Job Introduction

Job Title:  Procurement Officer (Asset Management)

Reference: YHG/TP/20812/1200

Salary Banding: £32k - £35k (pro-rata)

Job Location: Agile

Contract Duration:  Fixed Term Contract for 6 months

Hours (weekly):  35

Are you looking for an opportunity to further your knowledge and experience within procurement and the public sector?

Do you want to be involved in a broad range of tenders and different categories of spend?

Your Housing Group is a next generation housing provider. With our pioneering, workforce, we are working together to build as many quality houses as possible and play our part in solving the current housing crisis. With 28,000+ homes across the North West, our portfolio is large and diverse.

Our portfolio ranges from social and affordable rentals, through to retirement living developments and innovative private rental offers. Widely regarded for our expertise in regeneration, we are proud to be providing homes which help people to live independently and step on and off the property ladder at different stages of their lives.

Your Housing Group is growing and evolving, and this makes it a great time to join the business. We have recently secured Strategic Partner status with Homes England and we plan to continue to invest substantially in both the development of new homes and into our existing properties over the next 5 years, and budget has already been secured for these major programmes of work.

We are currently looking for a Procurement Officer to join an established and dynamic team; who will manage several direct procurement categories related to Asset, based on Your Housing Group’s approach to procurement

In the role you will lead associated sourcing activities to ensure efficient and effective contracts are established which deliver best value, drive performance and achieve the required quality to support the aims and objectives of the business.  In your role of Procurement Officer, you will be responsible for the delivery of the category (Asset) procurement plan, as determined by the Head of Category. This will include: ensuring contracts are procured well-ahead of expiry, ensuring compliance with the PCR 2015, ensuring compliance with YHG’s Operational Standing Orders (OSOs), ensuring savings are identified and realised, ensuring contract documentation is signed and recorded on the Group Contract Register, ensuring any procurement projects managed are delivered to timeframes agreed with stakeholders.

Alongside a very competitive basic salary you will receive fantastic benefits including 33 days holidays (pro-rata), a pension matched up to 8% and the ability to manage your own life with our home working scheme - meaning you will no longer be tied to an office chair after an already hefty commute everyday of your working life.

Although not essential, ideally you will have knowledge and experience of working in the public sector.  You will also be/have:

• Procurement experience with a wide coverage of categories
• Experience of working in a complex and changing environment
• Experience of supplier selection, negotiation and contract management, delivering cost savings and process efficiencies.
• Knowledge of EU (European Union) Procurement Legislation.
• Good working knowledge of contract law
• Strong communication skills

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

Prior to completing your application, please review the attached Role Profile to better understand the role and key responsibilities.   

Closing date: 17^th September 2020

Should we receive a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy earlier than the date indicated above, therefore, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for tenants or anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property.  It also operates the scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability. Those applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role as set out in the role profile will be guaranteed an interview.  Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified. YHG1

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