Purchasing Officer

Contract Terms

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: PO1 £38,934 - £40,755 per annum
Interview: w/c 1st September 2025
Closing Date: Sunday 17th August 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work - the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We'll be celebrating all this and more as the "rebel borough" when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey's people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative, and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Purchasing Officer to join our team and support the delivery of high-quality procurement services. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic organisation that values efficiency, transparency, and value for money in all procurement activities. This role sits within strategic procurement, specifically the supplies and services team, and reports to the procurement manager. This role requires the provision of procurement support across these service areas - HR, FM (soft services), and IT. The team consists of the head of supply chain, one procurement manager, two procurement officers, and an apprentice.

About you

We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You will be well-organised with good time and task management abilities, with practical experience of self-managing workloads to achieve outcomes within demanding timescales. You should have a background in procurement, ideally within the public sector. Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities, along with a proactive, responsive, and solution-focused approach, are essential.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council, we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work. We recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days plus bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme, and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

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