Contracts Officer

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 5 - Hybrid

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.

Due to career advancement, Angus Council has a permanent opportunity to join its evolving Procurement and Commissioning Service as a Contracts Officer within its Social Care Commissioning team.

The role of Contracts Officer in this team is varied and includes procurement and contract management of both adult and children’s services. The role allows the post holder to develop working relationships across many facets of the Council as well as Angus Health and Social Care Partnership. Whilst Angus Council generally operates a devolved procurement model across its Corporate functions, the Social Care Commissioning team delivers on the end to end process focusing on purchasing and contract managing high quality, sustainable services that provide value for money and meet the best possible outcomes for the people who live and work in Angus.

Candidates will have previous contract management and procurement experience, preferably in the public sector and be willing to undertake funded studies to achieve CIPS level 4 Diploma, if not held already. However, 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 Johanna Hutcheon at HutcheonJ@Angus.gov.uk

Please note interviews are expected to take place mid June 2026.

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, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.