Gloucestershire County Council

Procurement Officer

Gloucestershire County Council

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Gloucester • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £30,024 - £31,537 per year

About the role

  • Procure and contractually manage all the Council's contracted passenger transport
  • Coordinate investigations and prepare reports for senior management and stakeholders as and when required
  • Deliver training to service areas within the Council on the various types of transport we can procure on their behalf

Requirements

  • Proven track record of being very well organised
  • Experience of working in a busy team environment
  • Ability to work well independently
  • Proficient and accurate in using Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  • Ability to prepare and manage all contractual documentation for the transport provision
  • Confidence at public speaking and able to deliver training to large groups of people, in person or via TEAMS
  • Ability to find solutions and work to tight deadlines and targets
  • Flexible approach
  • Willingness to accompany Transport Engineers to site inspections as and when required
Benefits
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
  • Plus, an option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff)
  • Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
  • Career development and qualification opportunities
  • Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
  • Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
  • An in-house Occupational Health service
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
  • Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
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