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 or Happy to Talk Flexible Working
Contract Type - Permanent
Grade - Surrey Police Grade H / Sussex Police Grade 11
Salary Grade Range - Surrey Police £35,028 - £41,464 / Sussex Police £35,223 - £38,856
Politically Restricted -
Unsocial Hours Allowance -
Location - See Advert
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
We are looking to recruit a Procurement Officer to join our dynamic and exciting team. The Joint Procurement Service provides strategic and technical procurement advice, as well as ensuring best value, whilst maintain our organisations high standards. We ensure the delivery of multiple procurement projects on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioners for Surrey and Sussex, Surrey Police and Sussex Police.
This involves procuring a vast range of goods, works and services from office supplies, software applications to grounds maintenance, uniform, drones and tasers. Through our procurement activities we support the operational policing in Surrey and Sussex.
The weekly hours for this role are:
Surrey - 36hrs
Sussex - 37hrs
NOTE: Surrey posts are eligible for a market supplement.
Key Responsibilities
The role will involve:
- Running and managing end to end procurement processes.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and management.
- Operating within Public Contracts Regulations and internal policies.
Skills & Experience
What you need to succeed:
- Must understand PCR 2015 and have sound understanding of operating within the regulations.
- Strong experience running procurement processes.
- Ideally has experience of working within the public sector.
- Ideally MCIPS qualified or a commitment to working towards it.
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Further Information
What you will get in return:
- Flexible working, including flexible hours
- Funded Continuous Professional Development, which can include studying and becoming MCIPS qualified.
- The opportunity to work with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
For further information about this opportunity please contact Jenna Spink, Senior Procurement Officer, Jenna.Spink@sussex.police.uk
We recognise that our people are balancing demanding careers with commitments and interests outside of work. We welcome applications and discussion with candidates who want to work full-time flexible hours.
This vacancy will be based at Surrey Headquarters, Guildford or Sussex Headquarters, Lewes.
Interviews for this role will take place between 11th and 12th August 2022.
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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