Vacancy Information
This role is within a unit where Surrey Police and Sussex Police work in collaboration, whilst continuing to be two separate legal entities/employers with different terms and conditions.
Both Surrey Police staff and Sussex Police staff are employed in this unit on their own force terms and conditions.
Successful candidates may be appointed on the terms and conditions of employment of either Surrey Police or Sussex Police, depending on organisational requirements. A discussion will be held with the successful candidate to confirm the details of location, salary, allowance and hours.
Division / Department - Joint Procurement Service
Status - Full Time
Contract Type - Permanent
Grade - Surrey Police Grade E / Sussex Police Grade 8
Salary Grade Range - Surrey Police £26,109 - £29,654 / Sussex Police £24,552 - £26,232
Politically Restricted -
Unsocial Hours Allowance -
Location - Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes
The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
The Role
The Surrey and Sussex Police Joint Procurement team are looking to recruit a number of Buyers, on a permanent basis.
In this role you will undertake spot-buying, tenders or other types of procurements as necessary, alongside undertaking reporting and providing a front-line point of contact for the department. You will be pro-active with good organisational skills, customer focused but willing to challenge. You will ideally have good spreadsheet and word processing skills. Previous experience within a Procurement / Buying environment is ideal but not essential. You will be willing to study towards CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply) and the department will support you with this.
The successful candidates will be employed by either Surrey or Sussex Police, with the option of being based at either Police Headquarters in Guildford or Lewes. Regular travel across the two counties, however, will be required with a considerable amount of time being spent at other locations across the Forces.
Key Responsibilities
The role will enable you to work with a variety of stakeholders across both Forces, other public sector organisations and suppliers. You will be responsible for managing and coordinating procurements on behalf of both Forces across a number of different categories, ensuring that all are compliant and completed in accordance with Force specific (Contract Standing Orders) and EU Procurement legislation requirements.
You will be expected to establish relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that contracting needs are identified and strategies are in place to meet the business objectives for Surrey and Sussex Police; identifying and implementing innovative sourcing approaches to the delivery of projects, in order to enhance levels of service and minimize costs, ensuring compliance with the overall Procurement Strategy and safeguarding against contractual and commercial risk.
Skills & Experience
As per attached Job description.
Contact Details
Contact info
For Sussex applications:
Gary Bailey, Senior Contracts Officer, Joint Procurement Service for Surrey & Sussex
Email: gary.bailey@sussex.pnn.police.uk
Mobile: 07810 180469
For Surrey applications:
Darren Blundell, Senior Procurement Officer, Joint Procurement Service for Surrey & Sussex
Email: Darren.blundell@surrey.pnn.police.uk
Mobile: 07977 425289
Closing date for applications is Midnight on Sunday 1st March. Interviews will be held on 16th and 17th March 2020
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.
Surrey Police and Sussex Police work together in collaboration for this role, however they remain two different employers, with differing pay scales, allowances and terms and conditions including hours of employment.
If you are an internal candidate and are conditionally offered the role your attendance record and any reasonable adjustments already in place will be discussed with yourself and your current line manager. If you are successful in your application, you may be required to resign and transfer your employment, taking on the Terms & Conditions and pay scales of the Lead Force (if this is not your existing Home Force).
This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.
Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.
Diversity Statement
We are only as good as our people. It's really important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach and skills that diversity brings; all of which help us deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.
We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and Disability Confident, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.
We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status or religious beliefs, we would love to hear from you.
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