At a Glance
- Tasks: Support procurement and contract management while driving sustainability initiatives.
- Company: Historic England, dedicated to preserving heritage for a better future.
- Benefits: 28 days holiday, competitive pension, corporate discounts, and free entry to heritage sites.
- Other info: Flexible working options available to support work-life balance.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on sustainability in the heritage sector while developing your career.
- Qualifications: Knowledge of procurement, public sector sustainability, and commercial awareness.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Procurement Business Partner Contract Management & Sustainability. A full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is Swindon, inclusive with hybrid working.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
What you will be doing:
- Provide expert contract management and procurement support to buyers through a strong business partnering approach.
- Drive and support the organisation and its suppliers in delivering the Greening Government Commitments (GGC).
- Develop, embed and maintain effective contract management practices that monitor and assure delivery of GGC objectives, alongside robust contract management more broadly.
- Support the Procurement Senior Manager and work collaboratively with Procurement Business Partners to ensure that procurement activity complies with relevant legislation, Cabinet Office, DCMS and Historic England policies, and recognised best practice.
- Help maximise commercial, social and environmental value for the heritage sector.
Who we are looking for:
- Technical procurement knowledge
- Understanding of public sector sustainability
- Commercial awareness & risk
We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.
