Procurement & Contracts Manager
Historic Royal Palaces
Procurement & Contracts Manager
We are the independent charity that loves and looks after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. The palaces are the setting for the stories that shape us all, and we're bringing them to people in ways that mean more to them. We want everyone to find themselves in the spaces and stories we share.
Departments
Procurement
Home Palace
Hampton Court Palace, HM Tower of London
Status
Fixed Term Contract
Salary
£51,209
Salary Rate
Per Annum
Days/Hours of work
Full time, 36 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Fixed term, 9 month contract.
About the role and about you
Hampton Court Palace with some flexible / hybrid working available
Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is a team of people who love and care for six remarkable buildings, preserving them for future generations and creating a space for spirits to stir and be stirred.
This is an exciting time to join HRP where we are pursuing a new strategy to become a charity for everyone. Our focus is on extending reach, widening access, and inclusive history. We can't do this without the fundamental key support of functions such as our procurement and contracts team in providing the necessary professional advice to teams in their work, protecting our income and expenditure across the organisation and ensuring best value for money is achieved.
We are looking for someone to join our team which as well as Procurement has a remit covering Property Management and Commercial contracts across HRP, led by the Head of Procurement and Contracts.
Your key responsibility will be focusing on procurement and contracting activity which covers an eclectic mix of categories such as marketing, uniforms, visitor catering, live interpretation and public event production, consultancy, professional services and training to name but a few.
This is a generalist role, with a rough estimate encompassing £30m income / expenditure related contracts per year.
This involves working across all our sites, namely Hampton Court Palace, HM Tower of London, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace, Banqueting House and Hillsborough Castle and Gardens.
The role will focus on higher value and more complex work and involve providing a professional, flexible and efficient service including leading the management of procurement processes and contract negotiations, end to end, ensuring compliance with Public Procurement Regulations where relevant.
Strong planning, flexibility and multi-tasking skills, stakeholder management and commercial awareness are needed to ensure success in this role, as is an awareness of framework contract offerings from providers such as Crown Commercial Services and the London Universities Purchasing Consortium.
You will have the opportunity to work flexibly across different sites (including a measure of home / hybrid working) with Hampton Court Palace as an office base with occasional travel to other palaces.
Having experience of public sector procurement would be an advantage as would being MCIPS (or equivalent) qualified or along the pathway.
Salary: £51,209.29 per annum
Closing date: 23.55pm on 30 November 2025
Interviews: w/c 8 December 2025
Find out more and apply by visiting www.hrp.org.uk/recruitment
Historic Royal Palaces is an equal opportunities employer and truly values a diverse workforce.
Applications are welcome from candidates regardless of their background
Additional Information
Historic Royal Palaces is an equal opportunities employer and truly values a diverse workforce. Applications are welcome from candidates regardless of their background.
We are also committed to high quality Safeguarding practices and to ensure everyone is kept safe in our palaces. We have procedures in place to ensure this commitment is delivered and will deal firmly and swiftly with anyone representing our charity who does not meet our required standards
We are the independent charity that loves and looks after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. The palaces are the setting for the stories that shape us all, and we're bringing them to people in ways that mean more to them. We want everyone to find themselves in the spaces and stories we share.
Departments
Procurement
Home Palace
Hampton Court Palace, HM Tower of London
Status
Fixed Term Contract
Salary
£51,209
Salary Rate
Per Annum
Days/Hours of work
Full time, 36 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Fixed term, 9 month contract.
About the role and about you
Hampton Court Palace with some flexible / hybrid working available
Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is a team of people who love and care for six remarkable buildings, preserving them for future generations and creating a space for spirits to stir and be stirred.
This is an exciting time to join HRP where we are pursuing a new strategy to become a charity for everyone. Our focus is on extending reach, widening access, and inclusive history. We can't do this without the fundamental key support of functions such as our procurement and contracts team in providing the necessary professional advice to teams in their work, protecting our income and expenditure across the organisation and ensuring best value for money is achieved.
We are looking for someone to join our team which as well as Procurement has a remit covering Property Management and Commercial contracts across HRP, led by the Head of Procurement and Contracts.
Your key responsibility will be focusing on procurement and contracting activity which covers an eclectic mix of categories such as marketing, uniforms, visitor catering, live interpretation and public event production, consultancy, professional services and training to name but a few.
This is a generalist role, with a rough estimate encompassing £30m income / expenditure related contracts per year.
This involves working across all our sites, namely Hampton Court Palace, HM Tower of London, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace, Banqueting House and Hillsborough Castle and Gardens.
The role will focus on higher value and more complex work and involve providing a professional, flexible and efficient service including leading the management of procurement processes and contract negotiations, end to end, ensuring compliance with Public Procurement Regulations where relevant.
Strong planning, flexibility and multi-tasking skills, stakeholder management and commercial awareness are needed to ensure success in this role, as is an awareness of framework contract offerings from providers such as Crown Commercial Services and the London Universities Purchasing Consortium.
You will have the opportunity to work flexibly across different sites (including a measure of home / hybrid working) with Hampton Court Palace as an office base with occasional travel to other palaces.
Having experience of public sector procurement would be an advantage as would being MCIPS (or equivalent) qualified or along the pathway.
Salary: £51,209.29 per annum
Closing date: 23.55pm on 30 November 2025
Interviews: w/c 8 December 2025
Find out more and apply by visiting www.hrp.org.uk/recruitment
Historic Royal Palaces is an equal opportunities employer and truly values a diverse workforce.
Applications are welcome from candidates regardless of their background
Additional Information
Historic Royal Palaces is an equal opportunities employer and truly values a diverse workforce. Applications are welcome from candidates regardless of their background.
We are also committed to high quality Safeguarding practices and to ensure everyone is kept safe in our palaces. We have procedures in place to ensure this commitment is delivered and will deal firmly and swiftly with anyone representing our charity who does not meet our required standards
JOB SUMMARY
Procurement & Contracts Manager
Historic Royal Palaces
Edinburgh
6 hours ago
N/A
Full-time
Procurement & Contracts Manager