Band 4: £27,485 - £30,162
Full time hours: 37.5 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Base: Building 4000, Lakeside, North Harbour, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN
Looking to grow your career in procurement within a respected, supportive, and people‑focused organisation? As a single corporate service (PHU+IOW), we are incredibly proud of our Procurement & Supply Chain team, and we’re excited to welcome a motivated, forward thinking Assistant Procurement Specialist to join us.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to bring their skills into a sector with purpose, stability, and exceptional development opportunities. Every product and service we procure ultimately affects patient care - and that gives our work real purpose. Join a team where your skills matter, your development is supported, and your contribution is recognised.
Why Join Us?
You’ll be part of a team that is well‑regarded across the organisation for its professionalism, expertise and positive culture. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders across both Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust, playing an important part in delivering high quality, best value procurement services that directly benefit patient care.
You’ll enjoy:
About the Role
As an Assistant Procurement Specialist, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of procurement exercises and projects across a wide range of categories.
You will:
Your work will directly contribute to the Trust’s ability to deliver high quality, cost effective patient care - something we never lose sight of.
Who We’re Looking For
We want someone who is:
Whether you have public sector experience or you’re coming from a commercial background, if you’re keen to grow and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
For additional information please see attached Job description or contact Holly Smith - holly.smith120@nhs.net / Rupert Hatch - rupert.hatch1@nhs.net
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The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.