Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to join our Contracts and Procurement Team. This pivotal role will responsible for leading on all major procurement exercises within the Trust. 

This will involve the tendering and use of national frameworks within the current Cabinet office guidance and ensuring all tenders are run within a compliant process. The post will also be responsible for establishing and maintaining a Framework and Contracts management process for appropriate expenditure contracts.

The successful candidate will be a critical member of the team and be able to work within a busy corporate office and have the skills and abilities to manage their own workloads.

This post is office based, and the post holder is expected to attend face to face meetings across the organisation. Interviews will be held face to face in an AWP site. 

This post has previously been advertised under job reference 342-CS054-0625, previous applicants need not reapply.

For further information contact [email protected] 

Main duties of the job

This is a challenging and varied post within the team and is a key role ensuring that all processes in place work effectively and efficiently. A confident individual will be required, with an ability to deal with colleagues and build upon established relationships whilst developing new ones by using their own initiative and skills to recognise improvements that could be implemented.  The successful candidate will have managed and independently run multiple tenders of varying levels concurrently and will have experience of contract management tools and techniques. The successful individual will have proven IT skills and be confident working under their own initiative.

Communications and Working Relationships:

·       Internal customers

·       External suppliers

·       Commissioners

·       Service users

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and across the county of Wiltshire.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.