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The Shared Procurement Service provides a combined procurement service to both Richmond and Wandsworth Councils.  The Councils operate a fully centralised procurement service with an established team of procurement professionals. 

The next 18 months will be a very exciting and rewarding period as we continue to embed the outcome of a consultancy led review into our procurement operations which has resulted in a restructure within the team.   We’ve established a new Policy, Governance and Social Value team, reconfigured the existing Category teams and established a new Transactional Procurement team.    We’ve also made significant investment in software to support the end to end commissioning, procurement and contract management cycle, and also the new Procurement Act due to come into force later in 2024.    

The soon to be vacant post of Category Specialist (People) is responsible for procurement within the social care area supporting commissioners in Adults and Children, but also taking the lead for the majority of activity within the voluntary and community sector.  The successful candidate will manage a well established team of procurement professionals, working closely with commissioners within that area of spend.  

The successful candidate will have:

• A demonstrable track record of success within   a comparable sized organisation, preferably in the peoples category
• A detailed knowledge and experience of the Procurement Act 2023 and the forthcoming changes to Procurement post February 2025
• Knowledge of current best practice procurement as it relates to public sector procurement and;
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills.
• Willing and able to attend in person our primary office in Wandsworth town centre at least two days per week.

Candidates invited for interview must demonstrate, in both the application for interview (the covering statement) and any subsequent interview, how they meet and indeed, surpass, the above 5 key points.

For an informal discussion please contact 

Clare Perrett, 

Category Manager – People Team

Richmond and Wandsworth Shared Procurement Service

Email:   Clare.Perrett@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils