The vacancy

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week (agile working)

Closing date: Monday 12th Jan 2026

Interview date: TBC, sometime shortly after the closing day

Interview location: in person, venue TBA

Our organisation is all about people - the people who live in our homes, the communities we serve, and those we work with. So, it's no surprise that we recruit for attitude and behaviour which are central to us building relationships and delivering great experiences for these people. We employ colleagues who are passionate about making a difference who will take responsibility to get things done.

As a not-for-profit housing association, providing affordable homes and services to more than 20,000 people across Greater Manchester. We have a strong social purpose and make it our mission to enable people to live well in their home and community.

Are you a natural negotiator and key influencer with suppliers and contractors and driven by a passion for value for money?

Do you want to be at the centre of the delivery of our category management approach and get a deeper understanding or the market and supply chain and obtain great goods and services in everything that we procure?

If so, this is the role for you, the post will work in collaboration with colleagues and managers and will have strong links with the Finance, Risk & Assurance teams with a trusted business partner approach.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Providing pro-active procurement advice and support colleagues and contract managers, based on a sound understanding of the relevant business area, and support the wider Procurement team in achieving this.

• Managing the tender and evaluation processes, ensuring compliance with all legal requirements and external and internal regulations

• Assisting in ensuring compliance with financial regulations, procurement and contract management policies and procedures

• Playing a key role to support the delivery of the Procurement Strategy and 3-year Procurement Plan.

We need someone who have:

• A clear understanding of procurement legislation, regulations and procedures.

• A sound knowledge of procurement frameworks.

• Experience in providing expert advice, support and challenge in all aspects of procurement and contract management,

• Relevant professional qualification such as CIPS.

• IT and excel literate

• Ability to co-ordinate workloads under pressure

• An ability to create strong working relationships, with the ability to work across different projects and teams

• Experience of working in the public sector procurement, preferably housing, is desired but not essential

Everyone's welcome here. Our culture is inclusive, and we are committed to increasing diversity. We enable everyone to be themselves at work, so that they feel at home with us. And we trust and support people to do their best, in a role that is fulfilling and rewarding because we know that this helps us to deliver better outcomes for our customers and our colleagues.

If you want to be part of our team and help us make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

The company

Irwell Valley Homes is a housing association providing affordable homes and services to over 16,000 people across Greater Manchester and employing over 280 colleagues.

We are a charitable, registered provider of social housing and offer homes mainly for social rent, with a small number for affordable rent, market rent and shared ownership. We also provide homes with support for people with dementia, mental health issues, learning and physical disabilities, those who have been made homeless and people affected by domestic abuse.

As well as providing homes, we deliver services and support to customers and work in partnership with specialist organisations to help them sustain their tenancies and get on in life. And we engage with customers to shape services and review our effectiveness.

How we work

Accreditations

Good Employment Charter

Disability
Confident

Armed Forces Covenant

Living Wage Employer

Houseproud