Procurement Assistant Apprentice

You’ll help us put the right contracts and suppliers in place for the goods, services and works our teams need, while building your knowledge and skills through a mix of on-the-job experience and dedicated apprenticeship training.

You’ll learn on-the-job while getting involved in:

Opportunities to support smaller-value procurement projects (typically under £100k), helping you learn the end-to-end process in a supported environment The chance to build professional relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers, and develop clear, confident communication Understanding compliance and governance (including the Procurement Act 2023), and how we achieve value for money and social value in our work. Ongoing contract management of procurement solutions to ensure expected outcomes are achieved Carrying out contract management meetings to ensure that the operational performance and value are achieved, and the expected benefits are realised from all contractual relationships
developing, implementing and operating a supplier evaluation process to be used Development and implementation of social value as part of the procurement process, ensuring the delivery of social, economic and environmental benefits across the Durham community

 

Training Outcome:

Opportunity to apply for full-time internal vacancies at Believe Housing.

Employer Description:

believe housing is one of the North East’s largest housing associations and we pride ourselves on putting our tenants and our people at the heart of everything we do and making them part of our journey in providing better housing services, homes, and communities. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce to deliver our vision and values of life without barriers and to do the right thing: for our people, for our customers, for our business.

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills