Purchasing Coordinator - Supported Living

Role Responsibility

We are seeking a motivated Supported Living Purchasing Officer to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis.

This is a key role responsible for managing all aspects of purchasing supported living packages of care and support, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective solutions that meet individual needs.

About the Role

As a Supported Living Purchasing Officer, you will:

- manage the end-to-end purchasing of supported living packages

- Work closely with internal teams, providers, and stakeholders to ensure appropriate care and support arrangements are purchased correctly

- Handle sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion

- Resolve queries, challenges, and issues efficiently and effectively

- Ensure timely delivery of services while maintaining quality and value for money

This is a hybrid role, with some requirement to travel for meetings and team engagement as needed.

About You

We are looking for someone who:

- Has a strong background in business support, data management, and purchasing/procurement

- Ideally has experience working within adult social care

- Can work autonomously and manage a fast-paced workload

- Demonstrates excellent prioritisation and organisational skills

- Has strong problem-solving abilities and can confidently resolve issues and queries

- Is confident in handling confidential and sensitive information

- Possesses excellent IT skills, including experience working with databases and systems

Additional Information

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.

What We Offer

- A supportive and collaborative working environment

- Flexible hybrid working arrangements

- Opportunities for professional development

- The chance to make a meaningful impact in supported living services