About this role
Job summary
CHP is looking for a Procurement Business Partner who enjoys working with stakeholders, solving practical commercial problems and helping to shape a developing procurement service.
Main duties of the job
Working within a centre-led procurement model, you will provide clear procurement and commercial advice, understand business requirements and deliver quotation, tender and framework-based procurement exercises that support effective decision-making and organisational priorities.
You will manage multiple procurement activities, support procurement and category strategies, maintain accurate records and contribute to continuous improvement across systems, processes, guidance and stakeholder-facing resources. This includes supporting category activity for allocated spend areas, helping develop the procurement pipeline, using spend and market information, and keeping procurement guidance and intranet content clear, accessible and up to date.
This role is central to helping CHP make procurement decisions that are compliant, commercially sound and aligned to the needs of our stakeholders and communities.
This is a hybrid role, with regular working from one of CHPs main buildings in Manchester, Birmingham or London, and national travel required as needed.
About us
At Community Health Partnerships (CHP), we're dedicated to improving health outcomes by creating the spaces where care happens. As a wholly owned company of the Department of Health and Social Care, we manage over 300 high-quality community health buildings across England. We work in partnership with the NHS and local systems to deliver innovative, sustainable infrastructure solutions that support integrated care, reduce health inequalities, and enable better services closer to home. Our mission is simple: enable better care through better spaces.
Job description Job responsibilities
For more information about this role and to submit an application, please visit: https://pfchp.jobs.people-first.com/jobs/details/recruitment%2Fjobdetails%2Ff11cacbc-ef68-4b90-8dbd-19fd7b8b7940. Any applications not received via this route will not be considered.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Producing management information, reports and performance data Maintaining and improving business processes Producing guidance documents, templates and procedural documentation Using Microsoft Office applications and procurement systems to analyse and present information Delivering multiple end to end procurement exercises simultaneously Working within governance and regulatory frameworks eg PCR15, PA23. Supporting and influencing stakeholders through procurement activities Managing competing priorities and deadlines
Desirable
Public sector procurement DHSC and/or Health Sector procurement Contract and supplier performance management Property, FM, ICT or Corporate Services categories Policy and procedure development and implementation
Qualifications Essential
Eligible to study towards CIPS Level 4 or equivalent professional qualification or studying towards qualification.
Desirable
CIPS Level 4 qualified or higher
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Community Health Partnerships
Address Suite 12B, Manchester One
53 Portland Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 3LD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://communityhealthpartnerships.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)