IT Procurement Officer

IT Procurement Officer

Department: Digital, Data & Technology Group

Salary: Starting from £30,505, rising to £36,924

Contract Type: Full Time, Fixed Term

Closing date: Wednesday 23 July 2025

Interview date: Monday 04 August 2025

Reference: ED12871

The University of Bath is seeking an IT Procurement Officer to support the delivery of IT procurement services across the University.

About the role

This role plays a key part in the day-to-day operations of the IT Procurement team, overseeing the processing of hardware and software requests, raising purchase orders, and maintaining procurement documentation.

The post-holder will manage a small team, ensuring workloads are prioritised effectively and service levels are consistently met.

They will also support supplier relationship management, contribute to procurement planning, and ensure compliance with University policies and procedures.

The role involves regular use of procurement and finance systems, and close collaboration with colleagues across the Digital, Data & Technology department and wider University.

About you

Our ideal candidate:

- Proficient in organising tasks effectively and adept in handling numerical data with precision and accuracy, ensuring an inclusive approach and execution.
- Approaches work with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring precision and thoroughness in all tasks performed.
- Skilled in managing and navigating through tight deadlines and multiple workloads simultaneously, accommodating diverse perspectives and needs.
- Displays effective written and verbal communication skills, embracing diverse communication styles in all interactions.
- Demonstrates a nuanced approach in handling confidential and sensitive information, employing tact, discretion, and respect for diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
- Competent in using Microsoft Office products (Word, Outlook, Teams Excel, PowerPoint)
- Is self-motivated with strong organisational and time management skills
- Able to work within a team, however also work independently when required
- Have a passion for technology

Additional information

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of on-campus presence at least three days per week. It offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment where service delivery and continuous improvement are valued.

The position is offered on a full-time basis to cover maternity from August 2025 until March 2026.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sally Harding or Rachel Hall.

What we can offer you:

- a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
- generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work-life balance
- we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
- an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
- a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan

Find out more about our benefits on our website.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality, receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism-friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.