About the role
Cambridgeshire County Council has an established and well regarded Procurement and Commercial Team. The Council is planning for local government re-organisation (LGR) and we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Procurement Project Manager to join a high-profile Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) programme.
Reporting directly to the Head of Procurement and Commercial you will be working closely with all members of the team and stakeholders across the Council to ensure that the right information, processes, systems and knowledge is available through transition and into successor authorities. This is your chance to play a pivotal role in designing and delivering procurement solutions that will enable the successful transition to new authorities. You will ensure critical services continue without disruption while helping to build a modern, resilient and forward-thinking procurement function for the future.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Clare Ellis (Head of Procurement and Commercial) at clare.ellis@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
What will you be doing?
You will be:
- Supporting the procurement workstream within the LGR programme
- Planning and delivering support to enable service continuity and transition
- Providing expert guidance on public sector procurement legislation and governance as it impacts on LGR
- Managing procurement risks associated with organisational change and disaggregation
- Working closely with services to define future requirements and commissioning approaches
- Supporting contract transitions, supplier engagement and mobilisation
- Contributing to the design of a future-fit procurement service for new authorities
About you
You are a proactive and confident professional who thrives in complex, fast-moving environments.
You will bring:
- Strong experience in public sector procurement and contract management
- In-depth knowledge of procurement regulations and best practice
- A proven track record of delivering projects or programmes
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior level
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills
- Experience of large-scale transformation or local government reorganisation
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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