Temporary Contracts & Procurement Officer - Children’s Services Reference no: Bury 0008 A04A / 1 Pay Rate: £17.12 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months City: Bury, Greater Manchester Hybrid working Standard DBS disclosure required for this role The Contracts and Procurement Officer will play a key role in ensuring Children’s Services undertakes robust procurement activity, evidences transparency, value for money and commissions high quality services on behalf of children and young people. Key responsibilities:
* Contribute to the development of a robust procurement culture within the department.
* Contribute to the development and implementation of procurement processes and systems.
* Develop and issue contracts and tender documentation.
* Develop services to provide high quality and value for money.
* Negotiate fees, contracts and individual packages of costs
* Provide advice and support to Council Officers and Providers
* Manage and develop the provider market
* Develop positive relationships with providers.
* Implement and monitor providers compliance to the Councils Contracts.
* Lead on agreed activities in respect of internal and external communications.
* Contribute to the development, implementation and maintenance of procurement systems and processes to ensure effective monitoring of services.
* Ensure that information from contract monitoring and reviews contributes to the development of commissioning strategies
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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