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Ref no:
SCE00128
Published:
24/01/2023
Closes:
21/02/2023
Location:
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AR
Salary:
£42,960 - £46,300 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent, Temporary
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week
Work From Home:
Hybrid

Scotland Excel is an award-winning Centre of Procurement Expertise providing a wide range of procurement, commissioning, consultancy, and learning and development services for our members.

Since 2008, we have helped to establish procurement as an effective driver for local and national economic growth and wellbeing. Our £2bn portfolio of collaborative contracts supports the delivery of savings, social value, community benefits, fair work practices and environmental policy, and covers a wide range of public services including construction, roads, transport, environment, corporate and education.

Scotland Excel also develops and manages arrangements which support the commissioning of care services for children and adults. Our national care contracts are developed in partnership with care professionals, including care providers, to support person-centred outcomes embedded within national policy.

We also provide procurement and consultancy services to help our members get the most from their procurement resources, ranging from ad-hoc tendering support through to transformation programmes and strategic procurement partnerships.

The Scotland Excel Academy offers applied learning programmes leading to accredited qualifications in procurement, leadership and management, coaching and mentoring, project management and business analysis, as well as short courses and workshops.

Scotland Excel is a non-profit organisation working with members from across the public sector including local authorities, health and social care partnerships, housing associations, and other public and third sector organisations.

About the role

We are looking to recruit a Senior Procurement Specialist on a 2 year Fixed Term basis. The post will be located within our Flexible Procurement team.

The Flexible Procurement team supports all Scotland Excel members who require tendering assistance. The team delivers tenders for Councils, ALEOs, Universities, Housing Associations and partner organisations. The tenders we conduct are across supply, services and works. If our clients buy it, we help them, which means a variety of disciplines including but not limited to construction, repair/maintenance, IT/software, and consultancy services. The support can be any phase of the tendering process to conducting the full exercise from strategy to award.

We welcome applications from all procurement backgrounds, whether it is public or private sector. What we ask you to bring is your enthusiasm and determination to make a difference to the members of society who benefit from our wide range of contracts.

You will work with like-minded colleagues who get real satisfaction from supporting the delivery of essential public services and bringing social, economic and environmental benefits to our communities.

What we can offer you

As well as a competitive salary, you will have access to all the benefits of working for a public sector organisation including a defined benefits pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, flexible working, staff discounts and a range of other initiatives which reflect our commitment to creating a positive work-life balance for all our employees.

Find out what makes Scotland Excel an employer of choice and what benefits we can offer you https://home.scotland-excel.org.uk/work-for-us/

How to apply

For full details of the skills, experience and personal qualities required for this position, please click on ‘apply’ to visit the careers page on our website.

We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and guarantee an interview to those candidates who meet the essential requirements for the position