Procurement Officer

Are you passionate about procurement and looking for an opportunity to make a real difference?

At Barnardo's, everything we do is focused on changing childhoods and changing lives. As we deliver our organisational strategy, our Procurement team plays a vital role in ensuring every pound we spend achieves the greatest possible impact for children, young people and families.

This is where you come in.

We're looking for a motivated and commercially minded Procurement Officer to join our Procurement team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your procurement career within a purpose-driven organisation while gaining exposure to a diverse range of categories, suppliers and stakeholders across a large and complex national charity.

Working within our developing category management function, you'll support procurement and sourcing activities from initial requirement through to contract award, helping colleagues make informed commercial decisions while delivering value for money, managing risk and improving outcomes across the organisation.

Whether you're already working in procurement or have relevant commercial, contract management or sourcing experience, this role offers the opportunity to build broad procurement expertise and contribute to meaningful work that has a direct impact on the services Barnardo's provides.

What we're looking for

We're seeking someone with a combination of commercial awareness, curiosity and a collaborative approach.

You will ideally have:

• Experience supporting or delivering procurement, sourcing, commercial or contract management activities.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.

• The ability to analyse information and data to support decision-making.

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Good commercial awareness and an understanding of value-for-money principles.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

• A willingness to learn, develop and build a long-term career in procurement.

A procurement qualification such as CIPS Level 4, or a desire to work towards one, would be advantageous but is not essential.

Why join Barnardo's?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive and progressive procurement team at an exciting stage in its development. You'll gain experience across a broad range of procurement activities, work with stakeholders from across the organisation and help shape commercial outcomes that directly support Barnardo's mission.

In return, you'll be part of an organisation that values collaboration and continuous learning while providing the chance to use your skills for a genuinely meaningful purpose.

If you're looking to develop your procurement career whilst making a tangible difference to the lives of children and young people, we'd love to hear from you.Please note that we do not operate under UK public procurement regulations, therefore experience of the Procurement Act is not a requirement for this role.Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible

Pay & Reward Framework

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata

• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme

• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options

• Service related sick pay from day 1

• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution

• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension

• Cycle2work scheme

• Interest free season ticket loans

• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal

• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores

• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc

• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support

• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values

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