Contracts Officer

Job Description

This job is restricted to employees of Angus Council.

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 5- Flexi.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

The Procurement & Commissioning service within Angus Council are looking for maternity cover regarding a Contracts Officer post within the Commissioning Team. The successful candidate will join the team at an exciting time as it embarks on a proactive journey to identify and support opportunities for efficiencies across the Council and the Angus Health & Social Care Partnership.

The Procurement and Commissioning service spans all aspects of Corporate Procurement as well as Social Care commissioning, in support of the Council and the Integration Joint Board. The role of Contracts Officer is varied and will allow the post holder to develop working relationships across many facets of the Council and its partner organisations.

Whilst Angus operates a devolved procurement model across its Corporate functions, within Social Care there is a more holistic approach regarding the end to end cycle of contract management and appropriate support to the commissioning service themselves. The growing financial pressures on the public sector have allowed Procurement a prominent position in the identification of potential areas for efficiencies and change in how the Council undertakes its third-party expenditure, and what it receives for this.

Working closely with other team members in areas such as data analysis and Community Benefits, the post holder will ensure that as well as delivering best financial value for the council from its procurement activities, these are also delivering the best possible outcomes for those who live and work in Angus also.

Whilst candidates will ideally have previous procurement experience, preferably in the public sector, candidates with other relevant qualifications or who are able to demonstrate equivalent relevant experience, knowledge and skills necessary to undertake the role are also encouraged to apply.

Informal enquiries can be made to Alison Gallacher at GallacherA1@Angus.gov.uk

Internal applications on a secondment basis will be considered. You must have the approval of your line manager.

Please note interviews will be held - to be confirmed.

Requirements

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

Please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.