Trainee Procurement Officer

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Temp - to -Perm Opportunity with day rate circa £250 a day and permanent salary circa £30,000

About Us

The Ebbsfleet Development Corporation was established in 2015 to speed up the delivery of up to 15,000 homes and create a 21st-century Garden City in Ebbsfleet, North Kent. As planning authority for the Urban Regeneration Area, as well as landowner for a number of key sites across Ebbsfleet and surrounding communities, the Corporation has ambitions to: 

• Facilitate the delivery of up to 15,000 new homes of all types and tenures.
• Champion the creation of many new parks and open spaces, as well as a network of green corridors.
• Drive forward a new public transport network, with major road infrastructure improvements made to support the growing community.
• Provide a platform for thousands of new jobs and opportunities for the local workforce.
• Deliver Ebbsfleet Central, the major urban heart of Ebbsfleet Garden City.

The Role

The role of Trainee Procurement Officer will be responsible for supporting the Commercial Manager as well as help support all procurement activities. The role will help to co-ordinate procurement activities and manage the documentation that supports the Corporation's procurement and contracting activities. The duties of the role will include:

• Provide general procurement support and carry out procurement exercises.
• Maintain and administer the pipeline of procurements register.
• Assist with the development of tender documents.
• deal with tender clarifications and queries.
• Assist with the running of various procurement activities such as tenders, EOIs, RFQs, ITTs, mini-competitions.
• Assist with tender evaluations & moderations.
• Maintain & administer the Contracts Register.
• Assist with procurement and contract reporting to management.
• Provide cover for the Commercial Manager as required.

The Person

To be considered for the role you will need to have an interest in procurement and have some experience working within it as well. You will need to be able to demonstrate excellent time management skills as well as be an excellent communicator and be able to take responsibility for your workload and work independently. You will also need strong analytical skills and be a lateral thinker who is able to develop creative and innovative service solutions.

The Recruitment Process

The role will be open to applications from candidates with an interest in procurement and who have some experience gained within a procurement role. Interviews will take place week commencing #removed# with an ideal start date of #removed#.

NB: This role is initially being offered on a temporary basis for a period of 3-6-months,with the possibility of an extension and/or going permanent after that. The permanent opportunity will be advertisedseparately later in the year.The salary for the permanent role will be circa £30k, with study support for CIPS training and an excellent benefits package.