Commercial Support Officer

South Yorkshire Police; South Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at South Yorkshire Police for a Commercial Support Officer in their Commercial & Asset Team. This role entails supplier engagement, billing analysis, and ensuring compliance with financial procedures while offering a competitive salary and substantial employee benefits for a balanced work-life experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary and pension scheme

Generous annual leave allowance

Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working

Comprehensive development and leadership courses

Qualifications

• Experience engaging with suppliers and managing billing.
• Understanding of budgeting and governance processes.
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Validate purchase requisitions and raise purchase orders.
• Collect data related to purchases and maintain records.
• Resolve billing discrepancies with Finance.

Skills

Confidentiality

Supplier Management

Billing Analysis

Budget Understanding

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Job description

Job Description

Role: Commercial Support Officer

Department: Information Systems

Location: Melton, Hull

Salary: £27,747 - £30,468

Hours: 37

Contract Type: Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Support Officer to join our Commercial & Asset Team. In this role you will work as part of a team delivering value for money outcomes through effective business and supplier liaison.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate purchase requisitions to determine compliance with Standing Orders
• Determine the appropriate ledger (HP/SYP/Collaboration) and raise purchase orders.
• Respond to urgent requests from front line and senior officers.
• Collect data relating to purchases/invoicing and maintaining records.
• Resolve billing discrepancies, including responding to queries raised by Finance.
• Assist the Commercial and Asset manager in supplier relationship management through:
• analysis of billing,
• liaison with technical teams to obtain service performance data and billing validation.
• administration of regular supplier performance and contract management meetings.
• Assist Finance / IS in producing budgetary estimates.
• Provide support and guidance to the business, projects and IS teams on Standing Orders.
• Liaise with suppliers and internal/external Information Services suppliers.
• Support Procurement in the identification and delivery of commercial opportunities.
• Support projects/project managers in project specific purchasing objectives and procurement processes.
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Able to deal with confidential / sensitive matters and maintain confidence.
• Experience of engaging with suppliers / managing billing & invoicing.
• Experience of billing/invoicing analysis and cost reduction.
• Understanding of budgeting and governance processes.
• Computer literate including use of Microsoft Office, Outlook or similar and the internet.
• Able to deal with internal customers effectively, providing responsive and appropriate levels of service.
  
  

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview

For more detailed information relating to the role, skills and experience for this role, please click here to view the role profile

What We Offer

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme
• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks
  
  

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

Smarter Ways Of Working

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables South Yorkshire Police to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Contact Details

For further information about the role, please contact: Amanda Young on 07385 512129

Closing Date: 11 th June 2025

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

How To Apply

Please click ‘Apply’

Candidate Information

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on [e-mail]

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Documents To Review

For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here

For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here

For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here

View Our Recruitment Video

https://youtu.be/2dGn5qti7_c