Senior Contract and Procurement Officer
We are currently working with a large public sector organisation who are in need of an Interim Senior Contracts and Procurement Officer to work for them on a fully remote basis.
Please see below for more details on the role available:
Senior Contracts & Procurement Officer
Duration: 3 month contract initially with likely extensions
Pay: This is negotiable depending on experience (Inside IR35)
The post holder will be responsible for the procurement of services across the full range of Adults Social Care including specialist areas of mental health, older people, learning disability and identified public health services.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage tendering and performance management processes for their portfolio of service and hold robust audit trails in compliance with the Councils Standing Financial Instructions and Contract Procedures
- The evaluation of adherence to contract by service providers, with reference to Quality Specifications, national and local policy across both adult social care and Public Health
- To provide day to day supervision of Contracts and Procurement Officer and support them to prepare and issue contractual and performance management documentation
- To deputise for the Contracts Team Manager as and when required
- To lead the procurement of services on behalf of the directorate, designing a range of procurement approaches to meet commissioning need
- Provide quarterly reports on service performance, from complex and sensitive information, and manage communication of this appropriately to a range of audiences
- To lead in the team investigation of complaints regarding contracted services with areas of allocated responsibility
Key Requirements for all Roles:
- Must be CIPS qualified and a have an in-depth knowledge of local government procurement processes, if not then extensive public sector experience as a minimum
- Able to handle a large workload
Start: ASAP
Duration: 3 month contract initially with likely extensions
Rate: Negotiable depending on experience
Inside IR35
Fully Remote Working
For more information on this or other Local Gov Jobs, please in the first instance email your CV to the Midlands Local Gov Team at midlandslocalgov@venngroup.com
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Please note should this position not be applicable to you and you are currently looking for a new role, Venn Group recruit across the board within Local Government so send across your updated CV the Midlands Local Gov Team