Job Description

Procurement Officer x 2.

Salary: £32,000 per annum.

Location: Remote in the UK.

Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role

As Procurement Officer at Action for Children, you will provide the lead responsibility for strategic commercial procurement on a wide range of large scale spend categories across the organisation and supporting change management approach to procurement at all levels of the organisation.

You will also be responsible for maximising efficiency savings and ensuring effective systems are in place to enable resources to support the children, young people, and families who we support.

How you'll help to create brighter futures by

• Contribute to all stages of the tender procurement process.
• Apply professional procurement practices, informed through the latest developments and efficiencies in the field of procurement.
• Capture key performance data to monitor and inform supplier performance.
• Produce scheduled and ad-hoc compliance management.
• Retain the central register of main contracts as well as other appropriate databases for key suppliers and main contractors.
• Ensure adequate arrangements are in place for an effective meeting i.e., online/ venue organisation, minuting, follow up action and agenda creation.
• Contribute and influence effective and efficient procurement practice across the organisation.
• Experience managing effective relationships with suppliers across a range of goods and services, including demonstrable negotiation skills.

Let's talk about you

• Have full or part CIPS qualification or the desire to pursue further professional qualification whilst having experience working in the Third Sector or Public Sector.
• Proven experience to provide advice and guidance on all procurement matters.
• Ability to develop and apply a procurement strategy.
• Experience of designing and setting up systems and processes for managing strategic procurement programmes.
• The ability to interact effectively with both internal and external stakeholders.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

Contact: email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 12927.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

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Closing Date: Thursday 16th April 2026.

Interviews will be week commencing 20th April 2026 by MS Teams.

Job Description

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement