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Join Teach First as a Procurement Manager and lay the foundation for a fair education for all children
Overview
Salary £42237
Location East Midlands (Nottingham); East of England (Norwich); London; North East (Newcastle Upon Tyne); North West (Manchester); South Coast (Bournemouth); South East (Kent); South West (Bristol); West Midlands (Birmingham); Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds
Expires Expires at anytime
Organisation Summary
Teach First is a dynamic charity dedicated to ensuring all children have access to fair education. With an established track record of making a significant difference every day, Teach First is actively moving towards a brighter future for every child. However, enhancing this impact requires your contribution.
Role Summary
- Leading in sourcing and purchasing products and services.
- Taking responsibility for Teach First's procurement framework.
- Applying technical expertise to secure value for money in all procurement activities.
- Promoting sustainability, ethical supply chains, and risk management
- Guiding others in the organisation to deepen their understanding of, and approach to, procurement.
Role Requirements
- Excellent negotiation skills and an ability to secure value-for-money for the charity.
- Sound commercial and financial awareness.
- Proven capacity to manage budgets and control costs.
- Outstanding organisational skills and planning ability.
- Experience in managing projects and collaborating with a vast range of stakeholders, both internal and external.
Application Process Details
- Applicants will receive feedback on their application within 10 working days of the closing date.
- Applications received after the closing date will not be reviewed.
- Pre-employment background checks will be completed through a joint application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) by the successful applicant and Teach First.
Teach First is committed to building a fair education for all children. Our work is making a difference every day, bringing us closer to a better future. However, we need to do more and we need your help.
As Procurement Manager, you will lead on sourcing and purchasing products and services and will have responsibility for Teach First's procurement framework. You will use your technical expertise to secure value for money for the Charity in all its procurement exercises, considering factors such as sustainability, ethical supply chains and risk management. You will guide the work of others around the organisation through developing their understanding of, and approach to, procurement exercises.
We are looking for someone with excellent negotiation skills and an ability to secure value-for-money for the charity. You should have commercial and financial awareness, as well as an ability to manage budgets and keep costs down. Excellent organisational skills and the ability to plan ahead are essential. Experience in managing projects and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, both internally and externally, is also required.
Teach First’s core benefits include 27 days holiday per annum (3 of which must be taken during the holiday shutdown period between Christmas Day and New Year's Day), participation in the pension scheme via Salary Exchange (with an employer contribution of up to 6%), life assurance, income protection and private healthcare. Through our flexible benefits platform access to subsidised dental membership, health screening, discounted gym membership, travel insurance, Give As You Earn and the option to buy annual leave.
We aim to update candidates if we’ll take their application forward within 10 working days of the closing date. We will not review any applications received after the closing date. All roles require that the successful applicant and Teach First make a joint application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a background check.
