Salary: Band 10 £48,132 – £52,491 per annum

Location – agile between home and Forth Banks Police Station, Newcastle. The majority of your time will be working from home with at least one day a week working from Forth Banks. You will also need to be able to attend meetings at other stations throughout the region, on an ad hoc basis.

Hours: 37 hours per week, permanent

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.

As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.

Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.

Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement Business Partner. Reporting to the Procurement Manager, you will have the autonomy to make your mark within your category of expertise, contributing to the corporate objectives and priorities by providing specialist professional advice and guidance to the Force in all aspects of procurement.

You will be assigned your own Procurement Category to manage and be responsible for engaging with Senior Business users and managing the performance of key strategic contracts within that defined category area, as well as identifying potential savings opportunities.

You will also have line management responsibility for junior members of the team, overseeing their work and being heavily involved in their development.

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description

What you’ll bring

• Full membership of CIPS or currently working towards this certification.
• An understanding of public sector procurement and experience with the PCR 2015 and Procurement Act 2023.
• Experience of working in a procurement department in a large organisation.
• Be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of skills in procurement processes and contract management.
• Excellent personal organisational planning and management skills along with the ability to manage multiple work streams, at different stages of development simultaneously.
• Be able to demonstrate good examples of effective problem solving through working examples.
• Supervisory experience.
• Be able to communicate clearly, both written and verbally, with subordinates, peers and senior management.
• Working with Microsoft software packages and writing reports.

You will be acting in partnership with your key internal and external stakeholders, you’ll manage complex, high value procurement projects that are key to delivering good quality services.

You will be a key strategic advisor, confident and clear thinking, providing expert support and making sure projects achieve the best possible outcomes.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Hayley Bradford, Head of Procurement by email at Hayley.bradford@northumbria.police.uk

What we offer

• 26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays.
• NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme.
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave.
• Flexi time – allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs.
• Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours).
• Agile working – option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force.
• Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution.
• Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts.
• Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers.
• Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets.
• We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.
• Access to gyms in some stations.
• Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Opportunity to volunteer in local community.

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Procurement Business Partner with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Management Vetting (MV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.