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Contracts Officer
Grade
Grade A
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
423-AGHS7371443
Employer
AGH Solutions Ltd
Employer type
NHS
Site
Airedale General Hospital
Town
Steeton
Salary
£24,169 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/08/2025 23:59

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Assistant Contracts Officer (Grade A)

Grade A

AGH Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our NHS heritage, and proud to be supporting Airedale’s clinical services.

We provide a wide range of services from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement, to clients both within and beyond the NHS.

Job overview

The Procurement department at AGH Solutions Ltd has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join us as an Assistant Contracts Officer.

 In this role, you will focus on supporting the renewal of contracts for essential goods, works and services that underpin healthcare delivery. You’ll contribute to reviewing supplier agreements, preparing contract documentation, and working collaboratively across hospital departments to ensure ongoing compliance and performance. Your input will help drive sustainable value-for-money procurement decisions and sustain high-quality, reliable supply chains across the NHS.

Our Procurement team is passionate about delivering excellent customer service and plays a key role in enabling clinical teams to provide outstanding care to patients and service users, both within the hospital and across the community.

We’re looking for someone who is:

Enthusiastic and confident, with strong analytical abilities

A clear communicator and team player

Aspiring customer service skills

Computer literate, with experience using basic software systems such as Microsoft Office

What we offer

 AGH Solutions is committed to dynamic working arrangements, offering

a blend of on-site and remote working wherever possible.

We also offer a wide range of benefits, which include:

Competitive salary

Great public transport links

A range of wellbeing initiatives

Excellent range of benefits, including car lease scheme and cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Main duties of the job

Support the purchase of goods, services and works in line with NHS policies, ensuring value for money and timely delivery. You'll liaise with suppliers, procurement data, and uphold compliance with relevant standards—all while collaborating across teams and building your skills through development opportunities in a fast-paced healthcare environment

Working for our organisation

AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.
We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.
We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.
Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.
Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHS FT specifically

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.

This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.

 If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • A good level of general education
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in a Procurement environment
  • CIPS Level 2, Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations or; CIPS Level 3, Advanced Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good understanding/experience of negotiation practices

Experience/Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good experience in delivering cost reduction savings
  • Good analytical skills and mathematical orientation
  • Experience in using a purchase to pay system, such as Oracle
  • Good interpersonal skills, good oral and written communication.
Desirable criteria
  • Alibity to use common software packages i.e. Microsoft Office

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rosanne Buffrey
Job title
Senior Contracts Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01535 294995
Additional information

Enquiries:  Rosanne Buffrey (Senior Contracts Manager), 01535 294995, [email protected]

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