Purchasing Officer

Kingfisher Schools Trust, Norwich, NR14 6JD

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  December 2024

• Closing date

  5 November 2024 at 10am

• Date listed

  24 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,119.00 - £27,334.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 4SCP 9-12

Purchasing Officer job summary

Kingfisher Schools Trust are recruiting a Purchasing Officer to work as an integral part of the central trust Finance team, to help deliver a smooth and efficient service to our seven schools.

The post is offered on a full-time basis, working 30-37 hours per week (exact hours per week to be agreed), 39 weeks per year.

If you are ready for a change, or the next step in your career and you are keen to join a friendly and experienced team, then this could be a great opportunity for you.

The successful candidate will:

• Be self-motivated when working autonomously or as part of a team.
• Have exceptional interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.
• Be able to maintain high levels of confidentiality and act with discretion and diplomacy

What the trust can offer:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Hybrid working arrangement (combination of office and remote working, with travel to school sites as required)
• Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
• Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
• Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
• Shopping and leisure discounts
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Kingfisher Schools Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form via MyNewTerm must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Kingfisher Schools Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Kingfisher Schools Trust website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/waveney-valley-academies-trust (opens in new tab)

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