Procurement Officer (Sub Threshold Procurement)

Norfolk County Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the United Kingdom is seeking a proactive Procurement Officer to join their Procurement Team. The role includes advising on procurement processes, maintaining accurate contract records, and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation. Candidates should have strong IT skills, experience in procurement, and be able to analyze contract data effectively. This position offers a competitive salary along with flexible working opportunities including hybrid work arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

Employee discounts programme

Blue Light card for workers

Relocation expenses

Local Government Pension Scheme

Tax efficient car lease scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing sub-threshold contracts.
• Ability to analyze contract data and suggest improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on purchasing and contracting processes.
• Manage sub-threshold contracts and ensure compliance.
• Maintain accurate contract records and publish statutory notices.

Skills

Clear communication

Strong IT skills

Experience in procurement processes

Tools

Oracle

Excel

Job description

Procurement Officer – Sub Threshold Procurement | 9430 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £31,537 to £33,699 per annum (Scale G) | County Hall, Norwich

About The Role

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Procurement Officer to join our central Procurement Team. In this role, you will support departments across the Council to ensure sub-threshold contracts are awarded and managed in line with best practice, relevant legislation, and our Contract Standing Orders.

You’ll play a key part in maintaining compliance, managing contract records, and advising on procurement routes such as frameworks and competitive quotations. This is an excellent opportunity to make a real impact on how the Council spends its £1.1bn annual budget on goods and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional advice and guidance on purchasing and contracting processes.
• Identify and support the use of internal and external frameworks for procurement.
• Proactively manage sub-threshold contracts, ensuring timely renewals and compliance.
• Maintain accurate contract records in Oracle and publish statutory notices as required.
• Analyse contract data to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Manage the Council’s Amazon Business Account and recommend improvements.

About You

We’re looking for someone who can communicate clearly, work independently, and has strong IT skills (including Excel for data analysis). You’ll have experience in procurement processes and advising on supplier contracts.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
• ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job description and person specification to help you demonstrate how you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 15 December 2025 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 22 December 2025 23:59