Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. Cheshire West and Chester Council brings a fresh and energetic approach to providing top quality services for its many customers and communities. West Cheshire is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Central Procurement team which implements innovative procurement solutions to ensure the Council achieves best value through its relationships with suppliers, companies and other partners. As the Procurement Support Officer you will be joining a small, busy team dealing with a number of categories and spend areas. This is a great opportunity for someone interested in developing their career in procurement. You will be undertaking procurements and supporting exciting and complex tenders alongside producing performance and activity reporting; this will be completed by using specialist e-tendering and solutions and financial system. Therefore proven experience of using electronic systems and Microsoft office (especially Excel) is essential. The post holder will also need to have good communication and analytical expertise as well as the ability to organise and prioritise daily tasks and workload. The role requires the candidate to have excellent team work skills and the ability to create good working relationships both across the Council and its partners and with external suppliers There is an expectation that you will be studying or willing to study for a relevant qualification including CIPS level 4. Your time will be spent working from home, other sites and the office to enable you to balance your home and work life. Determination and enthusiasm will be key, and you will be working with a range of stakeholders so relationship building will be important. We are incredibly proud to be Investors in People ‘Gold’ status, which illustrates that we care about our people and are ambitious to do even more for them. We truly are an amazing place to work! If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! For an informal discussion on this post, please contact Debbie Pitcher on 01244 976943 or email debbie.pitcher@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12.60 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.