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Digital Procurement Officer

Employer
Homes England
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Salary
£30,755 and £34,000
Closing date
22 Oct 2020

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Function
Corporate Services, IT
Seniority
Officer
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Organisation Type
Government organisation

Role Title: Digital Procurement Officer 
Reference: B0022
Salary: £30,755 and £34,000  
Grade: Specialist
Location: Newcastle 
Team: Digital Services 
Directorate: Corporate Resources
Recruiting Manager: Jill Tulip 
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 22/10/2020

This is an overview of the role:

om April 2018, Homes England has set out on a journey to transform the way we use technology to enable our transition into a 21st century government agency.

To support this transition, Homes England partnered with consultancies to provide additional capacity and capability for an initial one-year period. Our ambition is to enable a fundamental change in the way that the digital agenda is conceived and delivered within the agency. 

Our ambitions consider digital delivery from two positions – ensuring Homes England has a strong basic infrastructure supported by good governance; and how we use digital to become a genuinely modern, agile and effective driver in the housing market. 

We are now seeking to develop and grow the internal capacity to support and embed this work as the agency embarks on the next significant phase of transformation.


The successful person will be responsible for:

• The hardware and software procurement and administration within Digital Services.
• Being highly organised and able to act on your own initiative, liaising with colleagues within wider Digital and across the organisation in order to ensure the procurement of hardware and software is providing good value for money. 
• Managing Digital procurement diligence when assessing or preparing procurement documentation
• Determining the buying options to assist with the purchasing or various digital assets
• Managing information from a variety of suppliers 


In order to complete the responsibilities for this role, the successful candidate will have:Experience:

Experience:
• Collaborating with Digital Service Desk to collect and analyse customer requirements
• Supporting the wider senior team members in shaping digital hardware and software solutions to ensure effective and efficient costs
• Managing hardware and software procurement processes for tracking and reporting progress
• Undertaking administration and logistics of project governance
• Supporting Commercial teams with the tendering, award and management of contracts
• Complying with regulations and policy affecting procurement and adopt commercial best practice
• Support Stakeholder engagement on all aspects of commercial activity including programme / planning as required


 Skills:
• Experience using Crown Commercials Frameworks
• Previous experience working within an IT / Digital function
• Good understanding of Gov.UK
• Excellent Microsoft Product experience
• Procurement within a range of Digital areas
• Good negotiation and influencing skills
• Proven awareness of GDS code of practise 

Qualifications (academic and professional, knowledge, skills and experience required to do the job):
•    Degree level education and/or appropriate professional membership/technical qualifications or equivalent
•    Digital contract management
•    Desirable Agile Certification or excellent awareness/practise in Agile
•    Desirable Microsoft Office Products Certification or excellent experience 


 

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