[ref. d11132716] Leeds - Level 2 Apprentice - Procurement Officer
This is a Fixed Term contract for 15 months.
Apprenticeship rates for this post are dependent on age. Please see below for the applicable rates:
Level 2 Apprenticeship Rates
Under 18 years - £12,655 per annum- 20 years - £16,900 per annum
21+ years - £22,359 per annum
We are seeking a Procurement Officer to join our team who can provide a customer focussed, responsive and quality administrative service for the team to the wider business. The role is aligned with the L2 Customer Service Apprenticeship and will help you learn and develop your skills by providing and excellent support to the business on a range of supplier, purchasing and compliance activities in line with the Groups Financial Regulations.
We are a small, friendly and supportive team who lead on the full range of procurement activities who take pride in delivering a quality service to the Group.
Please apply as soon as possible as the role may close before the advertised closing date.
What You Will Do
As a Procurement Officer you will be key to:
- Developing knowledge of our processes and systems to act as a point of contact to resolve user queries
- Supporting the Group Head of Procurement and Procurement Manager with their day to activities
- Administer and review requisitions to purchase orders in line with the Groups Financial Regulations
- Setting up new suppliers and ensuring that their details are accurate and authentic to mitigate mitigate risks of potential fraudulent activity
- Manage and resolve service requests from users in an efficient and effective way
- Liaise with external suppliers through the mailbox and respond to queries
- Extract reports and data from systems to inform the team
Join us and you'll discover that there's more to Procurement than you think! There will be lots of opportunities to learn by being part of a busy, fun and focussed team.
About You
An ideal person would be someone who has a can do attitude and willingness to learn and develop skills. You will have an attention to detail and identify opportunities to improve our ways of working and efficiency to improve the service we provide.It is essential that you work well with people and possess well versed verbal and written communication skills. You will help promote a positive and professional image of the Procurement team to both our internal and external customers.
Benefits
There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:
- Generous Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 39 days holiday plus bank holidays. This includes closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
- Support Staff 39 days
- Academic 44 days
- Senior Management 44 days
- Excellent Pension schemes
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
- Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
- Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements
About Us
Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.
We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions - Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity.Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. We continually assess and improve our practices to ensure that every individual, regardless of background, has an equal chance to succeed.
By championing EDI, we aim to create a workforce that reflects the richness of our communities and drives innovation through diverse perspectives. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us please Click here to learn more about our EDI objectives.
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.- We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
- We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.