Procurement Training Faciliator - 3 days a week

My client has an excellent and unique opening for a Procurement Training Facilitator – this role will be starting ASAP and will be for 3 days a week for a period of 12 months. The role will be mainly remote, and the successful candidate will need their own laptop and will be provided with a virtual desktop. The role is looking to pay £400-£600 per day inside IR35.

The nature of the role means that candidates must have extensive senior/leadership level experience in public sector procurement.

My client has an exciting opportunity to build procurement knowledge and skills capability across UK central government and the wider public sector. This will be done through a large-scale training and development programme centred on the latest legislation recently passed in Parliament (‘The Procurement Act’) and the regulations that sit under it. This training and development programme is part of a wider change programme associated with the move from the current regime (PCR 2015) to the new regime (estimated to be live in Autumn 2024) called Transforming Public Procurement (TPP).

What will you be doing in this role?

• Skilfully facilitate online training events that inspire and motivate attendees to build on their technical understanding, resulting in achievement of the learning outcomes

• Lead the delivery and facilitation of an 'Advanced Course of Deep Dives' to mixed cohorts of procurement practitioners from across central government and the wider public sector, moving from the 'what' to the 'how' of the 'new public procurement regime’.

• Provide learners with the knowledge, skills and understanding to be able to operate with confidence under the new regulatory regime, fully utilising its flexibilities to achieve better outcomes from procurement by government and the wider public sector, so that contracting authorities are equipped to operate effectively under the new regime, delivering value for the taxpayer.

What will you need to do it?

• Proven training and facilitation experience in educating, enthusing and coaching adult learners, with the ability to create a positive learner-focused online experience.

• Detailed knowledge of procurement processes, including category management, strategic sourcing, contract management, supply relationship management, purchase to pay (P2P) and supplier risk management.

• Experience in leading and managing procurement capability within the public sector.

• Working knowledge and experience of the end-to-end procurement lifecycle and understanding of core public procurement policies, directives, and regulations, especially the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as well as an active interest in the new public procurement legislation

Skills they would love to see/Amazing Extras:

• Working knowledge and experience of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 and the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016

• Experience of complex cost reduction programmes across direct and indirect spend, including the use of advanced procurement analytics techniques, tools, and approaches.

• Category knowledge of areas of direct and indirect spend.

• Affiliation to a commercial professional body such as the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)

If you have the necessary skill set – please do not hesitate to apply online today or send your CV directly to