Birmingham City Council
Major Procurement Programme and Projects Office Practitioner, Commercial and Procurement Services...
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Major Procurement Programme and Projects Office Practitioner
Permanent
Grade C - £35,412 - £44,075
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Equal Pay Programme
Working 36.5 hours per week
Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.
Help deliver the procurement programmes that shape Birmingham's future
Are you an organised project professional with a passion for governance, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality outcomes? Birmingham City Council is looking for a Major Procurement Programme and Projects Office Practitioner to join our newly established Major Procurement Programmes and Projects Office (MPPPO).
This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of high-value procurement programmes that are critical to the Council's future. Working at the heart of programme governance, you'll coordinate reporting, maintain project controls, analyse performance information and help ensure major procurement projects are delivered efficiently, transparently and in line with best practice.
About The Role
As a Major Procurement Programme and Projects Office Practitioner, you'll play a key role in supporting programme governance and delivery by:
- Coordinating governance meetings, Project Boards and assurance reviews, including agenda planning, minute-taking and tracking actions and decisions.
- Producing and analysing project reports, dashboards and performance information to support effective decision-making.
- Maintaining programme risk, issue, dependency and decision logs, ensuring information remains accurate, up to date and actionable.
- Supporting quality assurance by reviewing procurement documentation to ensure compliance with governance standards before publication.
- Managing procurement trackers, contract repositories and programme records, ensuring key milestones and project information are accurately maintained.
- Identifying opportunities to improve project management processes, templates and administrative systems to increase efficiency and consistency.
- Organising programme workshops, review sessions and lessons-learned events to support collaboration and continuous improvement.
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About You
We're looking for someone who combines strong organisational skills with the ability to analyse information and support complex programmes. You'll bring:
- Experience in project support, programme coordination or a project management office (PMO) environment.
- Experience managing governance processes, project reporting, risk registers or similar project controls.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and present clear management information.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to demanding deadlines.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, building productive relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience using project management tools and identifying opportunities to improve systems and processes.
- A commitment to continuous professional development and developing your expertise in procurement, governance and programme management.
Why Join Us?
At Birmingham City Council, you'll be part of a forward-thinking Commercial and Procurement Service delivering major programmes that improve services for one of Europe's largest local authorities. In return, we offer:
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- The opportunity to work on high-profile procurement programmes with real strategic impact.
- A collaborative and supportive team focused on excellence, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Opportunities to develop your programme management, governance and commercial expertise.
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities where service needs allow.
- A competitive Local Government Pension Scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
- Access to a wide range of employee wellbeing initiatives and staff benefits.
- A rewarding career where your work will directly support better outcomes for Birmingham's residents.
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
For any informal enquiries please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
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