Overview
Procurement Officer – New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald / Hybrid, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
As a Procurement Officer, you will work in our Procurement and Commercial Team supporting internal clients on procurement activities valued over £100,000 including Requests for Quotation, further competitions and tenders. This vacancy is to provide this support mainly in the Corporate and IT (which includes Finance, HR and Pensions amongst others) area of the team.
This position is also being offered as an apprenticeship* to candidates who do not already have CIPS Level 4 or equivalent experience within a procurement function. You will be mentored by an experienced procurement professional who will support you to develop. You will be given study leave, work-based support and the opportunity to apply your learning. Above all else, we will invest in you so that you can grow your career in procurement.
The Procurement and Commercial Team operates on a hybrid basis, working from home and from our purpose‑built offices in Alconbury Weald. We meet in person at least twice a month for collaborative working, with further office time available should you prefer it. The team maintains frequent contact despite remote working, fostering a friendly and supportive environment.
Additional face‑to‑face time will also be arranged to support your induction, training, and ongoing development. There may occasionally be a need to travel within the County and beyond to meet client requirements.
Interviews will take place at New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, during the week commencing 2nd March 2026.
For further information or to discuss this opportunity, please contact Thomas Clarke at thomas.clarke@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
*If the position is offered as part of the apprenticeship route, then the starting salary will be 70% of the bottom point of grade SO1 after one year completion you will move to 85% of the bottom point of grade SO1. Upon completion of the second year of the apprenticeship you will move to 95% and once you have finished the apprenticeship course you will be on 100% of grade S01.
About you
We are looking for someone who is confident, with strong communication skills and attention to detail. You will operate with integrity, work effectively on your own initiative, and demonstrate strong organisational and IT skills.
You should have experience managing the procurement process, ideally within the public sector, and be familiar with calling off from frameworks.
You will also be able to develop and analyse a range of data sets to support the team’s work and enable effective performance management and reporting.
You will be confident in engaging stakeholders at all levels of the organisation in order to deliver effective procurement projects.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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