Estates Procurement Manager

Overview

Estates Procurement Manager role at Action for Children. In this newly created role, you will strategically lead and manage all procurement related activities for the Estates team including full tender ownership and management. You will also support a wide range of large scale spend categories throughout the full team and across the organisation to maximise efficiencies from our internal and external stakeholders and our systems to enable resources to be redirected to the children, young people and families who we support.

Base pay range

Salary: up to £54,340 (INCL) per annum.

Location: Remote.

Contract: Fixed Term Contract for 18 months – 35 hours per week.

Benefits

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer discounts.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children\’s lives.

Responsibilities

• Develop, lead and manage all Estates procurement activities.
• Manage all stages of the tender process.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Apply good procurement practices and keep abreast of the latest developments in procurement.
• Review and maintain the corporate systems to produce scheduled and ad-hoc compliance management information.
• Retain a central Estates register of main contracts as well as other appropriate databases for key suppliers and main contractors.

Qualifications and experience

• MCIPS Qualified.
• Experience of working in a procurement environment and management of high value contracts.
• Experience of designing and setting up systems and processes for managing and reviewing contracts.
• Extensive experience of the tendering process.
• Demonstrable success of building and maintaining relationships with existing and new suppliers.
• Proven ability to guide and advise on all complex procurement matters.
• Able to provide expert guidance and advice for procurement in the estate’s portfolio.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

Closing Date: Tuesday 7th October 2025.

Interviews will be week commencing 13th October 2025.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Other

Industries

• Non-profit Organization Management