Procurement Assistant

Salary: £25,320 - £26,877

Location: Flexible- any Care Inspectorate office (hybrid working is currently being trialed)

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract: Temporary until August 2023

About us

We are the national regulator and scrutiny body responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public, as well as supporting delivery partners to improve the quality of care for people in Scotland. Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices.

We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement. We inspect individual care services and we also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in their local areas.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a dynamic procurement team. Reporting to the Procurement Officer, you will support the delivery of an end-to-end procurement service to both organisations. This will include:

• Administering the procurement process for the Care Inspectorate and SSSC
• Analysing and reporting spend information to report procurement performance
• Facilitating the implementation and roll out of new collaborative contracts and frameworks
• Taking an administrative lead role on frameworks led and managed by the Procurement Team
• Assisting in the development of new procurement and other initiatives from a procurement viewpoint
• Publishing and manage notices on the Public Contracts Scotland portal
• Maintaining internal and external procurement contract registers

The Procurement Service provides services to both the Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council through a shared service arrangement. We work alongside colleagues in Finance, Human Resources, Estates and Health and Safety who also form part of the shared service arrangement.

Although this role is part of a shared service team providing services to both the Care Inspectorate and SSSC, employment will be directly with the Care Inspectorate.

The Care Inspectorate have offices across Scotland but are currently in a 12-month hybrid working trial. Hybrid working is a form of flexible working that allows you to split your time between attending the workplace and working remotely (typically from home). It can also allow for flexibility in terms of working times, within the same contractual hours. During the trial we want to encourage as much flexibility as possible to experiment. This will help us to develop a better understanding of what’s possible and what works best for everyone in our organisation. To support this, all hybrid working arrangements trialled will be temporary.

About you

We are looking for an organised individual who has good attention to detail, is customer-focused and enjoys working in a busy and supportive team. You will have a positive attitude and be keen to develop your skills and take on new challenges.

You will have experience of working in a similar role and have a good working knowledge of Scottish procurement legislation and Office 365 applications, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel. Good communication and presentation skills as well as the ability to work collaboratively are essential.

To apply

For an informal chat about the role please contact Kate Chirnside, Procurement Officer on 01382 207157.

If you believe that your expertise and motivation make you suitable for this post, please download and complete an Application Form (and an equalities monitoring form where you are an external applicant) and return by emailto recruitment@careinspectorate.gov.scot by no later than 8am on Monday 4 July 2022.

Please note that previous applicants do not need to apply.

If you are an external applicant, please also complete the Equalities Monitoring Form and submit it with your application.