Purchasing Officer YFRP377
Salary: £21432 - £22677
Location: Wakefield
One full-time permanent role.
Do you wish to work for an organisation which considers staff to be its greatest asset? Which treats its workforce with respect and considers trust, loyalty, integrity, equality and inclusion as its basic core principles? West Yorkshire Police aims to balance the needs of its employees with the needs of the Organisation, it also provides an excellent Pension Scheme, an annual leave scheme which provides a new starter into the post of Purchasing Officer with 25 days leave per year plus bank holidays (rising to 30 days after 5 years of continuous employment) and a salary of £21,432 - £22,677.
Working in this key position you will also benefit from the Organisation’s flexi scheme. The scheme operates between Monday and Friday and provides staff with the opportunity to manage their personal commitments with their work commitments. After a brief period of office based training in the role and subject to satisfactory performance you will also be able to take advantage of an agile working package should you have the desire to work for the organisation in an agile capacity.
In return West Yorkshire Police wishes to employ a committed, enthusiastic, customer focussed and motivated professional candidate within the Force’s busy and vibrant Purchasing Team within the centralised Finance Department. The successful candidate will provide an efficient and comprehensive requisition, ordering and invoicing service with regard to goods and services supplied to the Force and requested by members of the Force.
To be considered for this post the successful applicant must have:
A basic knowledge of e-Procurement and Finance systems.
A basic Knowledge of office systems and procedures.
A knowledge of and the ability to operate computer systems such as Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.
Previous experience of working within a customer service environment will be advantageous.
To apply for this position, please add your CV and Covering Letter to the application. Please use the attached role profile to evidence how you meet the criteria for this role. You must remove all personal and identifiable information from your CV and Covering Letter.
This includes, name, date of birth, address and email address.
The application process will close at 23.55 hours on 09/04/23.
The post is suitable for job share.
West Yorkshire Police is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should be aware that it is not always possible to carry out adequate vetting checks on persons who have not been resident within the UK for the last five years. Therefore, where this applies, applicants may be refused because it was not possible to vet them to the appropriate standard.
For a detailed description of the Competency and Values levels required please refer to the http://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Development/competency-and-values-framework/Documents/Competency-and-Values-Framework-for-Policing_4.11.16.pdf (This link may be copied and pasted into your browser). This document will assist you in completing the Evidence of Achievement section of the application form. Please note: the Evidence of Achievement section will not be visible until the employment section has been completed.
This opportunity is closed to applications.