Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £44,711 (Level one) rising to £47,754 (Level four)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

To take a lead role in driving the work of the procurement function for the Council to ensure value for money and adherence to the Guiding Principles of the Commissioning Framework.

To lead on delivery of a programme of procurement projects, often worth between £25 to £75 million per annum, in line with the Department's service strategy. Ensure that the supply-base is sustainable and has the capacity to deliver goods, works and services on behalf of the Council.

The job holder must also lead early procurement input into service specifications and Sourcing Plans and ensure that Procurement officers and providers work effectively across all areas of the organisation, including with commissioners, operational staff, quality monitoring and finance. Given the often unique nature of each procurement exercise the job holder must lead a procurement process which is efficient, but which complies with Public Procurement legislation and the Council's Contract Procedure rules.

The post holder will support the Category Manager in raising the standard of procurement activity with continually developing good practice.

The job holder reports to a Category Manager, and will provide category specific supervision of up to 6 Procurement Officers and up to 3 Procurement Support Officers

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Qualification of MCIPS or capable of demonstrating an equivalent level of knowledge through experience.
• Experience of leading the development of Category and Sourcing Plans for specific works, goods and services.
• Experience in leading on complex tendering exercises, including framework agreements,
• Deep knowledge of Public Procurement Regulations including UK Procurement Legislation
• Ability to develop of an overall procurement strategy which takes into account the requirements of the council, departments users and a variety of stakeholder

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Sue Oliver or Dawn Cafferty by email at Sue.oliver@nottinghamcity.gov.uk. or Dawn.cafferty@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 30th May 2025.

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: Week commencing 23rd June 2025.

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

Nottingham City Council provides public services including education, social services, planning, waste management, housing, events and health across the city of Nottingham.