Procurement Officer

at  University of Bath

PROCUREMENT OFFICER

Department: Digital, Data & Technology Group
Salary: Starting from £30,505, rising to £36,924
Closing date: Monday 03 February 2025

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan
  We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
  We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
  Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us on Twitter for more information.
  We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.
  Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
  Pay: £30,505.00-£36,924.00 per year
  Work Location: In person
  Reference ID: CH1238

The University of Bath (UoB) is embarking on the next stage of its digital transformation journey. A key part of this is to transform the delivery of technology services. This work includes routine operations within DDaT, the Data Project, Digital Transformation Programme (DTP) and DDaT project portfolio. These changes do not impact on the work of this position.
The IT Procurement Officer will organise the day-to-day operations of the IT Procurement team including raising Purchase Orders. They will ensure customer satisfaction and timely processing of hardware and software support requests, allocating work to IT Procurement staff and ensuring ticket queues do not exceed agreed service levels. An understanding of software licensing is helpful but not essential, as guidance and support will be provided.
A key part of the role will be maintaining IT Procurement documentation and ensuring key information is available to stakeholders.