Purchasing Assistant

Role Responsibility

The Adults Purchasing Team is looking to recruit a Purchasing Assistant. You will be required to provide support to the team and will be responsible for allocating referrals and signposting queries as appropriate.

You will be working to support all Adult Social Care, with the main focus on the Learning Disability and Mental Health teams.

You should be computer literate and be able to input information accurately and efficiently on excel, Mosaic, LAS and on other databases. You will need an excellent telephone manner with the ability to communicate effectively. 

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

If you would like an informal discussion about this post please contact Sharon Barnes on 03000 415231

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.