Location: Trafford Council, Sale Waterside Centre, 1 Waterside, M33 7ZF
Salary range: £27,711 to £38,626. Trafford council is a Living Wage Employer.
Working Pattern: Full Time
Working hours: 36.25
We will offer flexibility where we can. If you are interested in a role, please speak to the recruiting manager about what flexibility they might consider.
Many of our colleagues can work from home for one or more days a week and/or they flex the hours they work. We call this SMART working, which gives you the option to flex your days and hours so you can fit your work around your life and life around your work.
Contract type: Permanent
Application deadline: Sunday, 2nd March 2025
Interview date: W/C 3rd March 2025
Interview type: Microsoft Teams
Are you passionate about making a difference? About getting the best value, delivering efficiencies and Social Value?
Do you want to work in an exciting, growing environment with other procurement professionals?
STAR Procurement is the award-winning shared procurement service for Stockport, Trafford, Tameside, Rochdale, Knowsley, and St Helens Councils. STAR Procurement provides a strategic procurement service, ensuring that its Councils obtain best value when contracting with third-party suppliers. We are passionate about using our expertise to improve processes and procedures as well as delivering on savings and compliance through our strategic procurement approach. STAR is a very ambitious organisation and we are continually expanding, making this a fantastic opportunity to join a growing dynamic team.
The team is employed by Trafford Council. STAR Procurement/Trafford Council recognises the benefits of working from home; however, there are also benefits of spending some time alongside colleagues in an office environment. We offer a ‘Smart Working’ approach which includes hybrid working. The office is based at Waterside House in Sale.
STAR Procurement has a growth strategy that provides an exciting environment for growth and opportunities for our team. Our ‘Grow Your Own’ Policy encourages opportunities within the team, and we have had many successful internal promotions.
STAR Procurement really is a great place to work with fantastic benefits. We embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We currently have a number of exciting Procurement Officer vacancies within our Delivery Team. These are key roles within the organisation, and we are looking for successful candidates to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge, and ideas into the team.
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter, so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at STAR Procurement.
About us: Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private, and third sectors have a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential.
Our vision: Trafford where all our residents, businesses, and communities thrive.
Trafford is a lively, prosperous place to put down roots and build a career. The council and Trafford schools employ around 8,000 people, who are central to making the area great. In return for their commitment, the council offers its employees development opportunities, as well as a fair and flexible workplace. The council is a Living Wage Employer.
Additional Information: You will have flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office.
Contact Details: To learn more about Trafford as a place to work visit and view more about our awards and benefits.
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK. Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.
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