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Liverpool City Council aim to make Liverpool one of the best cities in the world by improving the lives of its citizens and bringing new investment into the city. To support this The City Council are looking for dynamic professionals to join its procurement team responsible for supporting the delivery of contracts across the city. The Commercial Procurement Unit are a centralised procurement team responsible for contracting across Liverpool City Council and are at the heart of promoting Best Value and Benefits gained from Social Value for Liverpool and its Tax payers.
Not only would you be joining a team intent on delivering exciting new projects, you will also be joining an award winning service with awards from the Government Procurement awards in 2018 & 2019 and Public Finance awards in 2019 for delivering cutting edge procurement innovations and excellence within the field. We believe we win these awards through the investment with offer our people via new training, support with further CIPS qualifications and continuing to deliver on a track record of promoting our own people through their desired career pathway in the council. So long as you are a member or working towards being a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply OR similar management qualification AND have a background in construction related procurements, we would love you to apply.
Diversity & Inclusion
Liverpool City Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and services to support staff from different backgrounds. Liverpool City Council is committed to having a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and believe that the decision to appoint should be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.
All applications for jobs in the service of the Authority will receive equal treatment irrespective of their race, gender, marital status, age, disability, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status. We will ensure that disabled applicants are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Culture & Benefits
We want to give our people the best culture and rewards to attract the best people to work for Liverpool City Council.
Liverpool City Council offers some brilliant benefits for working for us. All of these benefits are available upon starting unless stated otherwise. For those on Fixed Term Contracts, Terms and Conditions apply on some benefits:
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Cycle2Work Scheme
Cycle2Work allows you to buy a bike, equipment and accessories and pay it back through your pay over 12 months.
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Discounted Lifestyles Memberships
All people working for the council are eligible for a discounted corporate membership at our lifestyles fitness centres, giving you 20% off a normal membership when you sign up to pay by Direct Debit.
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Attendance Reward Scheme
People who work at the council who have achieved a 100% attendance record in any leave year will be awarded two (pro rata) additional days' annual leave.
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Purchase of Additional Leave
You can apply for between 1 and 4 weeks additional unpaid leave per year (pro rata if you don't work full time).
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Employee Volunteering Scheme
The Employee Volunteering Procedure allows our people to request paid leave of up to five days in any financial year to support charitable work in the community and develop their skills.
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Medicash
Signing up to Medicash and you could claim back the costs of Dental Bills, Optical Care, Alternative and Complementary Therapies, Chiropody, Health Screenings and more.
On top of this, we also offer other benefits such as Drive Time Car Scheme (must have worked for LCC for 6 months), Credit Union, Local Discounts using your ID Card and Contract Parking at Council owned parking facilities.
We promote a progressive, collaborative and healthy work environment which is conducive and beneficial for all of our people, supported by inclusive policies and interventions for health, safety and mental and physical wellbeing.
Some of the support and wellbeing services available to our people include:
- An Occupational Health service that will provide advice and support in proactively managing health conditions in work run through confidential open access clinics
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Champions to support our people who may need some mental health support
- Range of learning to support our people’s wellbeing
- Confidential self-serve Employee Assistance Programme
- A recognition and reward system called Shine
- Physiotherapy, BMI and blood pressure checks, flu jabs and ergonomic assessments
- Nutrition, smoking and alcohol advice services
- Sports and running clubs including the Liverpool City C Rounders team
- Our people led Yoga and Pilates classes
On top of this, we also offer other benefits such as Drive Time Car Scheme (must have worked for LCC for 6 months), Credit Union, Local Discounts using your ID Card and Contract Parking at Council owned parking facilities.
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