Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (until 31st March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 432-HR709-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Network Procurement Officer
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We are looking for a Procurement Officer to join us within the East of England Diagnostic Network Team. The network team have expanded to include four diagnostic networks: Pathology, Imaging, Endoscopy and Physiological Sciences. Our collaborative approach is central to our operations, and we are committed to supporting our trusts within the procurement domain.
Diagnostic networks are an advocate in creating an environment to support all our staff to develop and grow, share skills and knowledge, embrace innovation, deliver excellence and value within our procurement activities and has the ambition to become a world class procurement function of the future.
You will provide support to the Procurement Domain lead to help deliver the array of projects within the networks. You will also support the identification of new opportunities to deliver cost and value benefits across the network’s portfolio.
You will attend, participate and present at various events, representing the procurement domain and the relevant network therefore need to travel around the East of England.
You will have a background in procurement or contracting, relevant qualifications or substantial experience, however if you have some experience in procurement, we would consider a band 5 development role.
This post is until 31st March 2026. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.
Main duties of the job
- Be responsible for providing a range of operational procurement activities.
- Work alongside the team and assist in the provision of a cost effective, efficient and responsive service, ensuring customer service levels are established and maintained to a high standard on a client/service provider basis.
- As instructed by the Procurement Manager, lead on procurement processes ensuring that arrangements are commercially sound and represent the best interests of the Network.
- Help to deliver agreed savings identified on the Procurement Work plan.
- Apply considerable professional judgment when leading on specific procurement activity and when advising senior managers, colleagues, staff and customers on the resolution of complex and strategic procurement issues.
- Lead in identifying areas to improve quality and reduce costs on network wide non pay spend.
- Understand the wider procurement landscape and category areas to deliver innovative opportunities to the member trusts.
- Lead multi-disciplinary network wide procurement project teams at all levels.
- Responsibility to ensure customer service levels are established and maintained to a high standard on a client/service provider basis.
- Provide supplies and procurement support, assistance and advice to the network trusts across a range of purchasing and administrative duties, with responsibility for providing procurement project support to the network across a range of service areas.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous administrative role
- Working collaboratively as part of a team
- Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
- Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
- Experience of dealing with non-routine administrative matters
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Experience within relevant work area
- Experience of working with members of the public
- Supervision/co-ordination of other team members
- Project management
- Working autonomously
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
- NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent
- Relevant experience to degree level
- Working towards or achieved level 4 CIPS accreditations or higher
Desirable criteria
- Degree in Business Studies
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Bee Anthony
- Job title
- Operational Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07775 566616
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Colchester General Hospital
- Telephone
- 07789651269
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