Procurement Officer in Edinburgh

Permanent Procurement Officer / Procurement Services / Grade 3

Working pattern: This is a full-time role working 35 hours per week. We’re committed to supporting staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to talk about flexible working. This is a hybrid role, working from Holyrood and from home.

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About the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is responsible for providing the Parliament with the property, staff and services required for the Parliament’s purposes. We place a high value on excellence, and we are continually looking to improve how we can deliver the Parliament's core purpose of representing the people of Scotland by debating issues of national importance, passing legislation and holding the Scottish Government to account.

We’re a diverse workforce, and our embedded values shape the way we work and treat each other. We have a culture of respect and inclusion, and everyone has the ability to make a difference. For further information about working for the Scottish Parliament, please see our website

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Minority Ethnic background and Disabled candidates. All appointments will be made on merit.

About the role

This is an excellent opportunity to join Procurement Services as a Procurement Officer. Working within a small team of 10 people, you’ll have a key role in supporting the organisation to meet our Corporate Procurement Strategy.

To see where the office sits within the organisation, you can view our organisation chart here.

As Procurement Officer you will:

• Lead procurement projects (typically below £50k – quotation level), ensuring compliance with SPCB procurement policy, public procurement legislation, and best practice

• Add value to procurement projects in line with the focus areas of the Parliament’s Procurement Strategy: optimising value, sustainable development, and supply chain management

• Deliver effective procurement project management, providing advice and support to business areas, liaising with potential suppliers and sharing and storing documents in line with policy requirements

• Develop effective internal and external networks and manage relationships and expectations of business areas within your field of responsibilities

• Provide effective support and guidance to contract managers, including negotiating and formalising contract variations and dealing with escalated contractors’ performance issues

We offer a great range of benefits including: 41.5 leave days (including public holidays), flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, family-friendly policies, Season Ticket advance loans, an onsite gym, Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership, a confidential counselling and information service, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.

You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Alpha Civil Service pension scheme, where we’ll offer you an employer contribution of 28.97% of your basic salary.

We are a values-based organisation. Our values are a central part of our working culture and our people management processes. We use these to recruit, manage and develop our staff. For more information on our values and behaviours framework, please visit our values pages in our Employee Handbook.

About you

You’ll have experience of delivering procurement projects, either in a lead or supporting capacity. This experience may have been gained in either the public or private sector. You’ll be proactive in progressing your professional development and will have achieved or be willing to work towards the CIPS Diploma in Procurement and Supply.

You’ll demonstrate a high level of personal credibility with excellent communication and influencing skills. You’ll be able to develop and maintain positive working relationships, supporting the Procurement Team and wider organisation to achieve and deliver best value through procurement.

You’ll demonstrate a collaborative, respectful and customer-focused approach, sharing your knowledge and providing clear direction and support to procurement project team members. You’ll also be highly organised, detail-focused, and able to manage multiple priorities within tight timelines.

You’ll join a collaborative, supportive, and innovative team where your development, ideas, and contribution genuinely matter. This role offers the chance to further your procurement expertise while helping shape projects that support the Parliament in achieving best practice procurement.

For further information about the role please see the attached job description. You can also contact the Chair of the recruitment panel, james.vinestock@parliament.scot

How to apply

Stage 1

Please apply before 12:00 noon, Wednesday 21 October 2026

To find out how to apply and for further information about our recruitment process, please see our recruitment process pages on the website.

Please note that only your statement will be submitted to Hiring Managers, without any personal details. Hiring managers will then select candidates for further assessment or interview based on their statement which addresses the values within the job description.

Stage 2

If your application is successful, you’ll be invited to attend a virtual interview. As part of the interview process, you’ll be asked to provide a presentation, details of which will be provided prior to interview. Interviews will be held week commencing 16 November 2026, although this is subject to change.

Offers will be awarded based on merit. For this role, the following weighting is used to come to a final score on which offers will be based. Application 20%, Presentation 20%, Interview 60%.

All new starts will be appointed to the first scale point of the grade for their role.

For information on progression through the scale points, see our Pay and Reward Policy Statement.

Feedback will only be provided on request to those who attend interview.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please email: careers@parliament.scot