Procurement And Contract Officer
hace 7 días
London
Positive Employment is currently recruiting for a Procurement And Contract Officer for our client a government organisation in Kensington, London. The successful post holder will support the Procurement and Contract Management Team Managers in securing the continuous development, improvement, efficiency and success of the Temporary Accommodation and Resettlement department as a whole. Commission, procure, and manage the supply of accommodation, including temporary accommodation, direct lets, and private rented sector accommodation. Primarily focus on Temporary Accommodation Repairs & Complaints casework with a special focus on Complaints, Members Enquires, Ombudsman enquiries from investigating them, communicating with residents and agents and responding to residents in writing in line with the corporate complaints policy. This role is a temporary contract initially for 3 months with the possibility to extend. This role is hybrid working. Duties and Responsibilities but not limited to: • Assist with developing and delivering strategies, policies and programmes to ensure the effective supply and management of accommodation for homeless cases, with a strong focus on reducing levels of usage and promoting value for money., • Commission, procure, and manage the supply of accommodation, including temporary accommodation, direct lets, and private rented sector accommodation., • Successfully tender, evaluate and let contracts to providers, ensuring quality, value for money and compliance with the organisation’s financial regulations and legal requirements, as well as those imposed by external agencies such as London Councils and the MHCLG., • Develop and maintain effective relationships with private sector landlords, local managing and lettings agents and owners of empty properties in order to secure use of privately rented properties for households in housing need in the Borough., • Carry out inspections of properties in order to assess their suitability for households in housing need, investigate persistent disrepair complaints and/or to take property inventories for those properties. This will include some properties outside the Borough’s boundaries., • Ensure the effective supply of accommodation for households in housing need and providing effective contract monitoring support. Contributing to the delivery of ad hoc accommodation-related projects, including tenancy audits, delivery of property decant programmes and new contract development., • Ensure that demand and supply data and performance and financial information related to the accommodation portfolio is routinely collected, analysed and acted upon, in order to effectively shape commissioning decisions, anticipate and /or manage service problems and control financial expenditure., • Ensure that the performance of all accommodation-related projects, contracts and service level agreements is effectively reviewed, monitored and evaluated, and that any under-performance, service failure and/or financial and legal issues are addressed swiftly and appropriately., • A background in Temporary Accommodation, Property Management, Repairs & maintenance is desirable., • Qualified to undertake property inspection under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System or ability to obtain qualification is desirable., • Experience of procurement and contract management including identifying and successfully addressing under performance., • An understanding of the private rented sector and of the issues relating to the acquisition of accommodation, including security of tenure, health and safety, housing standards, and housing benefit regulations., • Experience of working with private landlords and lettings agents., • Experience of working in a social/private sector housing environment or related field., • Experience of communicating effectively to customers and at all levels of the organisation. Pay: £27.36 per hour Please note this role is within the scope of IR35.