IT Contracts and Procurement Officer

About The Role

INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY

North Northamptonshire Council's Technology, Digital and Data team are looking for a customer-focused, enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join us. Our team has big plans and grand ambitions to be an inspirational local government IT service, for which we're seeking talented individuals to help us achieve those goals.

As an IT Contracts and Procurement Officer, you will collaborate closely with teams across the IT Department to provide guidance on contract management, procurement processes, and internal governance. You will support the management of contract-related budgets and work in partnership with the IT Business Administration team to support invoicing, ordering, and financial queries alongside the Service Delivery teams. This role will involve building and managing strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, such as procurement and governance teams, internal management, end-customer services and teams across IT.

What will you be doing?

As an IT Contracts and Procurement Officer, you’ll find no two days are the same. Working closely with IT Management and key service areas across the council, providing advice and support on medium/low-value procurements, contract and supplier management. You will also support the IT Business Administration team, helping to ensure smooth financial and administrative processes. You’ll attend contract meetings with stakeholders, assisting with financial, contractual and best-practice related queries, such as invoicing routes, internal procedures and a key role in keeping operations running efficiently while building strong working relationships across the organisation. Working alongside the Contracts and Procurement Manager, you’ll help tailor and refine contractual strategy across the service and ensure all contracts are tracked, managed and works planned in effectively.

About You

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual, someone highly organised and able to effectively manage multiple moving parts. You will have strong communication skills and a keen eye for detail, able to put yourself in the position of the customer, acting as an enabling champion for the team and services, delivering a strong Technology function for the Councils and importantly the residents we support.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people. You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We Offer a Vibrant Working Environment With a competitive salary a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection. lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance. We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About Us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our Values Define Who We Are And How We Operate, By Forming The Foundation For How We Interact With Our Customers, Colleagues And Provide Our Services. They Are Also At The Forefront Of Our Decision Making And Delivery And Are Customer-focused Respectful Efficient Supportive Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment.

For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

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The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council

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