Contract Support Officer

Organisation: ESPO

Work Location: ESPO, Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester

Salary: £24,708 - £25,983 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) (pay award pending)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 23^rd September 2024

Interview Date(s): W/C 7^th October 2024

If you are looking for an exciting and challenging opportunity to work within the public sector for an organisation with a commercial edge, then ESPO is the place for you. We are looking for highly a motivated individual seeking a career in procurement.

ESPO are a public sector professional buying organisation, and we return the surplus we make to our local authority owners to invest in the public services we all rely on. We have ambitious plans for the future and we are looking for a contract support officer (CSO) to join the corporate solutions team.

About the Role

As a contract support officer at ESPO, the successful candidate will be working in a busy and progressive category team liaising with suppliers in gathering financial information regarding turnover and developing and using other management information to confirm rebate / income streams relevant to the team's budget. You will manage and collate management information for review meetings with customers and suppliers for the customer relationship manager and for ESPOs senior leadership team.

Other duties include manipulating management information and generating graphs or charts, supporting the team and the customer relationship manager with high level research into markets, monitoring performance of suppliers against agreed service levels or targets, organising supplier and customer meetings in accordance with the management program, and undertaking any other relevant duties as required.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• GCSEs A-C in English and Maths or equivalent
• Experience of working as part of a team, in a customer facing / supplier facing role and of customer/client relations and engagement with stakeholders
• Market analysis/data analysis/interpretation or manipulation of financial data/data presentation
• Ability to organise and prioritise a variable workload and establish and maintain good working relationships with customers, colleagues, suppliers and other contacts.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including confident telephone manner.
• Excellent IT skills, specifically MS office, word, excel, PowerPoint (including but not limited to use of formulae, generation of graphs / charts etc)
• Awareness of structures and relationships within local government

We'd also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

What we offer:

• Flexible working opportunities and access to an employee benefits portal
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increases to 30 days after 5 years services) and a scheme to buy additional leave.
• Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution.
• Opportunities for learning and development
• Great office location next to Fosse Park, with free on-site parking and easy access to M1 and M69.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of ESPO. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Iain McFaul - Customer Relationship Manager (Corporate Solutions)

Telephone: 07920086357

Email: [email protected]

How to Apply

ESPO is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our customers. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the customers we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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