Contracts & Commercial Officer (Full Time) (Permanent)

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Renfrewshire Council is seeking to recruit an experienced Commercial & Contracts Officer.

 

Reporting to the Waste Strategy and Business Team Lead within Environment, Housing, and Infrastructure, you will make a major contribution to continually improving service development and delivery within Renfrewshire you will be required to undertake a range of tasks including-

 

Assisting with procurement, management, and monitoring of contracts in Waste Services; ensuring all procurement and contract management complies with Council Contract Rules and relevant procurement legislation and guidelines, including electronic tendering; undertaking project management activities to contribute to the development and delivery of a range of projects in line with established objectives.

 

Along with the above and to ensure the smooth running of these activities you will plan and develop the Procurement Timeline Programme for Waste Services, whilst also being a key person dealing with the procurement journey. You will also assist with a range of tasks and contract management, when relevant you will undertake subprojects to assist the Waste Services Team deliver on both internal & legislative projects. You will manage the commercial trade business and thrive to grow this business within Renfrewshire working in partnership across other services to deliver a commercial trade option to all businesses in the Renfrewshire Council area.

 

We are looking for a positive and supportive team member who can integrate into the Waste Services team, who is happy to work alongside colleagues as well as getting on with their own tasks with the ability to work to deadlines.

 

It is essential you are educated to Degree level or have relevant appropriate professional experience or evidence of professional competence and skill.

 

You must have experience of waste services within a large and diverse organisation, experience of working with procurement and service contracts within the waste environment, knowledge of the statutory and legislative requirements of the service and relevant national and local programmes and frameworks and knowledge of the tender process and procurement of services within the waste environment.

 

The ability to manage contracts and keeping up with the growing changes in the waste sector, forward thinking and strategic planning aswell as capacity to work under pressure to meet legislative objectives and organisational priorities is also essential.

 

This position is critical for driving improvement of the council’s recycling and waste services contracts as well as the continuous improvement of the council’s trade waste services.

 

Supporting the Waste and Recycling Manager, you will be responsible for the daily management of the commercial trade service and the contracts for all of the waste services within Renfrewshire.

 

Duties will focus mainly on commercial waste, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and also providing advice and guidance.

 

Effective communication, problem solving, organisational, presentation, networking, regulatory, influencing, and motivational skills are also essential.

 

You must be able to Manage and deliver within budget and have an ability to support Senior Officers, Team Leaders, Partner’s and Elected Members with the ability to plan and carry out work according to agreed deadlines effectively and efficiently.

 

If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk