Procurement Officer (Band 5/EO)

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety. We act in the public interest to reduce work-related illness, death and serious injury across Great Britain’s workplaces.

The primary purpose of this job role is to deliver a contract letting and procurement function managing end-to-end procurement and contract letting processes in accordance with the relevant Procurement Regulations.

Job description

The Procurement Unit aims to provide commercial focus in the procurement service it provides to the organisation and to implement a more consistent approach to managing strategically important contracts in accordance with the Government Commercial Function principles to help us meet the challenges we face and support the business in delivering its regulatory and commercial functions.

Key responsibilities:

1. Deliver a centralised requisitioning and procurement function which includes raising non-catalogue requisitions, sourcing, tendering and contract letting.
2. Oversee a Contract Management structure and approach which ensures that high value and strategic contracts are effectively managed in accordance with Government Commercial Function principles.
3. Support internal stakeholders in all aspect of the contract letting process including pre-market engagement; developing procurement strategies; developing statement of service requirements and evaluation approaches ensuring the timely re-competition and extension of contracts to support business requirements.
4. Manage the procurement process, supporting stakeholders throughout the negotiation process.
5. Oversee the administration process of contracts and supplier management, including liaison with stakeholders and HSE business representatives as required.
6. Providing general advice on the contracts, suppliers and processes in place while ensuring supplier database is kept up-to-date.
7. Support stakeholders in managing the compliance to the formal contracts with the external suppliers and supporting the management of a contracts register for all HSE contracts.

This role is to be based in HSE Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle L20 7HS. Candidates applying must be able to commute to this office.

Please note: This role offers a hybrid working pattern where your working week will be split between home and HSE Bootle office, details of which can be discussed prior to taking up the role. There will however be a period of training which will be involved with this role, you will be required to attend the office for this training period 3-5 days per week until the training has been completed. This will be an agreement with your line manager if you are successful.

Essential Skills and Criteria

1. Ability to work as part of a team and use initiative to deliver outcomes.
2. Good communication skills (both written and oral) to persuade and influence both internal and external stakeholders.
3. Competent MS Office skills, particularly Word and Excel.
4. Good time management and planning skills.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,167, Health and Safety Executive contributes £8,739 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

Application Information

You will be asked to complete 2 behavioural questions of no more than 250 words on the behaviours 'Delivering at Pace' and 'Making Effective Decisions'.

Application Guidance

Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply for this role: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/how-to-apply/