Back Posted: Oct 14 2025

Purchasing and Contracts Officer

Darlington, England , United Kingdom

Public/Government jobs >> Other

Negotiable

Temporary

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Our public sector client based in Darlington requires a Purchasing and Contracts Officer to join their busy, Environment & Highways Department.

The role is a 1-year contract, running through to October 2026 working full time Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week (fully office based).

The hourly rate for this post is £14.13 per hour.

The main purpose of the role is to provide general purchasing, contract monitoring and surveying support.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

· Responsible for the accurate gathering of prices or quotations for goods and services timely order processing for capital works and maintenance projects and internal purchasing requests in line with European procurement rules and Council procedures.
· Arranging the hire or purchase of equipment, machinery to support building/highways construction and wider transport projects.
· Checking and processing of invoices, dealing with suppliers/contractors on invoice queries, including utility bills for New Build Housing schemes
· Administration and monitoring of purchasing and purchasing reconciliation, providing pre-defined reports as required
· Preparation and submission of procurement board requests including non-competitive forms in line with current procedure rules
· Monitor noncontract purchasing to ensure compliance with council's contract procedure rules and current EU legislation
· To maintain the Authority's ordering of goods and services by creating orders and monitoring receipts
· Review purchasing card reports, in accordance with current policy, query/confirm and amend accordingly
· Dealing with enquiries from suppliers, contractors and internal customers
· Liaise with the Corporate Procurement Team to ensure adherence with the most up to date legislation and Council policies
· Assist in the production of documentation, specification, tendering and negotiation to award of contracts
· Assisting in the production and maintenance of target hours for all areas of work to enable performance monitoring

It is essential for the role that you have experience in procurement and invoicing.

Please apply online in the first instance, send your CV to (url removed) or call Barker Ross Lincoln on (phone number removed) today!

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

No. of positions available*: 1
Salary: Negotiable
Experience: None
Education: None
Post Date: October 14, 2025
Job id:. CV-179814
Position Type: Temporary
Applicants: 0
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