Procurement Assistant
Job Type: Temporary
Sector: Council
Duration: This is temporary role expected to be for 3 months and maybe longer
Location: Darlington
Pay Rates:
£14 to £15.50 paye inclusive per hour depending on skill and experience
Working Days and Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Key Responsibilities
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Carrying out further competitions on frameworks and quotation exercises and drafting contracts and feedback letters
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To help with implementation of the Corporate Procurement Strategy and Code of Practice and supporting documentation
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Assist Procurement Officer colleagues with high value but below threshold procurement projects
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Carry out corporate procurement projects requiring quotations
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Carry out the procurement of quotations and below threshold procurement exercises
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Assist Procurement Officer colleagues with strategic procurement projects in each of the 3 corporate areas (Construction and Front-Line Services; Adults, Children’s and Public Health; and Corporate) and maintain a work log demonstrating this experience
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Assist the Senior Procurement Officer in the implementation of the new e-tendering and case management systems
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Collate contracts for sealing and signing
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Carry out procurement in a legal, ethical and accountable manner in line with all current legislation
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Assist Procurement Officer Colleagues in the review of purchasing arrangements and assist with their work programmes of contract aggregation to provide economies of scale and lower unit costs to achieve targeted savings
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Assist Procurement Colleagues with regular spend analyses in each of the 3 corporate areas