Procurement Apprentice - University of Cambridge (School of Clinical Medicine)

Apprenticeships; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious educational institution is seeking a Procurement Apprentice to join their team. The role involves supporting purchasing activities, managing supplier relationships, and completing the Level 3 Procurement Apprenticeship qualification. Candidates should possess GCSEs in Maths and English and demonstrate skills in initiative, logical thinking, and customer care. This position offers valuable experience in a dynamic procurement environment, with ongoing training provided.

Responsibilities

• Support a wide range of purchasing activities including reviewing purchase requisitions and contract amendments.
• Onboard new suppliers on behalf of the wider team.
• Manage email correspondence for the procurement team.
• Track order deliveries and resolve any delays.
• Educate the team on financial regulations for purchasing.
• Collate relevant information for reporting.
• Respond to purchasing-related queries.

Skills

Initiative

Logical

Customer care skills

Education

GCSE or Equivalent in Maths and English Grades 4-9

Job description

Procurement Apprentice - University of Cambridge (School of Clinical Medicine)

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28th July 2025

The School of Clinical Medicine currently employs nearly 3,000 people, spanning all varieties of staff type from Academic Professors to administrative support.

The School aims to provide leadership in education, discovery and healthcare. It will achieve this through; inspirational teaching and training, outstanding basic and clinical research and integration of these to improve medical practice for both individual patients and the population.

The School will:

Through inspirational teaching and training, educate individuals who:

• will become exceptional doctors or biomedical scientists
• combine a depth of scientific understanding with outstanding clinical and communication skills demonstrate a caring,
• compassionate and professional approach to patients and the public and
• are equipped to become future international leaders of their profession.

Through its commitment to the pursuit of excellence, support scientists of international standing in basic and clinical research aiming to:

• understand fundamental biology and thereby the mechanisms underlying disease integrate basic and clinical research
• apply a rigorous mechanism-based approach to clinical problems and
• innovate to solve the healthchallenges of our society.

We are a world-leading cancer research institute dedicated to improving patient lives through discovery science. We believe that only through understanding all aspects of the disease can we prevent, detect and treat cancer so that everybody can lead longer, better lives.

Join us at the world-leading CRUK Cambridge Institute. We’re a unique department of the University of Cambridge, core funded by Cancer Research UK’s charitable activities, and we’re eagerly searching for our new Procurement Apprentice.

Procurement at the CRUK Cambridge Institute is a small team passionate about delivering value for money and promoting sustainable practices. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of purchasing processes, providing timely, accurate and professional support to key stakeholders.

The role includes completing the Level 3 Procurement Apprenticeship qualification using the skills and knowledge that you will have built up to complete your projects and assignments.

The post holder will support the procurement team by ensuring high quality administrative support within a range of areas:

• Supporting a wide range of purchasing activities such as reviewing and approving purchase requisitions with “low value/risk contracts”, purchase order amendments and cancellations.
• Onboarding new suppliers on behalf of the wider team.
• Email management within the team by creating and managing folders by supplier, topic, colour code for priority or follow up, archiving old emails, using templates or standard responses for related questions.
• Order expediting by tracking deliveries, responding to internal queries about order status and resolving any delays or changes in order status.
• Understanding of the University Financial regulations with reference to purchasing, internal policies and procedures, to educate the wider team and adopt commercial best practice.
• Collating relevant information and accurate statistical data as required for reporting.
• Provide first line response to purchasing-related queries and support contract and supplier management activity across a range of commercial areas.
• Building excellent working relationships with peers, colleagues and suppliers.

Entry requirements

GCSE or Equivalent in Maths and English Grades 4-9.

Skills required

• Initiative
• Logical
• Customer care skills

Training to be provided

The learner will be studying the Procurement and Supply Assistant Level 3Apprenticeship Standard qualification.
Day release to West Suffolk College.

Things to consider

The role will be based on site for the majority of the time initially, but some working from home time can be built in eventually depending on progress.

You would be well placed to apply for entry level Procurement posts, particularly within the University and other academic/ research environments. There is no guarantee of a position at the end of the apprenticeship as it would depend on vacancies/ business need, but it has happened in the past.

Closing Date

The closing date for this job offer is on 12/08/2025

West Suffolk College is an ambitious vocational and academic College, with a stunning main campus set in the heart of Bury St Edmunds. We are committed to providing outstanding education to all our students.