Procurement and Contracts Manager

The Wensum Trust, Norwich, NR6 5SB

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  10 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  29 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,280.00 Annually (FTE)

Procurement and Contracts Manager job summary

The Wensum Trust is seeking an experienced and proactive professional to take up the newly established role of Procurement and Contracts Manager, leading our Trust wide procurement programme.

This is a dynamic and varied position that requires close collaboration with colleagues across Estates, ICT, Finance, HR, and individual academies. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping procurement strategies that reflect our values and meet statutory obligations, ensuring high quality, cost-effective services that directly support our schools and the well-being of our pupils.

We are looking for someone with proven experience in:

• Scoping and managing tenders
• Evaluating bids
• Overseeing contracts across a diverse range of goods and services

Confidence in navigating procurement legislation and contract governance is essential. Familiarity with the Procurement Act 2023 and the Academy Trust Handbook is desirable, along with a track record of monitoring contract delivery through KPIs and developing strong, sustainable supplier relationships.

The successful candidate will drive operational efficiencies and value-for-money initiatives across the Trust, promoting best practice in procurement and contributing to our strategic vision. Building meaningful relationships across our schools and central teams will be key to this role.

We value our staff and are committed to supporting their wellbeing. We have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which all staff can access 24 hours a day. The EAP provides counselling services, legal information and guidance, musculoskeletal services and online resources such as nutrition diaries, healthy eating plans, personal coaching questionnaires and tools and fitness programmes.

We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of providing a rounded education for children, quality support for their families and opportunities to enrich our communities.

If you are passionate about delivering procurement solutions that make a genuine impact on educational outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

For further information on this vacancy and our school, please contact Jo Watts on j.watts@wensumtrust.org.uk

Safer Recruitment

The Wensum Trust is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Wensum Trust is exempt from the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 and all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent' must be declared. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Wensum Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Wensum Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-wensum-trust

The Wensum Trust is a not-for-profit education Trust with 11 non-selective, free to attend, schools arranged into three geographical hubs across Norfolk. It provides a complete education journey from early years to sixteen plus, creating seamless transitions and delivering an ongoing commitment to providing rich, diverse experiences which enable every child to develop, flourish and reach their full potential.

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