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Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £27,711 (Level one) rising to £30,060 (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG / Hybrid
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
The Commercial Support Officer will be responsible for supporting all aspects of commercial and procurement and activity within the ‘People’ Category team which procures a range of commissioned services for citizens, including Adults and Children's Social Care, Public Health, Community Services and Homelessness services. They may also provide support to the wider Commercial, Procurement and Contract Management team to deliver an effective procurement function.
Our procurement service focuses on improving quality, maximising savings, spending locally and creating employment opportunities. The Commercial Support Officer will support all aspects of the tender process from preparation of tender documentation and advertisement through to contract award, ensuring compliance with the Council's Financial Regulations and UK procurement legislation. In particular they will support with the management of a range of procurement related information including the assessment of current spend, recording and reporting on procurement activity and outcomes. They will work closely with category team members and clients across the Council and will engage with external agencies and suppliers.
To promote the Council’s vision, values, aims, objectives, and priorities actively and effectively, putting our citizens first through the delivery of best value services.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
* IT skills with an ability to use Microsoft Access and Excel to produce reports and evaluate data
* Knowledge of tendering procedures including UK Legislation, other relevant legislation and how the Council's Financial Regulations relate to procurement
* Ability to work in a busy, challenging environment, utilising a range of skills in relation to a constantly changing subject matter and workload
* Ability to use your own initiative to make decisions relating to procurement issues and able to identify problems and work to create solutions
* Evidence of actively working with others to improve collaboration internally and externally
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 Jo Pettifor, Category Manager - People, by email at jo.pettifor@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 3rd August 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: to be confirmed
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.
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