IT Purchasing Officer

Job particulars

Division

Digital Options and Providers

Accountable to

IT Buying and Operations Supervisor

Location

Kedleston Highway, Derby Campus

Wage

£26,363 to £28,827 (for distinctive performers, there’s scope for additional development as much as £32,838 every year)

Cut-off date

Tuesday 2 April 2024

Contract kind

Fastened time period contract 24 Months

Publish kind

Full-time

Adaptive working kind

Hybrid
This position will probably be primarily based on website, primarily within the named location with the chance to work remotely out there in keeping with our Adaptive Working Framework .

Reference

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Concerning the position

Do you get pleasure from offering a superb service, and supporting digital options? Are you a conscientious particular person who can assist group members when wanted? In that case, we wish to hear from you!

We’re looking for a proactive and expert IT Buying Officer to hitch our IT Buying and Operations group, enjoying a pivotal position in making certain the seamless operation of Digital Options & Providers (DS&S) on the College. 

The profitable candidate will reveal a profound understanding of enterprise operations, monetary administration, and procurement methods inside a big and complicated setting.

As an IT Buying Officer, you’ll collaborate carefully with the IT Buying and Operations Supervisor and the College’s Procurement operate to implement and improve the general IT procurement technique. 

Your obligations will embrace planning, managing, and delivering multimillion-pound IT upkeep spend classes whereas making certain compliance with public procurement laws, inside laws, and moral requirements. 

Moreover, you’ll actively contribute to the monetary administration of the division, fostering a tradition of economic greatest practices and glorious service supply.

In case you are looking for a significant, impactful, and stimulating profession, we welcome you to use.

For additional info and casual enquiries concerning the position, please contact IT Buying and Operations Supervisor – Jo Kearley by way of [email protected]

For enquiries concerning your software and for sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment group by way of [email protected]

Principal accountabilities

Work with the IT Buying and Operations Supervisor and the College’s Procurement operate to ship the general IT procurement technique.

Help within the planning, administration and supply of the multimillion-pound IT upkeep spend class to make sure compliance with public procurement laws and our personal inside laws, supply of greatest worth and financial savings and to make sure contractual obligations are met in a sustainable and moral style.

Help the IT Buying and Operations Supervisor in day-to-day actions concerned in managing the IT Upkeep funds and Software program purchases.

Act because the senior level of contact inside the division concerning monetary issues, promote monetary greatest practices, present steerage and help in the usage of the finance system.

Take accountability for co-ordinating, monitoring and creating the day-to-day buying actions, processes, and programs.

Guarantee all work is recorded and processed in accordance with College monetary procedures and laws.

Undertake challenge work as required to develop service ranges and enhance programs and effectivity inside the Workforce.

Make use of a spread of IT expertise (together with spreadsheets, E-mail, web, databases and the College finance programs) in an effort to handle and progress personal and others workloads effectively.

Characterize the group at each inside and exterior committees and teams as required.

Be an energetic group member together with organising, attending and taking part in group conferences, finance boards and employees improvement/coaching occasions as applicable.

Undertake central administration info programs wherever potential to keep up and develop native information to supply environment friendly and efficient help.  Be certain that all employees are absolutely educated and skilled in the usage of related programs.

Liaise with College Challenge Managers on the availability of challenge allocation, price budgets, want by schedules and so forth. for required elements and companies/works and funds reporting.

Implement and ship a excessive commonplace of buyer care in all duties undertaken.

Help with analysis and routes to markets for procurement, handle relationships with suppliers, monitor contractual efficiency and guarantee alternatives for continuous enchancment are explored and carried out.

Guarantee all purchases are accomplished effectively and in accordance with the College’s monetary laws.

Help within the each day and long-term strategic administration of software program and technology-related {hardware} inside the College. This contains recording software program licenses and {hardware} property to make sure compliance with provider contracts and regulatory necessities.

Co-ordinate gathering info required for inside and exterior audits, compliance critiques, metrics gathering and different comparable workouts.

Individual specification
Important Standards
{Qualifications}

• GCSE Maths (Grade A-C) and English (Grade A-C) or equal
• A Ranges or equal e.g. BTEC, HND
• Superior IT Qualification, e.g. ECDL, CLAIT, GCSE IT or equal expertise

Expertise

• A confirmed report of success in an administrative/monetary supervisory place.
• Confirmed expertise of managing a various and demanding workload, together with planning successfully, prioritising work and assembly deadlines for self and a group.
• Confirmed expertise of managing initiatives to satisfy specified deadlines.
• Expertise of working within the HE sector.

Abilities, data & talents

• Proof of downside fixing and co-ordinating administrative duties.
• Information of IT, AV programs and Software program.
• Proof of making and utilizing spreadsheets and databases, electronic mail, and the web in an administrative context.
• Proof of working to procedures and of programs improvement.
• Proof of working with budgets.
• The power to determine and preserve an expert working relationship with employees in any respect ranges throughout the College.
• A excessive commonplace of literacy, numeracy and IT expertise.
• The power to develop, implement and handle monetary and administrative programs that meet the wants of the group and a altering setting.
• Means to speak clearly with inside and exterior prospects and colleagues in an effort to obtain widespread outcomes.
• The power to supply administration info statistics in report or different types.
• Workforce participant.
• Means to make use of initiative and be proactive when coping with a spread of points and issues.
• The power to reply creatively and positively to vary.
• Self-motivated and in a position to inspire others.
• Ahead considering with a willingness to boost and develop expertise of self and others.

Enterprise necessities

• Means to be versatile inside the working sample to satisfy the enterprise wants.
• Willingness and in a position to journey and work at different websites or places if crucial.

Advantages

In addition to aggressive pay scales, we provide beneficiant vacation entitlement. We additionally supply alternatives for additional wage development primarily based on efficiency, and the chance to hitch a contributory pension scheme.

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The best way to apply

You possibly can apply by submitting a web-based software. After you have signed in or registered with us it is possible for you to to start your software. In case you are creating an account for the primary time, please make sure you present an electronic mail handle that you simply entry commonly as this will probably be our most important technique of contacting you concerning your software.

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In the event you require any help, together with the availability of any documentation in another format, please contact the Recruitment group at [email protected] .

Please be aware all purposes should be submitted on-line by Midnight GMT on the deadline of the emptiness.

Essential info

Please be aware that sadly, this position won’t appeal to enough factors to acquire a sponsored Expert Employee visa beneath the UK Visas & Immigration factors primarily based immigration system; nonetheless, purposes are welcome from candidates who don’t at the moment have the correct to work within the UK, however who can be eligible to acquire a sound visa by way of one other route..

Please seek the advice of the House workplace web site for additional info.

What’s Adaptive Working?

Adaptive working is about enabling a high-performing, versatile, and responsive work tradition the place the place, time, and method of working are tailor-made to the particular work exercise. This method ensures that the working setting, together with each bodily and social environment, helps workers to carry out at their greatest and meet the college’s evolving wants.

As well as, adaptive working entails deliberately designing workspaces to help a spread of actions and disciplines, offering the correct setting for significant in-person connections and efficient collaboration. This contains making certain that workers have entry to the mandatory tools and assets from their first day on the college.

Adaptive working encompasses completely different modes of working akin to site-based, distant or hybrid working. It’s a broad framework inside which all employees can function successfully in response to their position.

Fairness, range and inclusion

The College of Derby is dedicated to selling fairness, range and inclusion. Nonetheless you establish, we actively have a good time the data, expertise and skills every particular person brings. Our college students come from a variety of backgrounds; due to this fact we’re significantly to listen to from candidates who will assist our leaders and groups be extra reflective of our pupil inhabitants.

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Why be part of Derby?

Difficult, attention-grabbing and always altering, the College of Derby is a rare place to study and an extremely rewarding place to work.

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We’re dedicated to safeguarding and selling the welfare of youngsters and weak adults and anticipate everybody who works for us to additionally share this dedication and to deal with folks civilly and respect.