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Ref no:
SLA10751
Published:
27/01/2023
Closes:
24/02/2023
Location:
Council, HQ. Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA
Salary:
£24,179.93 - £32,629.21 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week

Job Description

Permanent Trainee Procurement Officer roles

An opportunity has arisen for a number of graduate Trainee Procurement Officer roles within the Procurement Service of South Lanarkshire Council.

The Service aims to develop highly trained professionals capable of working proactively within a challenging and changing public sector procurement environment. This is a “hands on” role, where you will be responsible for your own procurement projects, with support from your mentor and line manager.

You will be interacting with colleagues from across the Council, to understand their requirements, and guide them through an appropriate and compliant procurement process, with appropriate support in place.

Successful candidates will work as Procurement Assistants Grade 2, building up their skills and competences, in order to progress through Grade 2 Level 1 to Grade 2 Level 4. On achievement of Level 4 CIPS Diploma, and demonstrating the competences of Grade 2 Level 4 Procurement Assistant, the candidate will be promoted to Procurement Officer.

Graduate trainees will be expected to undertake a course of study leading to the Level 4 Diploma (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply), which is anticipated to begin in September 2023.

The preferred candidate will be subject to a Standard Disclosure provided by Disclosure Scotland prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk/publications/for further information.

 

Requirements

Applications online

Please note all correspondence will be sent to your email account.

South Lanarkshire Council are Equal Opportunities employer and encourage applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the BritishArmed Forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the British Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview where their previous employer was the armed forces and who meet the minimum requirements for the position.

Responsibilities

The Successful candidates will have a honours degree, and will be able to demonstrate a genuine enthusiasm for developing a career in procurement. We would be particularly interested to receive applications from candidates with a 2:1 degree in supply chain, business, procurement or law, or those with procurement experience

Highly developed communication and analytical skills are required for this role, and some previous work experience in a commercial environment and / or administrative role, is desirable along with the ability to plan and organise a challenging workload.

The Individual

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

  • Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
  • Up to 33 days annual leave
  • Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
  • Occupational sick pay
  • Family friendly policies - flexible working, including consideration of a condensed working week, e.g. 4 days, maternity/paternity leave, option to buy additional leave.
  • Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
  • Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

 

Meet the Team

If you are interested in applying for this role, please come along to our Procurement recruitment event on 15 February date to gain a better understanding of the role. This will be held in person at our Council Headquarters in Hamilton. Please let us know if you are attending the event by emailing procurement_service@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

You will be able to meet existing team members currently working in this role, along with Senior Officers and Procurement Advisors, and have the opportunity to ask questions.

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