract Management Officer x 2

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Hounslow, United kingdom

Freelance

12-03-2025

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Job Specifications

About Us At Hounslow

We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.

We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion

We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce, and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

Our Benefits

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Procurement and Contract Management Team as a Procurement and Contract Management Officer. In this role, you’ll be primarily working on a variety of procurements and contract management activities. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in the application of the new Procurement Act and a gain exposure to a range of Council services.

You'll provide professional procurement advice, guidance and expertise across the council.
You will manage the operational delivery of low value tenders across a range of portfolios of council expenditure.
You'll manage the operation of Procurement Category Boards.
You will support the collection of procurement performance data to support efficient decision making for improvements to the service.
You will be at the heart of celebrating what Hounslow has to offer and developing a strong ‘One Hounslow’ brand and identity – a whole council, whole borough approach - which galvanises communities, attracts people to the borough and makes us an influential voice for our residents.

About The Team You’ll Be Working In

With a focus on stakeholder management and the drive to go the extra mile to deliver for the client, the Procurement and Contract Management Team have built a solid reputation.

The team drive end to end procurement processes from pre-market engagement, specification development to implementation. The team also advises on aspects of contract management, and disputes.

About You

You will be a dynamic team player with the motivation to learn on the job. You will ideally have some experience of procurement or contract management either from working in a procurement environment or as a commissioner/ buyer.

You will ideally have an awareness of working in a public sector environment, its context, and the need to work within clear rules and governance procedures.

You will be working in a small team and therefore good inter-personal skills are essential. You will be well supported by your managers and colleagues. We have a strong interest in personal and career development to support your progression within the role.

Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.

When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact

The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:

Email: Daniel.Austin@hounslow.gov.uk

Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 31st March 2025.

About

The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:

Email: Daniel.Austin@hounslow.gov.uk

Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 31st March 2025.

About the Company

Hounslow isn’t like any other London borough council. It’s a hive of diverse, creative, dedicated and talented people who are dedicated to delivering the best possible outcomes for the people they serve in the communities of Hounslow. Are you up for the challenge? Apply today. Know more