The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is an ambitious, vibrant, culturally diverse and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We value our people, celebrate diversity and seek to find effective and creative ways of supporting our communities. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promises, which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
The Role:
The Asset Management Procurement Team (AMPT) is part of the Housing and Modernisation Division. The teams sits alongside asset management working closely with Engineering & Compliance, Housing Information and Investment Planning, Investment including Major Works, the Building Safety team and Repairs and Maintenance.
The AMPT officers deal with the full procurement lifecycle touching all elements of the process from researching markets, assisting client officers through the tender process, drafting tender documentation, running tenders on the council’s eProcurement system, training evaluators, evaluating tenders to reviewing performance and compliance procedures. The AMPT tender a wide range of works and services for asset management to improve or extend the life of a building, maintain council homes for our residents and keep them safe whilst achieving value for money.
About You:
You will have a good knowledge of public sector procurement law, current housing legislation and social issues influencing service delivery, performance and programme management systems and their implementation and ideally, a relevant qualification or working towards one.
You must have experience of procuring within a public sector housing context and have a good understanding of the needs of our residents. You will be flexible, have excellent IT skills, able to analyse and evaluate tender information, able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, have effective interpersonal skills, strong planning and prioritizing skills, the ability to work on your own initiative, be self-motivated and have a good eye for detail.
Benefits and more information:
https://www.jobsatsouthwark.co.uk/why-us/
Please note there are two positions available.
Internal recruitment only.
We will only consider applications from internal candidates that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
Additional salary details
Recruitment timetable
Application Closing Date: 11.59 PM on 30th October 2022
Informal discussions with Karen Feehily and Gavin Duncumb on:
- 9am to 12pm on 18 October 2022 in Room 323, Tooley Street; and
- 9:30am to 12.30pm on 25 October 2022 in Room 323, Tooley Street
Interview Date: 15th November 2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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