Contract Support Officer

Essential Employment; Southampton; Sur place; GBP 19 000 - 27 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Essential Employment is seeking a Contract Support Officer in Southampton on a temporary contract. The role focuses on supporting a new e-procurement and contract management system, ensuring contract and supplier data are accurate and ready for migration.

The ideal candidate will have strong Excel skills (filters, lookups, pivots), experience cleansing and reconciling data, and the ability to manage logs, reports and SharePoint data. Public sector procurement knowledge is a plus.

Qualifications

• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills with filters, lookups and pivot tables.
• Experience cleansing, validating and reconciling data.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience with contract management or procurement systems is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Support implementation of a new e-procurement and contract management system.
• Ensure contract and supplier data are accurate, complete and migration-ready.
• Maintain logs and registers and support testing activities.
• Explain processes and systems to colleagues with varying technical knowledge.

Connaissances

Excel

Data cleansing

Data reconciliation

Reporting

Outils

SharePoint

Power BI

Unit4 Business World

Description du poste

Contract Support Officer needed in Southampton

This is a temporary contract and the rate is £16.62ph PAYE

The reference number is: 5308901

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the implementation of a new e-procurement and contract management system, ensuring contract and supplier data is accurate, complete and ready for migration. They will have experience working in a contracts, procurement, finance or similar administrative environment, with strong attention to detail and confidence managing large datasets.

The role requires excellent Microsoft Excel skills, including the use of filters, lookups and pivot tables, alongside experience maintaining records and producing reports to support business operations. The successful candidate will be capable of cleansing, validating and reconciling data, supporting testing activities, maintaining logs and registers, and ensuring information is correctly retained and managed within SharePoint environments. They will possess strong organisational and communication skills, be able to manage competing priorities and deadlines, and confidently explain processes and systems to colleagues with varying levels of technical knowledge. Experience with contract management systems, procurement systems, data migration projects, user acceptance testing, Unit4 Business World, SharePoint or Power BI would be advantageous, as would knowledge of public sector procurement practices and legislation.

Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.