Job ref: 192903
TPR grade: Grade 10
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, subject to government guidelines, where regular attendance in our Brighton office is required. Attendance in the office is team and role dependent.
Role
We’re looking for procurement and contract management support within assigned business areas, including management of governance and support in providing standard process advice.
- Acting as the procurement primary point of contact, partnering contract and service owners within the assigned business area – ensuring they are receiving effective procurement support and proactive advice spanning the complete lifecycle in all business decisions and future commercial outlook.
- Support in applying category management and supply market information to develop new sustainable sourcing strategies that reflect business priorities and inform contract negotiation and management.
- Help identify, develop and implement new, alternative and innovative solutions in line with business change.
- Help design, implement and ensure full assurance in respect of contract management and risk assessment handovers to the business Support in the negotiation of complex requests and analysing the market and finding opportunities to achieve value for money.
Responsibilities
You will:
- work with a basic level of autonomy and proactively, with guidance and oversight from more senior colleagues. Make actions count by prioritising and planning effectively
- scope, prioritise and plan all procurement activities required to meet business outcomes – beginning to identify outputs, dependencies, resource estimates, partners, risks, and timescales with support from more senior colleagues
- support budget holders and partners in achieving best value from the public purse by ensuring clear and open competitions are run in line with EU and UK procurement legislation, seeking support from more senior colleagues as required
- ensure business area aligns with TPR, DWP and Cabinet Office governance policies and all relevant spending controls
- support the delivery of continuous improvement initiatives relating to process and policy
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential
- Professional Membership/Experience: achieved, studying towards, or willing to study towards CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) Level 4 with procurement awareness gained from experience of related work from either private or public sector.
- Commercial Knowledge: basic understanding of value for money, procurement standard process and contract management.
- Leadership: Ability to lead on low value/low risk procurements supporting the development and delivery of the most appropriate procurement strategies and solutions - supporting a collaborative team approach.
- Communication: ability to explain problems and issues in a concise and understandable way.
- Procurement Strategies: basic knowledge and understanding of public sector frameworks and a general awareness of new avenues of supply.
Person specification
- Proactive and flexible.
- Ability to prioritise and use initiative.
- Problem solving and analytical skill.
- Communication skills at all levels.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
Salary and benefits
As well as a salary between £31,684 and £36,084, we offer:
- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 192903 along with:
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period
Current employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
Please be aware, as we are transitioning into a hybrid working model, we are currently holding interviews through Microsoft Teams.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton, candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
The Pensions Regulator is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.