British Embassy
/*generated inline style */
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
/*generated inline style */
Procurement
/*generated inline style */
Main Purpose of Job: Based in Mexico City and reporting to the Regional Procurement Manager, the jobholder will work as part of the Regional Procurement Team that sits within the FCDO Commercial Directorate with responsibility for supporting procurement activities across the regional network including Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates ensuring compliance to FCDO global policy and UK procurement regulations. To work as part of the Procurement team; interacting with internal and external customers. Assist the Regional Procurement Team in day-to-day transactional delivery with specific tasks and activities FCDO Commercial takes responsibility for the acquisition of all goods and services required by the organisation whether bought at home in the UK or at one of our 260 office locations around the world. We do this by directly managing high value procurement activities, creating, and implementing the policies and procedures for everything else. The FCDO has a regional structure for Finance, Procurement and HR across the whole network, realising cost reductions and global spend savings, whilst keeping quality high by reforming the way we manage procurement across the network. The Procurement Operating Model requires procurement expertise in the regional organisation structure. Providing expert service to our global network of locations whilst retaining the ability to deliver efficiently on behalf of several locations and maintain links with the central procurement function in the UK. Procurement is a delivery partner to the FCDO business, providing advice and expertise to the business across the procurement lifecycle though to a shared responsibility for the successful delivery of larger procurement projects. The Regional Procurement Assistant will support the Regional Procurement Team in Mexico delivering transactional activities that support the procurement services across the regional network of office locations, with tasks such as control and monitoring of mailboxes, leading on the supplier set up and amendments process. In addition, the position will be responsible for assisting in the pre-stages of procurement processes by helping with supplier identification locally or in the region for the different services requested, ensuring that documents and online projects are ready for the Procurement Leads to publish the tender and perform additional activities to support the procurement process. |
Roles and Responsibilities:
|
/*generated inline style */
|
/*generated inline style */
|
/*generated inline style */
Changing and Improving, Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Managing a Quality Service, Working Together
/*generated inline style */
2 June 2024
/*generated inline style */
Administrative Officer (AO)
/*generated inline style */
Full-time, Permanent
/*generated inline style */
38
/*generated inline style */
Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean
/*generated inline style */
Mexico
/*generated inline style */
Mexico City
/*generated inline style */
British Embassy
/*generated inline style */
1
/*generated inline style */
MXN
/*generated inline style */
$21,762.00 MXN
/*generated inline style */
22 July 2024
/*generated inline style */
Learning and Development Opportunities: Continual professional development Foundation Level Contract Management Training – Government Commercial Office
Candidates must be able to live and work in Mexico in their own right. The successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance and professional reference checks. Please ensure you answer all application questions in full as CVs will not be considered in the recruitment process until the interview stage.Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, eg some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 6-12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate. |
/*generated inline style */
The British Embassy Network offers a strong benefits package. This package includes generous vacation and leave time, flexible working patterns, and enriching learning and development opportunities. All staff at the British Embassy and its Consulates in Mexico are expected to work towards the UK mission statement of Building a UK/Mexico partnership, which makes the world and us more prosperous and secure, and to embody the Embassy’s agreed values of Honesty, Respect, Inclusion and Professionalism.
/*generated inline style */
/*generated inline style */
To apply please copy and paste this link: https://fco.tal.net/vx/appcentre-ext/candidate/jobboard/vacancy/1/adv/
To help us track our recruitment effort, please specify on the application form/indicate in your cover letter where (globalvacancies.org) you saw this job posting.