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Assistant Procurement Business Partner


The Coal Authority
7 hours ago
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About You

Want to shape the future of procurement while growing your career?

Looking for a role where your ideas and lived experience are valued?

Ready to work flexibly in a team that solves problems and delivers impact?

If so, read on...

We're excited to welcome a new team member into our Procurement function-someone who's curious, collaborative and keen to make a difference. Whether you're early in your procurement journey or bringing transferable skills from another sector, we're interested in your potential.

This role offers the chance to contribute to our commercial growth plan and help shape how we deliver procurement services across the organisation. You'll be part of a team that's committed to continuous improvement, inclusion, and delivering value for our customers and communities.

We're looking for someone who:

  • Enjoys working with others to solve problems and improve processes.
  • Has good organisational and communication skills.
  • Is comfortable using systems and managing data.
  • Brings a positive, proactive approach to learning and development.

You don't need to tick every box. If you're enthusiastic about the role and believe you can contribute, we encourage you to apply.

Our vision is to be a problem-solving, easy-to-work-with business partner that adds value through a considered risk approach.

Our purpose is to drive the right commercial outcomes through proportionate processes, ensuring value throughout the procurement lifecycle.

About The Role

We're looking for someone who brings a mix of skills, experience and mindset. You don't need to meet every criterion-if you're excited about the role and believe you can contribute, we'd love to hear from you.

  • Experience in procurement or supplier management, or transferable skills from similar roles.
  • Personal resilience and a track record of contributing to successful projects or initiatives.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and support decision-making.
  • A collaborative team member who can also work independently, manage competing priorities, and adapt to a fast-paced environment.
  • An interest in professional development-ideally working towards or keen to pursue a qualification with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).

We're proud to be a neuro-inclusive employer. We welcome applications from neurodivergent candidates and offer adjustments to support you through the recruitment process and beyond.

We don't expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.

Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)

Schedule:

Application closing date: 23rd November 2025

Sifting date: 24th November 2025

Interviews: w/c 1st December 2025, 2nd interviews w/c 8th December 2025

(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)

Security:

Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

About Mining Remediation Authority

Our benefits:

  • A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
  • Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
  • Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
  • Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
  • Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
  • Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
  • Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
  • Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
  • Unlock exclusive employee discounts
  • Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
  • Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.

Working with us:

We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.

Who we are:

Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We're united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.

We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.

We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

We're proud to be an inclusive employer and are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we actively promote equality of opportunity throughout our recruitment process.

As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria and identify as disabled or from a minority ethnic background, this aligns with our values.

We recruit based on your skills, experience and potential not your ethnicity, background, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. To help ensure fairness, we anonymise applications by asking you to remove personally identifiable information before they are reviewed by hiring managers. This helps us reduce unconscious bias and focus solely on what matters, your ability to succeed in the role.

If you're successful in joining us, it's because we believe in your ability to make a meaningful contribution. By continuing to improve the diversity of our organisation, we strengthen our collective knowledge, creativity, innovation and living our values of being trusted, inclusive, and progressive every day.

If you require reasonable adjustments or an alternative format to apply, please contact us at [email protected] or call us on 01623 637000. We are happy to support you through the process.
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JOB SUMMARY
Assistant Procurement Business Partner
The Coal Authority
Mansfield
7 hours ago
N/A
Full-time

Assistant Procurement Business Partner