Business Support Officer (Commercial and Contracts)

Job Title: Business Support Officer (Commercial and Contracts)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Rate of pay: £13.02 - £14.91 per hour

Location: Sandwell Council House, Oldbury, B69 3DE

Start Date: ASAP

Contract type: Temporary (Agency) 12 weeks with a view to extend

Job Description and Personnel Specification are attached, which also provides more information above the role.

The legal team are seeking a BSO for a period of 3 months with the potential to be extended in their Commercial and Contracts team.

The Commercial and Contracts team covers procurement and contracts, property, planning and highways.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced administrative assistant and have experience working in a legal team or local authority or equivalent environment.

Office attendance will be required 2-3 days a week.

Experience of word and excel, photocopying and filing essential.

Experience of working with a case management system desirabe preferably from a local authority prospective.

The successful candidate must be confident and experienced in order to be able to hit the ground running and have the ability to carry a varied case load covering all aspects of administration.

The candidate will need to be proactive, work well under pressure, self-reliant as well as work as part of a wider team.

The successful candidate would gain great exposure to a varied workload and would enjoy a high level of responsibility with a great deal of client and potentially supplier contact.

Please can the agencies send over a CV, 2x up to date references and a copy of Terms and Conditions and rate of pay including agency on-cost. You will also need to include your agency on cost details to each submission. Stated rates must be inclusive of all known costs.

No DBS is required for this role.

You will receive further information regarding invoice terms if your candidate is appointed to this role. Invoices must be sent electronically on a weekly basis to templink_1@sandwell.gov.uk along with your workers authorised timesheet supplied by your agency. Payments are then released 14 days from the date of the invoice.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement opportunity, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the related documents.

To submit your documents, you will be required to opt in.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system, please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

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Additional information: The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to Quotation or other related documents.

To submit a quotation you will be required to 'Opt In'.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Delivery Notes

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to Quotation or other related documents.

To submit a quotation you will be required to 'Opt In'.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No