Procurement Officer
Durham
Salary: £34,247 per annum.
Hours: 37 per week, Monday to Friday.
Contract: Permanent.
Closing Date: 12-Noon on Friday 18th July 2025.
If your passionate about procurement and want to work in a sector which can really deliver change and improvement to our local communities then our Procurement Officer role is for you.
Role Benefits:
1. 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) for full time employees.
2. Working from home up to 2 days per week.
3. Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cash back – over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio and loads more. We’ll also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme – up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education – that you may have.
4. Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more.
5. Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3 x salary
About the Procurement Officer Role:
This role will involve:
6. Providing excellent procurement support across the Bernicia Group.
7. Evaluating and managing procurement activities.
8. Maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders.
9. Meeting or exceeding performance targets to ensure continually improving operational performance. To ensure procurement services meet customers’ expectations and priorities and that customers have opportunities to influence service delivery.
Your Experience:
Successful candidates will need:
Essential:
10. Minimum of two years Public Procurement experience
11. Knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023
12. Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
13. IT skills including the use of Microsoft packaged including Word and Excel.
14. Ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team
Desirable:
15. CIPS Qualification or working towards CIPS
16. Experience of delivering services within the social housing sector.
17. Experience of e-procurement systems specifically In-Tend.
About us:
18. We’re all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that.
19. We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.
20. Everything about Bernicia is people focused, that’s why we’ve held the Investors in People Gold Award since 2010.
21. We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.
Please note you may be required to drive for business, if this forms a requirement of the role.
If this is required, you will be required to hold a current and valid driving licence.
Kerry Hunter on 0191 238 3812.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications.
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The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under represented at Bernicia.