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We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and we are interested in you as an individual. We are looking for a highly organised professional with a positive attitude, dedicated to achieving excellence in public sector procurement.\nWho are we?\nCrescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit purchasing consortium and we produce compliant purchasing frameworks and provide specialist advice on spending practices and value for money. Our longstanding history and dedication has earned CPC a reputation for excellence, which has allowed us to support public sector organisations with a combined non-pay spend of £441m throughout the 2023/24 financial year alone.\nWhat makes us different?\nWe're an award-winning organisation recognised and certified as a “Great place to work ”. We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We're making a real\ndifference and you can be a part of it! This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!\nThis is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!\nWhat’s the role?\nThe role is offered as a full-time position working with our clients within our On Demand team. We will consider applicants requiring part-time hours.\nWe are ideally looking for someone based within the Hampshire / Oxfordshire regions but will consider applicants outside this area if you are able to travel within these regions.\nThis role will require regular travel to our clients’ premises and involves working onsite directly with our educational clients to provide a fully comprehensive procurement and tendering service.\nSuccessful applicants must be able to travel and must have public sector tendering experience.\nThis role sits within our On Demand team who provide a flexible solution to our clients and are able to provide a bespoke procurement solution to fulfil the needs of each individual client. The service draws on considerable experience in procurement, tendering, reviewing, benchmarking and contract management knowledge throughout the business to ensure our clients are compliant but also see the value in an effective procurement solution. This role would suit a procurement professional that has experience in running tenders or mini-competitions under framework agreements and some knowledge of PA23/PCR2015.\nThis role will contribute to embedding best practice, efficiency and effectiveness within procurement processes and decisions, ensuring compliance with UK procurement regulations and legislation and assisting us to achieve savings for our clients.\nReporting to the Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for offering a proactive and comprehensive service and advice on all aspects of procurement to all levels of personnel and manage relationships between our client and their diverse range of suppliers.\nRequirements\nPerson Specification\nWe are looking for someone who has procurement experience within the public sector or the education sector and knowledge of public sector Procurement Act 2023.\nIn return for your dedication, we offer a wide range of benefits including:\nSalary of up to £43,000 FTE per annum depending on experience.\n\nGenerous yearly discretionary bonus following successful probation.\n\nRemote working with visits to clients onsite when required.\n\nAccess to a local government pension scheme with an employer contribution of 14.7%, which includes death-in-service and ill health cover.\n\nOpportunities to develop through our inhouse development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.\n\n38 days holiday (including bank holidays), plus an additional three days additional leave for the Christmas holiday closure.\n\nTime off for volunteering opportunities.\n\nEnhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, carers leave, bereavement and compassionate leave and maternity pay.\n\nSupport for wellbeing with access to 8 mental health first aiders and the opportunity to join an Employee Assistance Programme.\n\nThe chance to get involved in a number of working groups, such as Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing and Sustainability.\n\nThe opportunity to join our Women's, Men's and Carer's employee support networks which provide safe spaces for colleagues to share their experiences.\n\nSocial and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.\n\nHas a programme of ‘giving back’ to the communities in which it is based and which it supports.\n\nTravel expenses paid for any additional required travelling outside of your contracted place of work.\n\nNext Steps\nThe deadline to apply is Sunday 1st November 2026\nFollowing successful application, we will invite selected candidates to meet for an interview with our hiring managers.\nIf you like what you’ve read, please don't delay in applying as we may close vacancies early where we receive lots of applications. Please click on the link below for the job description.\nhttps://www.thecpc.ac.uk/docs/procurement-specialist-jd-on-demanddocx-1\nPlease note that VISA sponsorship is not offered for this role.\nWe are a disability confident employer so if you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example, if you require information in different formats or if you have any accessibility issues, we’re more than happy to review our processes. 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