Contract Support Officer (Procurement)

Positive Employment is currently recruiting for a Contract Support Officer for our client, a local government organisation based in Southampton.

The successful post holder will provide an effective support service for the management of contract relationships with the organisation's third-party suppliers to help ensure that our contracts are delivered and operated in a manner which ensures that the organisation achieves service excellence, the outcomes it requires, and the best value for money possible.

Undertake administrative activities with regards to the organisation's contract register.

Coordinate key Contracting and Procurement projects and activity in support of the Senior Management Team

This role is a contract position with an initial contract of 3 months, with the possibility to extend. This role is hybrid working.

Duties and Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Develop, monitor and maintain the programme of key projects/activities within Contracting and Procurement.
• Manage generic Contracting and Procurement inboxes and distribute emails/enquiries to Contracting and Procurement Team accordingly.
• Allocate reactive requests/requirements (e.g. Members’ requests, Freedom of Information requests) to the appropriate team member and work with them to develop responses/solutions.
• Organise, diarise (and where required, attend) meetings with rele...