Procurement Assistant - Maternity Cover (14 hours per week)

at  Hightown Housing Association

ABOUT US

Hightown is a charitable housing association operating principally in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. We believe everyone should have a home and the support they need, so our aim is to build new homes and to provide excellent housing and support.
We currently manage over 9,000 homes and employ over 1100 permanent and bank staff in our care and supported housing schemes and at our head office in Hemel Hempstead. We have an annual turnover of £121 million and a development programme that will deliver over 350 new affordable homes each year.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Assistant to be based at our Head Office in Hemel Hempstead. This is a 12 month maternity cover working 14 hours per week (Thursday and Friday each week).
You will be working within our Asset Management team, playing a crucial role in Procurement and assisting in managing Hightown’s growing number of properties.
The primary function of the role will be assisting the Procurement and Asset Management Team in obtaining cost effective procurement of supplies and services, managing contractor performance and monitoring of servicing programmes and service levels and helping to produce/update Policies and Procedures in the department as required.
You will assist the Procurement Officer in ensuring that all gas/electricity bills Hightown are responsible for are settled and that all queries are resolved in a timely manner.
The role requires excellent communication with the relevant utility providers and debt collection agencies to resolve any queries swiftly and effectively. Also updating the relevant in-house software with this information.

To apply for this role you will need to have the following:

• A good general knowledge of IT, particularly Microsoft office packages
• Excellent communication and customer care skills
• Ability to work independently
• Be very well organised