Procurement & Insurance Co-ordinator

Hemel Hempstead (Hybrid/Smart Working)

£30,076 Per Annum Plus Benefits

Permanent, Full Time

37 hours per week

Thrive Homes is looking for a Procurement & Insurance Co-ordinator to support procurement and associated contract management activities in accordance with Thrive’s Strategic Framework (including the Procurement & Contracting Policy) and operational objectives.

Methodical and proactive in your approach you will administer the end-to-end procurement process with use of tendering, framework agreements, quotations and other sourcing tools to drive best value.

Thrive is proud to deliver flexibility for employees to work in a manner that suits their wants/needs best. Our SMART working policy allows individuals to take full control of their productivity by offering a choice between working in-house or away from the office. This means that successful candidates have the freedom to work as little or as often as they like from Thrive's state-of-the-art offices. Due to the nature of the role, it would be required for you to attend the office when asked e.g for supplier interviews and moderation sessions, as these are all in person. The expectation is at least one day a week.

Other Responsibilities:

• To support the engagement with departmental business leads to develop their annual procurement plans, advise on routes to market and assist with appropriate pre-market engagement.

• To support the management of the contract with insurance brokers, overseeing day to day insurance portfolio and claims.

• To support the delivery of guidance, training and advice to how contracts are managed, including attending supplier meetings with them where necessary.

• To maintain Thrive’s procurement & insurance registers - ensuring electronic and or hard copies of contracts are kept filed as appropriate.

• To carry out all administrative functions as required.

• You will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties or projects as required by your line manager/senior manage

Requirements:

• Your ability to role models our core behaviours is as important as technical expertise.
• Good IT skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Strong administration background
• Have demonstrable knowledge/experience of working in a procurement-based role would be beneficial.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Specific roles within Thrive are subject to a basic DBS check, the successful applicant(s) will be contacted by our People Team if this applies to their role.

Closing date: Wednesday 7th May 2025

Interviews: TBC

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.