Procurement Specialist (Quality and Compliance)

Crescent Purchasing Consortium; Manchester; Remote; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A not-for-profit purchasing consortium in Manchester is seeking a Procurement Specialist to ensure compliance in tender processes and manage procurement projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in public sector procurement and a strong attention to detail. This role offers competitive salary, benefits, and a collaborative work environment. Apply by October 26, 2025, to join a growing team committed to making a difference.

Benefits

Salary up to £45,000 per annum

Generous yearly discretionary bonuses

Access to local government pension scheme

38 days holiday

Enhanced leave packages

Support for wellbeing

Qualifications

• Extensive procurement experience within the public sector or education sector.
• Knowledge of public sector procurement legislation.
• Ability to manage procurement projects and ensure compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality control over all tenders conducted by the team.
• Ensure compliance with statutory regulations and frameworks.
• Manage end-to-end tender processes across various sectors.

Skills

Attention to detail

Procurement legislation knowledge

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

Are you seeking an exciting step in your procurement journey and looking to make a difference in the Education Sector? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Procurement Specialist with great attention to detail to join our expanding team and organisation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and we are interested in you as an individual. We are looking for a highly organised professional with a positive attitude, dedicated to achieving excellence in public sector procurement.

Who are we?

Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit purchasing consortium and we produce compliant purchasing frameworks and provide specialist advice on spending practices and value for money. Our longstanding history and dedication has earned CPC a reputation for excellence, which has allowed us to support public sector organisations with a combined non-pay spend of £441m throughout the 2023/24 financial year alone.

What’s the role?

This role operates within Crescent Purchasing Consortium’s (CPC) Consultancy On-Demand team which specialises in delivering ad-hoc procurement projects to the education sector. The team also provide the same service to clients in the wider public sector and the private sector through CPC’s wholly owned subsidiary, Crescent Services (TPS) Limited.

Reporting to the Procurement Manager you will be responsible for ensuring tenders conducted by the On-Demand team are compliant with statutory regulations (including legacy PCRs 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023), governance frameworks and CPC standards. You will review reports and key documents produced by the team before these being published or sent to the suppliers and clients.

You will also be expected to manage procurement projects when business need requires this, tendering a wide array of goods and services via a variety of routes to market and delivering a first-class service to our clients.

What makes us different?

We\'re an award-winning organisation recognised and certified as a “Great place to work”. We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We\'re making a real difference and you can be a part of it! This is just the beginning, we\'re constantly growing and evolving and we\'re always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!

Person Specification

We are looking for someone who has extensive procurement experience within the public sector or the education sector and knowledge of public sector procurement legislation. If you are a skilled and an experienced procurement professional with the ability to deliver all aspects of this role, then we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Providing a quality control function over all tenders conducted by the team and reviewing documents such as notices, invitations to tender, Procurement Specific Questionnaires (PSQs), contract formations, Award / Unsuccessful letters and assessment summaries.
• Ensuring compliance with legacy PCRs 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023.
• Report on tendering documentation or practices that fall below the set standards providing recommendations on corrective action and identify skills gaps resulting from quality and compliance checks.
• Conduct end-to-end tender processes for a variety of goods and services primarily across the education sector but also across the wider public and private sector.

For further information about the role, please refer to the job description documentation at the link provided below:

https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/docs/procurement-consultant-quality-and-compliance-jddocx

In return for your dedication, we offer a wide range of benefits including:

• Salary of up to £45,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Generous yearly discretionary bonuses following successful probation.
• Remote working with occasional travel as required.
• Access to a local government pension scheme which includes death-in-service and ill health.
• Opportunities to develop through our inhouse development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.
• 38 days holiday (including three days additional leave for Christmas holiday closure and bank holidays).
• Time off for volunteering opportunities.
• Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness, carers leave, bereavement and compassionate leave and maternity pay.
• Support for wellbeing with access to 8 mental health first aiders and the opportunity to join an Employee Assistance Programme.
• The chance to get involved in a number of working groups, such as Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Wellbeing and Sustainability.
• The opportunity to join our Women\'s, Men\'s and Carer\'s employee support networks which provide safe spaces for colleagues to share their experiences.
• Social and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.
• Has a programme of ‘giving back’ to the communities in which it is based and which it supports.
• Travel expenses paid for any additional required travelling outside of your contracted place of work.

Next Steps

The deadline to apply is Sunday 26th October 2025.

Following successful application, we will invite selected candidates to meet for an in-person interview with our hiring managers at our head office in Salford.

If you like what you’ve read, please don\'t delay in applying as we may close vacancies early where we receive lots of applications. If you would like more information on the role and would like us to send you the detailed job description, please contact us at [e-mail]

Please note that VISA sponsorship is not offered for this role.

We are a disability confident employer so if you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example, if you require information in different formats or if you have any accessibility issues, we’re more than happy to review our processes. Please feel free to get in touch with us at [e-mail].

As an equal opportunities employer, Crescent Purchasing Consortium is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.