Procurement Officer

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Council’s Procurement Team, providing expertise, guidance, and end-to-end procurement support across the organisation. The team is committed to delivering value for money and improved outcomes for the people of Halton. You’ll work in a small, friendly team dealing with a wide range of spend categories across the authority and respective spend areas.

The role involves providing day-to-day procurement advice, monitoring the delivery of specific projects relating to spend analysis and market research and supporting the preparation of contracts and tender documents. The post holder will also need to have good communication and analytical expertise as well as the ability to organise and prioritise daily tasks and workload.

We are looking for somebody who is highly motivated with the ability to create good working relationships both across the Council and its partners and with external suppliers.

Hours: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday

Your Contributions:
• Receive, analyse and interpret data to produce accurate management information and key performance indicators (KPIs).

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records.

• Work collaboratively with other public sector organisations to achieve value for money and drive efficiency savings through procurement activities.

• Prioritise and organise a busy workload while communicating effectively with stakeholders.

• Demonstrate strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, with hands-on experience in Word and Excel.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service

• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions

• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme

• Investment in your personal development

• Free Car Parking at HBC sites

• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Ashley McDonald (Procurement Manager) on 0151 511 8421.

Interview date TBC.

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!